Speaker. I rise in very strong support of the conference report to H.R. 2202. It has completely rewritten the laws regarding the apprehension and removal of illegal aliens and will fully fund initiatives to double the size of our Border Patrol and increase the level of immigration enforcement in the interior of these United States. It will implement a strategy of both prevention and deterrence at our Nations land borders. This legislation will require aliens who arrive at our airports with fraudulent documents to be returned without delay to their point of departure. making it far more difficult for aliens to enter the United States. either across our land borders or through our airports. It will also aggressively attack immigrationrelated crimes. It is going to increase penalties for alien smuggling and document fraud and expand the enforcement capacity against such crimes. It will also make it easier for employers to be certain that they are hiring legal workers by providing a tollfree worker verification number that employers may call to verify the eligibility of employees to work legally in the United States. I will just tell you. America. and especially California. needs immigration reform. and we need it now.
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