Madam President. I begin by thanking the staff for staying a few extra minutes to enable me to come back to the floor to make a short statement. I have sought recognition to speak about a revised reform bill on immigration. In the course of the past 3 years. the Senate has spent a great deal of time on trying to reform our Immigration system: to begin to fix the broken borders. to add more Border Patrols. to undertake some necessary fencing. to add drones. to undertake employer verification by utilizing identification which now can provide. with certainty. whether an immigrant is legal or illegal. to take care of a guest worker program to fill employment needs In the United States. and to deal with the 12 million undocumented immigrants. During the 109th Congress. when I chaired the Judiciary Committee. we reported out a bill. It came to the floor. and after considerable debate it was passed. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation directed only at border patrol and employer verification. and for a variety of reasons we could not reconcile the bills and enact legislation. This year a different procedure was undertaken: to have a group of Senators who had been deeply involved in the issue before craft a bill. It did not go through committee. and. as I said earlier on the floor.
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