Speech #1100051716

We are talking about replacing that kind of fraudulent system with tamperproof identification. which would he a great change in terms of understanding who is here and why they are here and employing people on our terms. not theirs. In the future. after we begin to control our borders. Senator ISAKSONS amendment says you cant bring new people into the country in a permanent fashion until you meet border security triggers. The employment verification trigger is a great idea. Here is the Question I have: After we do all this. after we spend all this money to secure our borders and replace fraudulent systems with tamperproof systems. what do we do to people who try to come across illegally in the future? What message do we send them and the world? Here is the message: If you come across our border illegally in the future. you violate our border security. you are going to jail. No more catch you and send you back. My amendment would require a mandatory 60day jail sentence for the first illegal reentry. up to a year but mandatory 60 days. If you come back again illegally. no less than 2 years. So everyone needs to know that America is changing its immigration laws. and we are going to be serious about enforcing them. If you break our laws. you do so at your own peril. and you will lose your freedom. That will help us dramatically make sure we dont repeat the mistakes of the past. There is another group of people we need to (teal with in terms of illegal reentry that is bone chilling. The amendment would create mandatory jail time for people who have been convicted of crimes in the United States. illegal immigrants who have committed violent offenses. nonviolent offenses. who have served jail time. that if you get deportedand you are required to be deported after you serve your sentenceand get caught coming back into this country. you are going to go to jail. not be deported again. Let me give an example. Angel Resendiz is known as the railroad killer.