We do not need to start this new Congress going down a path of legislative brinkmanship and crises of our own making. We shouldnt be treating funding for our national security like a political pawn. There are differences of opinion about how to solve immigration. There are differences of opinion about the Presidents actions. The venue for taking out those disagreements is not to put the homeland security of our country at risk. We dont have to attach these controversial amendments to a mustpass bill to keep our borders secure. We have no shortage of other things we should be focusing on. There seems to be pentup frustration about our broken immigration system. I share that. Lets address our broken immigration system and fix it and pass immigration reform. I tried to do that in the Rules Committee yesterday. Unfortunately. that discussion is not allowed under this rule. and I urge my colleagues to vote down the rule. Instead. we are spending our time here in Congress with yet another crisis of our own making. Instead of solving pressing issues. instead of creating jobs. instead of protecting our homeland. we are putting a bipartisan. important appropriations bill right smack in the middle of an unrelated political fight. The American people can no longer afford an immigration enforcement system that spends extraordinary sums of money every year detaining and deporting individuals with strong ties to their community and who pose no meaningful threat to anyone. We should focus on criminals rather than children. That is exactly what the Presidents actions do. If the Republicans dont like it. we are happy to work with them to address the underlying issues of immigration and why we have 11 million people living here illegally in the first place. Until we do. this bill doesnt solve a thing. But lets not get hung up over the side issue and make sure that we continue to protect our homeland against a terrorist threat.
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