Speech #1100068925

So if it is amnesty. to do nothing is to have silent amnesty. They are going to stay here. To do nothing is to perpetuate anarchy. Those who have argued strenuously and cogently to have border protection and employer verification to eliminate the magnet and to reimpose the rule of law are right. But they are not going to get the core of what they want if no bill is passed. So we ought to come to grips with the basic reality that the fundamentals on both sides have been realized. not the periphery and not the fringes. but the fundamentals.