John Cornyn: “Under this amendment, people who entered the country illegally and who are guilty of illegal entry, or who come in…”

“Under this amendment, people who entered the country illegally and who are guilty of illegal entry, or who come in legally and overstay, would not be rendered ineligible, not under the Cornyn amendment. Those who are repeat offenders--in other words, people who have entered illegally, then exited the country and reentered; exited, reentered-- are guilty of a more serious offense because they are multiple offenders. I am not sure, under the hypothetical the Senator asked, whether this individual would be barred. But people who are serial offenders and violators of our immigration laws would be barred under this amendment.”