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Mike Pence: Let me say emphatically, Madam Speaker, amnesty is no bargain for the American people. Any effort at comprehensive…

On the recordMay 15, 2007
Let me say emphatically, Madam Speaker, amnesty is no bargain for the American people. Any effort at comprehensive immigration reform must begin by rejecting amnesty, will put border security first, and not implement any type of temporary worker program until border security measures have been undertaken and completed. And once a temporary worker program begins, we must require that every person who has come into this country illegally leave the United States and apply outside of our country for the legal right to live and work here. And if they come under the color of the law, we must require temporary workers to learn the language of the American people. In addition, serious fines and an electronic verification system must ensure a full partnership between American business and the American government in enforcing our immigration laws. The real grand bargain for the American people is comprehensive immigration reform that begins with an affirmation of the rule of law.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Addressing immigration reform and the concept of amnesty during a Congressional debate.

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