Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of effective. fair. and secure immigration reform. not the amnesty plan passed by the Senate this month. The Senate plan allows millions of illegal immigrants to get a green card and a path to citizenship. Mr. Speaker. let me ask you. what does this say to all the lawabiding people patiently waiting to become American citizens? It says they should have sneaked into our country and ignored our immigration laws like everyone else. Mr. Speaker. there is a better way to achieve meaningful immigration reform. and I am committed to passing the right kind of bill. We need to secure our borders first. give businesses a failsafe way to ensure the workers that they hire are legal. and above all. start enforcing the immigration laws already on the books. Until we can accomplish these goals. any socalled "reform plan" will be little more than a recipe for failure. Mr.
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