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Johnny Isakson: “I rise for the third time in 2 years and 5 months to talk about the most significant issue facing the United States of…”

On the recordMay 22, 2007
I rise for the third time in 2 years and 5 months to talk about the most significant issue facing the United States of America as far as domestic policy is concerned. Our borders to the south have been leaking far too long and in too great of numbers. We have had an immigration policy that for the better part of 21 years has been to look the other way as people flowed across our southern border to calibrate on a low basis legal immigration to say we are doing something about it, while millions come into this country. It has to come to an end. It is the reason the controversy is so great over this issue today.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia
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Discussing immigration policy and the need for reform during Senate floor debate.

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