This is what has happened. There are supposedly bipartisan discussions going onand I know they are going onto try to take the framework that has been agreed on by the President. Cabinet members. and some Members and to flesh that out and develop an immigration policy. That hasnt reached fruition. I understand some of the leaders on the Democratic side have walked away. They are not prepared to follow through on the overall agenda item for a given area. this framework. When you start writing down the words that will actually effectuate what you promise to do. then people start backing off. I have said a number of times on the floor that we have a great deal of interest in immigration reform. except that we need a lawful system which will work. If it is a system that will actually work. we find immediately people start objecting. Senator REID has said these negotiatorsI sometimes want to call them masters of the universe. I dont know who selected themare meeting here and they are deciding the fate of American immigration. I want to say. well. lets see what they produce. I have told my constituents I hope they will discuss it. and maybe some agreement can be reached. one I could support. But I promised my constituentsand every Senator ought to make this commitmentthat I am going to read that bill. Just because people have great sounding words. if you dont read the words carefully and what they will actually mean in the effort to enforce immigration law. then you dont know what you are going to get. You are going to end up as we did in 1986. with a program that was an utter failure. The one we had last year would never have worked.
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