Wayne Allard: “In this debate on immigration reform, there are three basic goals I have in mind. No. 1, and foremost, I want us to seal…”

“In this debate on immigration reform, there are three basic goals I have in mind. No. 1, and foremost, I want us to seal our borders. I wish to see us identify the illegal aliens we have in this country. We don't know for sure how many are in this country. We hear a lot of numbers thrown out. Originally it was 8 to 10 million and now it seems the common number being thrown around is 11 million. But when you get right down to it, nobody knows how many illegal immigrants we have in this country. We need to identify those individuals to help reach some reasonable conclusions. The third goal is to do it in a manner that does not disrupt our economy. And, finally, I don't believe we should have amnesty. I have a couple of amendments I am going to be presenting to the Senate. The first amendment is an attempt to put together a plan. We direct the agencies to come together with a plan on how they are going to manage immigration, both from a diplomatic point of view as well as from a border immigration point of view. That particular amendment I hope will be accepted as a managers' amendment. I don't expect it to be controversial. The other amendment I will talk about this morning I hope to call up later today for a vote. That is amendment numbered 3216. I will not call it up this morning, but I will debate it in the Senate and describe the amendment as to what it does.…”