Let me just tell you some of the things that are in this bill that were not in last years legislation. There is an enforcement trigger. Before any new immigration programs or green card adjustments could begin. the principles in the Powerpoint would require an "enforcement trigger" to be met. Senator ISAKSON from Georgia offered that. He basically said: We are not going to trust you this timethe American people are not. We want to see that you follow through on the things that are critical to a lawful immigration system before we pass the green card adjustments and deal with those other Issues. It also requires that the Border Patrol be increased to the numbers agreed uponwith a total of 18.300. It is one thing to say we are going to authorize 18.000 Border Patrol agents. which I think is a minimum. really not sufficient to cover the borderbut it is an increase of significance. We are not going to go forward with the bill until you actually hire them and put them on the payroll and train them and they are out there. Also. 200 miles of vehicle barriers and 370 miles of fencing must be constructed.
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