DHS is spending millions to implement the USVISIT and Western Hemisphere Initiative but has yet to test technology that can authenticate the documentation that visitors will be required to provide under those programs. It is imperative that DHS conduct this pilot program as soon as possible and improve its ability to detect fraudulent travel documents. The Senate also adopted a bipartisan amendment to add $3 billion in emergency spending to help DHS hire more Border Patrol agents. detention beds. and monitoring equipment along the border which we all agree it needs. This amendment. while important. is not a substitute for finishing work on comprehensive immigration reform legislation. and I hope that Congress will revisit this important issue. Keeping 12 million undocumented workers in the shadows is neither good for our economy or our security. Mr. President.
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