I respect him very much. even though we disagree on this issue. I just wanted to express my respect for the senior Senator from Texas before I speak about the nominee to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security. I am at a loss to explain the position of the Senator from Texas and the Republican Party of America when it comes to the issue of immigration. What are we to make of what they tell us when we talk about immigration? Without fail. they say to us: First and foremost. we must have enforcement at our borders. Once we have secured our borders from the inflow of illegal immigrants. thenand only thencan we discuss fixing our broken immigration system. How often have we heard that? I have heard it every time the Republicans address the issue of immigration: First. fix the border. and then we will talk. It was about 540 days agoon the floor of the Senatewhen we called up an immigration reform bill for consideration. That immigration reform bill was put togethera comprehensive billby Democrats and Republicans. I was one of eight who helped to put that bill together. We sat down for months and negotiated that bill.
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