Brian Bilbray: “let us talk about playing by the rules. If this bill is not passed, those who have broken immigration law and entered…”

“let us talk about playing by the rules. If this bill is not passed, those who have broken immigration law and entered this country legally have more rights than those who are waiting patiently at the ports of entry to enter into this country. That kind of confuses me, because my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have no problem with an immigration agent turning away somebody at the port of entry if they are coming to a legal port of entry, without a judge's rulings, without court cases, without lawyers. But if somebody jumps the fence, breaks the law, then they want to continue to empower these people with more rights than those who are playing by the rules. I have to say, this is the absurdity of Washington, that we are even discussing this issue. But they are saying, what if this legislation passes, what could happen? Let me tell the Members, as somebody who lives on the border, let me say what happened today and what has happened in the past. San Diego County, when I was a supervisor, spent $30,000 sending people back to foreign countries in body bags, because of how many people are dying because of this problem. The fact is, there are law-abiding citizens who are doing without in their hospitals because the Federal Government is actively dumping patients onto working-class hospitals and expecting those communities to pay the bill that Washington has played the deadbeat dad and walked away from. This bill will finally correct that.”