Speech #1090142775

So I will stay right here. And if they do try to get that wage. I think. unfortunately. there are people. even with employer sanctions. that are still going to be looking for that next wave of illegal immigrants to come across our southern border. So. with all these problems. I would like to propose to this House that we consider doing this right. All these issues as to the people that are already here illegally. and the people that are coming across every night. and the people who would be willing to come over here as part of a work program. all of these issues need to be. we need to step back and look at all the holes that is in what we are proposing today and try to figure out how we can put together a system that will really work to solve these problems. So I propose that the House bill and those Senate provisions which enhance border security that are in the Senate provision. Senate bill. should be what we pass out of conference to this floor to be voted into law today. And I would also propose. Mr. Speaker. that in that bill. we give a pledge. you can call it a contract with the immigration community. that we will expedite a study and solution that works. that doesnt overwhelm. that has the resources to make this whole system work over the next 12 to 18 months as a dedication of this House to fix this problem correctly. not 2 weeks debate in the Senate. and put patches on a leaking tire. Mr. Speaker. if we will calm down. defend our borders and address each of these issues in an appropriate order to come up with sanctions for employers and means to identify these people that have a valid reason to working and a valid card. some kind of biometric thing. if we will create those things. and as we do it. say. and how is this system going to work and maybe we have to do something else to make that system work. Does it take an FBI agent to do every background check? I think that is a question that needs to be addressed. I think there are a lot of questions that are coming up in what I would consider a rushed decision to judgment on immigration. and we are still leaving the base of what we call legal immigration totally and completely unworkable. And many of our work visa programs that we have in this country that want to bring this some of the technical workers that we really need here are overwhelmed also to the point where they become unmanageable for the people involved. With this. I propose. Mr. Speaker. that we think hard about giving a pledge to the American people and to the immigrant community that we will work out a workable system fair to Americans and fair to those people that are here. I dont know what it will be. I have ideas.