Cord Byrd: “the Byrd-Gregg amendment would provide $3 billion for border security…”

On the recordMay 24, 2006

the Byrd-Gregg amendment would provide $3 billion for border security and interior enforcement by assessing a $500 fee on the illegal aliens who would benefit under title VI. The bill authorizes appropriations for $25 billion over the next 5 years with no means to pay for it. The Byrd-Gregg amendment is a modest fee increase that would help to provide essential border security funds. So for Senators who want to secure the border, this is the amendment that will provide a source of funding to make it happen. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time in opposition? The Senator from Massachusetts.

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Cord Byrd

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