John Cornyn: “the people who suffer the most from the current illegality and broken immigration system are, for example, a young woman…”

“the people who suffer the most from the current illegality and broken immigration system are, for example, a young woman who is a victim of domestic violence who has nowhere to report that crime because she is afraid of being deported, or the worker who earns money believing they have earned their pay but only to be jilted and not paid because the employer realizes they have nowhere else to turn or, as Senator McCain mentioned, the coyotes, as they are known, the human smugglers who care nothing for these individuals as human beings but they are a commodity they trade in, just like drugs, weapons, and people. This is a very real problem. It is true that most of it is not reported in the newspaper because people are afraid of being exposed because of what the consequences might be. But because we live in border States, because we interact with our constituents and see the consequences of the spillover effect of this kind of violence and lawlessness, that is why we feel so strongly that these amendments need a vote.”