It also defunds the southern border and approaches campaign which establishes three joint task forces to reduce the terrorism risk to the Nation. And. as she has indicated. it defunds the deferred action programs. While she suggested that it would allow the 2012 Executive action that refers to the DREAMers to stay in place. it raises serious questions about whether USCIS could effectively process renewables of those DREAMerssuch as the young man whom Senator DURBIN spoke so eloquently aboutso who knows what the court action could be on that. While I appreciate the effort. I dont think it adequately addresses the concerns we have in the Democratic caucus. that we need to pass a clean bill. We need to have a separate debate about immigration. The Presiding Officer worked very hard 2 years ago to help us get a comprehensive immigration reform bill that most of us didnt agree with everything in it. but most of us supported. We are happy to have that debate. but what we need now is a clean billone that allows the funding for the Department of Homeland Security to go forward. I noticed on the news this morning. one of the issues that is at risk in this debate over whether we are going to support funding for the Department and the security of this Nation versus an ideological objection to the Presidentthis morning one of the lead items on the news had to do with the cyber security breach at Anthem. the second largest health insurance company in the country.
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