There are not enough prisons to handle these numbers. I cannot imagine our country loading box cars with the estimated 10 to 12 million people who do not have documents showing they are legal. This brings visions of deportation and Nazi Germany and Stalin and the Soviet Union. Currently. 40 percent of immigration detainees are held in Department of Homeland Security facilities. 60 percent of these detainees are in local jails under contract with the Federal Government. The Federal Government needs to take responsibility for holding all of these detainees. much less the concern we have about an additional 11 million. It is estimated by making all these people felons there are approximately 3 million U.S. citizen children that would be impacted by having their parents or guardians detained or deported. This is something we need to review closely and make sure we are not making life harder for children that are U.S. citizens who happen to be born to undocumented parents. Finally. this bill closes the door to the courthouse for many immigrants. Without judicial review. we cannot be certain that our laws are being enforced appropriately. I believe in increasing protection along our borders. realistically addressing the current undocumented population. but I also oppose a new guest worker program.
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