Political Quotes

“This bill is not about desperately needed workers to fulfill jobs. This is about having a cheap supply of labor to hold wages down. The have been some in favor of immigration reform that want to have it both ways: Crack down on immigration, triple fence the border, but by golly, do not disrupt our ability to get that cheap supply of unskilled labor up from south of the border. They want to have it both ways, but you cannot have it both ways. Mr. Chairman, I am reminded a bit of how the French chose to construct their defense in anticipation of World War II. They constructed an invincible line called the Maginot Line, and it was to withhold any German attack. The Germans flanked the Maginot Line and of course rendered the defense useless. We build triple fences, our Maginot Line against immigration, and we are going to provide the transport. We ourselves are going to allow the transport of unskilled workers up from Mexico around the fences and on to farms where they can wander off and become a continuing part of the illegal immigration problem this country has had an experience with.”