Suffice it to say. local law enforcement does have complete authority to detain people who are violating the criminal laws of the United States. But that has been confused. Clearing this up more. setting up a mechanism so that they can participate if they choose. would be helpful to enforcing the law. That is so because we have 700.000 State and local law enforcement officers at every street corner and town in America. We have only 2.000 INS immigration officers inside the bordernot those on the Border Patrol and on the border. but those inside the border. So obviously we are not very serious about ultimately reaching a lawful system if we exclude them. I thank the Senator from Texas.
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