We have never been serious about it. We have never turned the corner on this issue before. I believe it is our solemn duty and responsibility in terms of addressing this issue in a comprehensive way to first not only pass border security and significant enforcement measures. but to put them in practice. to fund them. to get agents on the border. to do whatever it takes to turn the corner on this issue and prove to the American people. prove to me and so many millions of others. we are serious about enforcement. There is another reason I believe we must start with enforcement. as the Frist measure does. It is because any measure that is tantamount to amnesty sends exactly the wrong message as we try to get our hands around this problem. We are a nation that believes in upholding the rule of law. We must reestablish respect for our laws. including border security and interior security. But provisions which are tantamount to amnesty send exactly the opposite message. It sends the message that you can break the law and over time you will basically be rewarded for doing so.
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