I am going to ask my colleagues to support it. I thought long and hard about the position I should take and concluded the most important element is that the process goes forward. This is painful. inasmuch as it is a position apart from most of my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee and particularly those who share my commitment to immigration reform and who have worked so hard on this issue. But this bill must go forward even at this late hour. It is clear that we have lost any semblance of control over who may enter our country. The Immigration Service projects that we will exceed last years record 1.2 million apprehensions by a factor of 40. Compared to 1960. the apprehensions on our Southwest border therefore have doubled. The time to act is clearly now.
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