Mr. Speaker. I come before the House today. as we debate this immigration reform legislation. from a State that has been impacted and sometimes devastated by a lack of a national immigration policy. I notice we have some reforms in here. and there are some good reforms. We are doubling the number of Border Patrol. but also in this we are also restricting some payments. some benefits. to illegal aliens. and we should go even beyond that. But I tell my colleagues that unless we stop some of the benefits. unless we demagnetize the magnet that is attracting these folks to come to our shoreswe can put a Border Patrol person every 10 yards across our border. and we will not stop the flow because people will come here because of the attraction of.the benefits. How incredible it is that we debate whether we give education benefits or medical benefits and legal benefits and housing benefits and other benefits to illegal aliens and even legal aliens in this country when we do not give the same benefits in this Congress. and that side of the aisle has denied them to our veterans who have served and fought and died for this country in many cases. or their families. and to our senior citizens. So this is a much larger debate. Finally. my colleagues. we must have a President who will enforce the laws. and we have not had a President who will enforce the immigration laws. and we have a new policy every day. and we cannot live that way.
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