Speech #1100067493

Here we are 20 years later. and the problem is much worse. much. much worse. The bill is no better. Instead of punishing illegal immigrants and employers who ignore the law. this bill is a getoutofjailfree pass. It gives those who broke the law their own VIP line to a green card and citizenship. For this bill to work as promised. the Government would have to process at least 12 million illegal immigrants in a matter of months. In short. the timeframe the Government would have to conduct these background checks. issue identification cards. and to build a system to check every employee in America to make sure they are legal. that is the timeframe. The Government would also have to implement new guest worker programs. eliminate the green card backlog. overhaul the green card system. and start issuing new visitor visas. But I do not believe it will work. and the American people certainly do not believe it will work. I am not talking about the far left or the far right. I am talking about middle Americamiddle America. I am talking about the people who are stuck in the lines in passport offices. waiting on the Government. waiting for them so they can go on a summer vacation. We are supposed to believe that the same Government that cannot even get passports into the hands of their people is going to complete background checks on from 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants. give them a secure ID card. check every employee in the United States to verify their work status. and secure the borders. I dont think so. Unfortunately. this bill does not even secure the borders. The $4.4 billion included in the bill does not add any new border security. It only funds the trigger requirements of the bill which do not even require implementation of existing laws such as building the 700 miles of border fence and the 43.000 detention spaces. There are other problems. too. The bill does not require background checks to be completed of illegal immigrants getting amnesty before they get their visas. The bill gives Social Security credits to illegal aliens for work they did illegally. Illegal aliens with terrorist connections can get amnesty. and they do not have to pay all their back taxes or learn any English at least for 10 years. What a deal. The bottom line is the bill will not work.