Speech #980210494

I have offered a bill to create a joint United StatesMexico Development Bank. This bank could provide billions of dollars in funds to create new jobs not only in Mexico but in our own border region as well. This would alleviate some of the economic pressure that is pushing immigrants north. This would address the real cause of illegal immigrationpoverty. hopelessness. and desperation. People dont immigrate because it is a game. they immigrate because it is the only choice that life offers. My bilateral development bank bill provides an alternative. an opportunity at home. But the SimpsonMazzoli bill does not envision that kind of approach.