Kendra S. Horn: “legal immigration, yes; illegal immigration, no. Californians and residents of other border States have been fighting…”

“legal immigration, yes; illegal immigration, no. Californians and residents of other border States have been fighting illegal immigration for years. It took the current Republican majority to take a serious look at this issue. Do not listen to the charges of those who oppose this bill. It is not cruel to ask immigrants and their sponsors to live up to their obligations. It is not heartless to try to put some teeth in our immigration laws. It is a pretty sad day when you can jump a fence, have more rights in this side of the border than when you are coming through legally. We need to protect legal immigration. Recently I held a hearing near the border. Our border in southern California is still a sieve. They have simply moved the problem 40 miles east. They refuse to indict those that are coming over with drugs. And generally it is chaotic still. What it means, we had gained more congressional seats but that will not be good for everybody east of California, I am sure. So I would hope we would have the help of our colleagues throughout this Chamber because this is a national problem, not just a Southwest, Southeast problem.”