Ironically. there is no dispute over those funding levels. Second. it strikes the House provision restricting the expenditure of funds to implement the DREAMers Program that I described and that Senator DURBIN just commented on. And third. it retains the House prohibition on expenditures to fund the Presidents unauthorized action on immigration announced in November of last year. Now. let me make clear that Congress should consider comprehensive immigration reform. The fact that there are now an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States is irrefutable evidence that our immigration and border security systems are badly broken. That is why I supported the bipartisan immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in While I was disappointed that immigration reform legislation of some sort did not become law. I reject the notion that its failure can serve as the justification for the action taken by the President last November. He cannot do by Executive fiat what Congress refused to pass. regardless of the wisdom of Congresss decision.
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