My hope: That if we reached the level of finding out what is not working in border security and could fix it, that we would not only have ac...
The premise we have been operating on--part of why we are doing this series of hearings--is to see if we can agree on a common ground on wha...
I may be quixotic in saying this, but we still, in my opinion, have a chance in this session to try to achieve some significant improvement ...
So how can we better deal with this part of the illegal immigration problem?
we may be able to reduce the flow of illegal immigrants by altering immigration law.
We assume that most of the illegal immigrants are coming in illegally.
I do not know about this one incident you talked about across from Douglas, Senator McCain.
I think the system is working as we would want it to.
the common perception is that the undocumented immigrants are all coming in illegally, mostly, in the common view, across the Southwest Bord...
It is very important that illegal immigrants are counted in our census.
It is just unacceptable that we are still unable to systematically identify people who overstay.
Your challenge is primarily in the area of enforcement, not so much the substantive authority that you would see the Congress improving.
As intolerable as injustice and intolerance are in this country, as dangerous as intolerance and injustice, is indifference...
I want to go back to the question that Senator Durbin was pursuing.
Wouldn't it make sense to engage or involve the States and local governments more actively in this effort?
civil rights is indeed this joint venture among Federal, State, and local partners.
I think it really is designed to raise awareness and show our own commitment to fighting bigotry.
If you wait until the train wreck to come together for the first time, you are seldom going to be able to forge the necessary consensus.
