Political Quotes

“I applaud the hard work of the Senate Judiciary Committee on this immigration reform legislation. This bill contains many important provisions that will help stem the rising tide of illegal immigration to the United States and reduce the costs to taxpayers from any continued illegal immigration. I take this opportunity to emphasize that I voted against an amendment offered by Senator Leahy that would have stricken summary exclusion provisions from this bill and the recently passed antiterrorism bill because we must curtail asylum abuse in order to fully address our Nation's serious problem of illegal immigration. I also want to address a provision in the immigration bill that would allow an employer to ask an employee or potential employee for additional documentation to establish the employee's authorization to work. This provision creates an intent standard which provides that an employer does not violate fair labor standards in requesting additional documentation from an employee unless the employer intended to discriminate on the basis of race or national origin.”