Speech #1100051630

I do want to correct or at least amplify on a simile he used in his remarks where he had the picture of a stuffed horse named Trigger and made an analogy to the triggers in this bill. I have worked for 18 months on these triggers. They actually are a complement to what he wants to do in terms of deporting people who are in this country on expired visas. One of the triggers in the bill that is a prerequisite to any of the rest of the bill going into effect is a biometrically secure ID which will prohibit exactly what happened with the hijackers on 9/ 11. because every business. school. employer. university. training center. and the like will be able to swipe that mag tape. and if they have an expired visa. they will know it. Secondly. because of the biometrics of a fingerprint. you cannot have a forged ID. nor can you have a stolen ID. because the holder of the stolen IDs print will not match. With regard to the other triggersand I appreciate the time of the Senator from New Jersey to amplify on the remarks I made yesterdaythe triggers in this bill provide 2.700 redundant miles of barriers and visual security on the border. more miles than there are on the common border. 18.000 Border Patrol agents: 27.500 beds to detain anyone who is caught until their hearing date comes forward: 375 miles of barriers. 1.640 miles of ground positioning radar. 600 miles of constant surveillance in the air. plus all the ground sensors and the cameras that allow those 18.000 agents. when they are on duty. to immediately intercept the people who are violating the border. immediately put them in one of the 27.500 beds. and hold them until their case comes up and they are deported. I have no qualm with the Senators amendment whatsoever. but I dont think it is exactly correct to make the reference to Roy Rogers horse as an analogy to the triggers in this bill because. in fact. these triggers are meaningful. In their absence and in the absence of the President seeing that they are done.