Speech #1100051736

But what this bill accomplisheslike nothing I have ever seen in my 15 years in the Senateis that it is a piece of work that is a product of people on both sides of the aisle sitting down and trying to work something out that can get 60 votes in this Chamber and move on. and not be a useless piece of legislation. but rather one that offers a kind of comprehensive reform that has definition. People use the word "comprehensive." and nobody really knows what they are talking about. But in the case of this bill. anyone who carefully looks at the bill will understand what the word "comprehensive" means because the word means addressing all sides of the immigration issue. taking borders that are broken and repairing them. stabilizing a border with additional border patrol. prosecutors. detention facilities. and also strengthening interior enforcement. Three major sectionscalled titlesof this bill really deal with enforcement of our borders. enforcement of the interior. Then there is the question of how do you deal with the 12 million people who have been here for some time illegally. most of whom are engaged in legitimate. bona fide work. How do you deal with what has developed to be an entire subterranean economy in this country. with its own special shops. stores. and special points of congregation for work? How do you remove the element of fear that drives all of this further and further underground? The more the ICE agentsformerly INSpick up people in the workplace for deportation. the more you see the inequality and injusticethere was one family. about a week ago in San Diego. by the name of Munoz. who had been here for a long period of time. They both worked and raised three children who were born in this country. They owned their home and their furniture.