Speech #1090161069

We will raise the minimum wage. and that is for a single mom who works for minimum wage. who lives in poverty right now. That is unacceptable in the United States of America. Another thing that we will invest in that this administration and the Republicanled Congress have failed to address is the issue of border security. These are facts that we are going to show you here. When you compare. because I think again the rhetoric on the other side is right where it needs to be. but the reality is something drastically different. If you look at here. Clinton. and these are all comparing President Clinton and what he was doing under his term. two terms. and what happened under President Bush and trying to compare. the average number of new Border Patrol agents added. per year. under the Clinton administration. the average was 642 Border Patrol agents per year. Under the Bush administration. 411 per year. It is one thing to say you are for protecting this country from illegal immigration. and it is another thing to do it. Under President Clinton. we were able do it under his leadership. Fines for immigration enforcement. through the INS. in 1999. under President Clinton. 417: 2004. three. Three. Completed immigration fraud cases. 1995. under President Clinton. 6.455: in 2003. 1.389. 78 percent fewer. Democrats understand how to administer government and what needs to be done. Under the leadership of President Clinton. we were able to achieve success.