The bill was favorably reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee and came to the floor of the Senate. where once again it was amended. One amendment. offered by Senator CORKER of Tennessee and Senator HOEVEN of North Dakota. Republicans. dramatically increased border enforcement. We currently spend more on immigration enforcement than on all other Federal law enforcement efforts combined. We have made a huge commitment. and the HoevenCorker amendment increased it with 700 miles of fences. more personnel than ever. to the point where they could literally have an agent every 1.000 feet along the southern border. Are we serious about border enforcement in our comprehensive bill? Yes. we are. We adopted the HoevenCorker amendment. Although some said we were overdoing it. we adopted it in the spirit of compromise and offered it on the floor for passage. On the final vote. we had 68 Senators who voted in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. There were 14 Republicans who voted for it. along with the Democrats. which made a majority of 68. and we passed the comprehensive immigration reform bill. Sadly. the senior Senator from Texas voted no. He voted no on comprehensive immigration reform. We did our job. We had a bill endorsed by the U.S.
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