But what has always happened is that we always
end up paying them because it is not their fault, and, as a result, the
taxpayer loses twice. They lose the services, and they end up having to
pay, essentially, public employees to take a forced vacation. Now, the current controversy is largely about the fate of almost
700,000 undocumented young people who were brought here as children. This shouldn't be a matter of major debate. We can take care of the
immigration issues if we allow the process to work. Remember a couple years ago the Senate passed a bipartisan
immigration reform bill--not perfect, maybe a C-plus on the scale, but
it would have fixed the problem in the short and intermediate term. Unfortunately, the House leadership never allowed us to vote on it,
probably because they knew it would pass. Now we are facing anxiety again.
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