Mr. Speaker. the American people have reached a consensus on the border security issue: so I find it very hard to understand why we here in Washington are having trouble doing the same. Outside the Beltway people think it is perfectly reasonable to build a wall to protect the border. They do not see a problem with installing surveillance technology to monitor the border. They do not support amnesty. It is only here where the pundits rule. and in the New York newsrooms. that we see such hand wringing on the border security issue. An oped in The Washington Post called people concerned about illegal immigration "nativists." Apparently. worrying about border security and the rule of law makes one a nativist. I find that it is a sad statement on the attitude of those opposed to beefing up our border security. I ask my colleagues to join me to look past the pundits. past the liberal editorial pages. and do what the vast majority of Americans want done: Secure the border and do it without amnesty.
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