Mr. Speaker. I come to the well this evening to talk about a very. very important subject that we just went through some very contentious debate on. and my colleagues are familiar with that. and it is the immigration issue. The American people are familiar with it. And the people in the great State of Georgia. the 11th Congressional District that I serve. are familiar with it as well. And the big concern was to not do something in a. quote. "comprehensive way" that resulted in granting amnesty to up to 12 million people. possibly more than that. that have over the last 20 years. since 1986. the last time we granted amnesty to 3 million at that time. we have not secured our borders and because of porous borders. it is estimated that something approaching 400.000 a year. and some are turned back. obviously. but approximately 400.000 get through. I am talking about illegal immigrants now. And when you do the math over 20 years. that is how we got to the 12 million that are here today. So that bill was all about we need to have the triggers.
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