Speech #1090120275

I encourage all of my Senate colleagues to go back to those debates. to read those words and statements and the arguments pro or con to get a sense of that history. In terms of supporters arguments for the legislation in 1986. many of exactly the same arguments were made. If we deal with this problem one time. if we create this program and deal with then 3 million illegal workers and immigrants in this country. we can solve it once and for all. and then we will have a true enforcement mechanism that will never let the problem recur or grow againan interesting set of arguments. the same arguments we are hearing now. What has happened since 1986? On that. the history and the record should be crystal clear.