That is not what they are claiming will happen. They have promised us that this bill will secure the border. I assume that they mean they believe this bill will end illegal immigration. Well. it just simply will not secure the border and end or even substantially reduce illegal immigration. The Congressional Budget Office has told us it will not. In the beginning. I analyzed the bill and my staff worked on it. and we did not believe it would be an effective enforcement mechanism. The Congressional Budget Office has now also concluded that the bill will not fulfil the enforcement promises being made on the floor of this Senate. I will note again that the Association of Retired Border Patrol Agents roundly criticized the legislation. Two former chiefs of the Border Patrol of the United States. one of them under President Bush. one under President Reagan. have strongly and totally condemned the legislation. The current Association of Border Patrol Officers opposes the legislation. The former Assistant Attorney General. Kris Kobach. who served in the as counsel to Attorney General Ashcroft on issues dealing with immigration and national security says this bill will not make us safer but will make us less safe. So does Mr. Cutler. a former INS agent of many years of experience.
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