Speech #1100057086

On this bill. the American people kept up with it. On this bill. the American people were expecting this Congress to pass legislation that would significantly and dramatically improve the colossally broken system we have. They didnt expect them to pass a bill that would double illegal immigration. They didnt expect them to be offering to pass a bill that would. according to the Congressional Budget Office just a few days ago. only reduce illegal immigration by 25 percent. After all of the things they were asking us to accept in this bill. we were only going to get a 25percent reduction in illegal immigration? The American people didnt expect that the deal makers would offer a bill up that would say that after President Bush put the National Guard on the border. somebody who came across the border and ran past the National Guard and got into our country before January 1 of this year would be given amnesty and put on a path to citizenship in this country. That is not principled.