President. I rise in support of the Graham amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill. This Is an issue which has been with us for years now. an issue of border security which we simply. as a group of policymakers. have not addressed in the right way. That became pretty obvious during our debate on the immigration bill several weeks ago. All of us heard from our constituents back home that while overall immigration reform may be needed in due course. what we need to do immediately is to take action to make sure our borders are. in fact. actually secure. That is the first step In real immigration reform. Senator ISAKSON and I sent a letter to the administration imploring them to take action on this issue. We have asked the administration to send an emergency supplemental to the Senate and the House requesting that certain measures to secure our borders be enacted and adequately funded.
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