That is because we havent taken the opportunity to secure our borders first. Then. when we have those borders secured with this fence. with this barrier against pedestrian and vehicular traffic. we will be in a position to deal with the 11 to 12 million people in this country illegally and find solutions through a comprehensive approach. My colleague has made it very clear and I believe it is very obvious that if we continue to pursue a multiapproach in the Senate. as opposed to border security. and try to solve all the problems with a doeverything bill. that if this bill then passes and goes to conference. it will be easier to square a circle than it will be to square the Senate bill with the House bill. I am not going to excuse the dealings we have with the people already here. but if we cant put the proper order in place. we are not going to be able to solve this problem. I believe that is a given. When I first announced my border security bill last fall along with Senator SESSIONs and Senator COBURN. people across the country were talking about securing our borders. but there wasnt any action. The truth is. that was last fall. and here we are in the spring. and there is still no action. people are still coming across the border in significant numbers. We must. in fact. focus on how to deal with this problem in a commonsense and effective way.
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