I think we should not get bogged down on semantics over substance, but ought to deal with what is the substance.

We need to also talk about the future of our immigration policy.

It is my hope that after we complete those hearings that in September we will move ahead to a conference and produce legislation.

We do not have the ability to deport 11 or 12 million. We do not have the ability to deport 5 million.

It seems to me that the best way to approach this is with an identity document that is biometric.

I think that the Hagel-Martinez scenario, which I voted for, is not really workable because it creates another subclass of people.

Alan Simpson was the Chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee for a number of years.

I want to just share with you my views as somebody that represents the State with the largest number of immigrants, both legal and illegal.

I think we reject the best of America and our values when we refuse to recognize all that immigrants bring and mean to this country.

Well, I would hope we can, but I do not think you can do one without the other.

we must recognize this gentleman here, who was absolutely indispensable in bringing peace to Northern Ireland.

Well, maybe let me put it this way: We have basically a guest worker program and a path to citizenship.

The economic contributions of immigrants are something we ought to know and understand.

Let me ask you to talk about how it feels to be undocumented.

It is critical that President Bush make good on his commitment to support the Senate's work.

I am sorry to find that the election-year politics seem to have diminished the work the Senate has done to find a comprehensive solution to the Nation's immigration problem.

Isolating ourselves and turning this country into a police state is not the way our Nation will remain the beacon of freedom and prosperity it has always been.

I believe there is real merit to President Bush's argument that if we increase the opportunity to come to the United States legally, we will reduce the demand for illegal entry.