Mr. Speaker. all Americans have an interest in securing our borders. but this bill is neither genuine security nor fairness. It threatens American businesses. agriculture. and it certainly threatens to destroy border commerce and punish hardworking border citizens. This is just the latest in a series of bad bills that appeal to the worst fears and prejudices of xenophobes rather than advancing meaningful immigration reform. It is a cynical bill because it is not comprehensive. There is no onedimensional solution looking solely at law enforcement that can succeed. There is no wall that can be built high enough to solve this problem.
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Appeals to the worst fears and prejudices of xenophobes.