Two years and five months ago. I made my first speech as a United States Senator on the floor. It was a speech about the issue of immigration. both legal and illegal. A year ago today I made another speech about immigration on the day I offered an amendment that has become known as the trigger amendment on immigration. I rise for the third time in 2 years and 5 months to talk about the most significant issue facing the United States of America as far as domestic policy is concerned. Our borders to the south have been leaking far too long and in too great of numbers. We have had an immigration policy that for the better part of 21 years has been to look the other way as people flowed across our southern border to calibrate on a low basis legal immigration to say we are doing something about it. while millions come into this country. It has to come to an end. It is the reason the controversy is so great over this issue today. I. first of all. want to thank the Members who have worked with me over the last 6 weeks on the concept of putting a trigger in the underlying bill. to be the trigger upon which immigration reform either takes place or doesnt. There is so much misinformation out there right now about this issue. so I want to spend the remainder of my time talking about what trigger must be pulled In order for immigration to be reformed. The underlying bill we are debating today says the following: No program granting status to anyone who enters the United States of America illegally may be granted until the Secretary of Homeland Security has certified that all the border security measures in section 1 are completed. funded. and in operation. There is no wiggle room. There is no Presidential waiver.
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