In fact. Senator FRISTS bill and the bill I supportthe one that came from the Senate Judiciary Committee. supported by Senator SPECTER. the chairman of the committee. inspired by Senators MCCAIN and KENNEDY in major partis a bill which also focuses on enforcement. Both bills double the size of the Border Patrol by adding 12.000 new agents. Both bills strengthen interior enforcement of immigration laws by adding 5.000 new immigration investigators. Both bills would take advantage of new technology to create a "virtual fence" at the border. Both bills would improve border controls by expanding entryexit tracking. Both bills require the construction of new vehicle barriers and new permanent highway checkpoints near the border. The list goes on and on. The bills are the same when it comes to enforcement at our broken borders. as it should be. But what the Frist bill does beyond that is what is clearly unacceptable. from my point of view. and was unacceptable in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Frist bill continues the provision that was started in the House of Representatives which criminalizes those who are here in undocumented status and those who help them. That is where this bill. the Frist bill. crosses the line. That is why it is unacceptable.
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