It doesnt matter what race you are or what ethnicity you are. When people come to America and become Americans. they become part of this vast melting pot which we thank God for every day and which has become the envy of the world. We have benefited enormously from the fact that we are a nation of immigrants. but we are in danger because we are no longer a nation of laws when it comes to our immigration system. During the course of this debate. I will be offering several amendments. I want to talk about one of them in a moment. Because of the objection. we wont be offering any additional amendments today until we can work out the differences between the majority and minority side. As the chairman of the Immigration and Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. it has been my great honor to preside over a number of hearings on our broken immigration system. That has both caused me a great deal of concern but also a sense that there is a lot we can do if we focus on answering the practical questions that need to be answered before we can actually fix our broken immigration system. The Judiciary Committee voted out a bill that I think is fair to say bears the authorship of Senator MCCAIN and Senator KENNEDY. That then came to the floor and now has been amended by Senator HAGEL and Senator MARTINEZ and is supported by a bipartisan group of Senators.
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