I think there is bipartisan agreement that we have got to get serious about securing the border.

the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is a starting point.

I regret that the border security element falls well short of the sponsors' aspiration to protect the borders and maintain U.S. sovereignty.

Senator Feinstein, joined in the process, of course, by Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bennet, and Senator Hatch, fostered a spirit of unity that was ultimately necessary to produce this agreement.

the bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security within 6 months that a bill is signed into law to submit a comprehensive southern border security strategy.

the bill does nothing to improve the metrics that this and a future administration will use to ensures that the border is truly secure.

Now there are 12 million people that have.

if we do not secure our borders up front, there will be no political will and pressure from legalization advocates to do it later.

I will speak from a center-right perspective. The Reagan Republican movement understands the need to come to legal status for those who are here.

this week I joined my colleagues in introducing immigration reform legislation that seeks to end de facto amnesty by achieving the strongest border security enforcement measures in U.S. history but also by modernizing our legal immigration…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Immigration Reform

We are not repeating errors of the past where we have valued stability or strategic interests at the expense of some of the democratic principles in the region.