From the Jewish community. from the Methodist community. from the Presbyterian community. from the Catholic community. from the Lutheran community. from the Arab community. from almost every denomination that you can name: the list goes on and on of religious people of faith who are opposing this legislation. Mr. Chairman. it simply does not take the immigration and broken borders issue seriously. It does not. It misses the mark completely by its arbitrary provisions. and. again. it misses an opportunity for comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Chairman. we all know what we must do. Democrats have long called for strong border security. effective law enforcement and for comprehensive immigration reform. not this punitive. meanspirited legislation that does nothing to weed out terrorists. This Republican bill before us is an attempt to belatedly address some border security needs but fails to provide real security. as I said. as envisioned by the 9/11 Commission. It is not comprehensive immigration reform. and that is what we need. Instead. Republicans have proposed a bill that is an abomination of the worst kind.
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