I know how hard the distinguished senior Senator from Pennsylvania. the chairman of the committee. has worked to pass a bill. I have been proud to work with him. I was encouraged this week that the majority leader and other Senate Republicans moved in our directiona good directionby recognizing that we need a solution to the problems posed by having millions of undocumented immigrants inside our borders. Many of us believe that immigration reform. to have any chance to succeed. needs to be comprehensive. with strong enforcement of border security matched with fair and effective steps to bring millions of hardworking people out of the shadows and provide them a path to citizenship and a full measure of Americas promise. The bill now being proposed by the majority leader is not as comprehensive or as good as that produced by the Judiciary Committee in that it leaves many among us out of the equation and may have the perverse effect of driving millions further underground. I thought the bipartisan Judiciary Committee bill represented a better balance of strong enforcement of our borders with fair reforms that honored human dignity and American values.
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