Speech #1100051565

But dont believe it. its just so much more fraud. more flimflam. The triggers and other schemes in this bill are a farce. There is no reason these safeguards against illegal immigration have not already been implemented. They are now simply being used as a ruse to disguise the one goal of the elite. and that is to legalize the status of those millions who are already here illegally and leading tens of millions more to come here. The bill calls fur 18.000 Border Patrol agents. Thats one of the claims of why we have to support the bill. Were going to get 18.000 Border Patrol agents. But we already have 15.000 Border Patrol agents. And in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. its required that there be 2.000 new Border Patrol agents each year through 2010. So this is simply smoke and mirrors. What this new legislation does is simply reiterate hiring mandates that are already in the system. already mandated by law. This bill simply takes credit for the hard work thats already been done. Of course. theyre doing that because. again. its a cover for their attempt to legalize the status of 15 to 20 million illegals and. yes. to unleash a flood of millions more to come into our country. On another level. how does anyone expect to actually meet the goal of increasing the ranks of the Border Patrol when this administration throws Border Patrol agents into prison and gives immunity to alien drug smugglers? This administration has lost the confidence of the Border Patrol. And I submit at this time a statement by the Border Patrol Agents Council opposing this legislation. I would like to put this into the RECORD at this point. Mr. Speaker. [From the National Border Patrol Council of the American Federation of Government Employees. May 17. 20071