It gives priority to the security concerns about our national security interests that are always at the top of our list. It pays attention to the 9/11 recommendations. It respects the rule of law as well as that rich contribution and heritage provided by our immigrant population. It was last October that I met with Senators CORNYN and MCCAIN and many others to discuss our intentions to take a 2week block of time and focus on it here on the floor of the Senate. Publicly. at that point in timeagain. it was OctoberI laid out a strategy. a plan to start with border security. where we have in this broad body agreement. and then build out by consensus a comprehensive plan that would include the two other very important componentsborder security: second. interior enforcement. enforcement of the workplaceand. third. a comprehensive immigration temporary worker plan that would address what has become the most challenging aspect of this discussion: the 11 million. 12 million. or 13 million illegal immigrants or undocumented people who are here. That is where we will find ourselves after this cloture vote. Shortly thereafter.
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