Speech #1040190511

I simply have an amendment out here to prevent fraud. as the gentleman from New York said. with the existing Social Security card. where we take it and make the single piece of paper that is not 24 pages long like the passport. that the gentleman from Texas was referring to. so it does not cost anything near $60 apiece. one page. just do the type of threading. coloring. and inking this passport does. and the threading. coloring. and inking that the S100 bill does. It does not require them to do a picture or anything else. it would just make this more secure. I said. "This is not going to cost very much." and CBO said. "Yes. it will not cost a whole lot to do this." I think it is the lease we can do if we are going to do the steps that are required to stop illegal immigration from coming into this country. That is what the McCollum amendment is all about. the key to making it work. a key to making employer sanctions work being the key to making it truly meaningful. When we say. as the law now says. it is illegal to knowingly hire an illegal alien. and when you go to get a job. one. not the only. but one of the documents you m.ay produce in conjunction with the drivers license is the Social Security card. We must make it tarnperresistent. We must make it at least as counterfeitproof as the $100 bill. I urge the adoption of the McCollum amendment for the sake of saving us from the illegal alien overrun we have.