Madam President. I rise today to join several of my colleagues to continue to focus on the enormous problem facing our country of illegal immigration. I am proud to not only rise with these colleagues. some of whom have been on the floor this morning. but also to actively work with them on important enforcement and other measures that we can and must push forward this year to make significant improvements. to take significant strides in moving forward to solve the problem. Yesterday. I announced. along with others. two thingsfirst of all. the formation of a brandnew caucus in the Senate. which I organized. I am proud to say that now I believe the number is 12 Members have joined the caucus. It is the Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus. The purpose behind the group is exactly as the name implies: to push border security and enforcement first as the key. necessary first step in solving this enormous problem. We have tried the other approach over and over for decades. and that is the socalled comprehensive approach. All that has yielded is gaps of time3 to 5 yearsand then there is a comprehensive approach that was tried and completely rejected by the American people.
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