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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

the Mexicans are doing this because they perceive it to be in their interest for their reasons, and we are, in part, the beneficiaries of that determination.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Mexico has really stepped up its game, and that would be one of the key areas of agreement I would have.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

All that is necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for enough good men and women to do nothing.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Part of what a guest-worker program would be able to do is help better fill those jobs.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

that is smart. That is not cheap, but I think it is a good investment.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I continue to believe our best hope for progress is trying to tackle several of these areas in a comprehensive way.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I think a comprehensive immigration reform undertaken now... might be able to get us to a situation where we would not see increasing levels of illegal immigration.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

If they do not meet those indicators, they do not qualify for a compact.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

But, cutting off immigration is not the way to help unemployed natives find jobs.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I always tell people--people say, why have I--or ask me why I have had some success in my life. I always start off with, I picked the right parents.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Good. Thanks. That is one outfit, we probably need to spend some time with them. I need to know more what their capabilities are.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

we came up with the idea and said, well, why do we not maybe do something like not text4baby, but text4visaoverstay.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

One of the things that I find encouraging is that all three countries have agreed and signed onto this Alliance for Prosperity.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

They wanted us to put them away for a long time.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

The key is trying to meet our moral obligation to these folks. They are our neighbors.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I would continue the information-sharing collaboration as we are doing now, implement technology to assist in that.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I think it has dawned on Mexico in the last year or so that they have a dog in this fight...

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