Speech #1010224740

DC. and around the horn. telling the story of why I thought we needed to get our borders under control. When I met with the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal in their great paneled enclave up there in New York City. this old Wyoming boy wandered in and they all sat there with vacuous looks. and I began my pitch. I said. "let me tell you about illegal immigration in this country and what it is and what we are trying to do." After about 20 minutes with this remarkable group. with their eyes glazed over and while yawning and scratching themselves and looking out the window. I said. "I do not know if anybody is paying any attention here. This is the first time I have seen this reaction throughout the United States." And one worthy turned and said. "Simpson. I live in Teaneck. NJ. and I drive in every morning in my car driven by somebody else. and I have never seen an illegal. undocumented person in all my travels." And I said. "I cant believe it." I said. "Just give me my hat and coat and Ill head out on the street in a moment." I also said. "that is the most absurd statement I have ever heard." I sat for a few more minutes and they seemed to summarize that "There are no illegal. undocumented persons. But if there were. they would be good for this country." I said. "Well. you know. I want to get out of the building before I say something that I would really regret." And what I was going to say then. I will say now. If the Wall Street Journal is criticizing me on immigration matters. then I must be doing something right. because they are the one newspaper in America that is so solely and totally out of touch with immigration activities that there is no recourse but to share my personal views. I will tell you what the Wall Street Journal supports. They want a fiveword constitutional amendment that says. "there shall be open borders." That is what they want. The absurdity and vacuity of that position says it all. No person responsible to the American public. certainly the voting public. would support such a dangerous and outrageous proposal. So when the Journal criticizes me for supporting only a 35percent increase for legal immigration. we must remember where they are coming from. And here is what I really wanted to say to them then. but would say now. Where that would lead us would be to a defenseless America without any security of its borders whatsoever. Absolutely stupid. No one would be checked. No checking of the flow of immigration. no checking the flow of people. no checking the flow of aliens. immigrants. refugees. nothing. it would matter not whether they were spies. saboteurs. whether they were malcontents. terrorists. anybody. No restrictions. That is their pitch.