Speech #1090122769

And do they believe that the people across America. carefully following this debate because their faith. their future. and their family is at stake. are going to ignore the obvious. that in just a few moments. a vote will be taken on the floor of the Senate and Senate Republicans will march down and vote against the Senate Republican leaders motion? When it is all said and done. the House Republicans are very clear. They are opposed to immigration reform. They have taken the most punitive stand. But where do the Senate Republicans stand? We wont be able to tell after this vote. But I will tell you this: The people who are following this debate will know that the Senate Republicans did not stand for comprehensive immigration reform. There are heroes among them. I have listed some of them. and I will stand by them and defend them to any group because I do believe they are sincerely committed to immigration reform. But when it comes to the majority of that caucus. when it comes to the leadership on that side. it is impossible to divine what their position is on this critical issue. The saddest part of it is this: Across America. millions of people are living in fear. living in the shadows. people who have come to me in tears because their childrens future is at stake. people who have come to me crying because their mothers came to this country from Poland years ago and never filed the right papers and are technically illegal.