Pete Sessions: “the failed immigration policies we have now are in need of reform, in need of comprehensive reform. I said that last…”

“the failed immigration policies we have now are in need of reform, in need of comprehensive reform. I said that last year. Some of my colleagues said borders first; and I had sympathy with that and it actually would probably have been a healthy process if we started a year or two ago and established border security and gained the respect and confidence of the American people. We could then have been bringing forward a comprehensive immigration bill with more credibility than we have today. There is a lot of debate going on, and a lot of posturing going on. You see things, such as my good friend, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Mike Chertoff who is doing a great job--he frames the issue this way: It is a choice between Republican conservatives who want to block the bill by insisting on mass deportations or insisting on deportations that are just not going to happen. Well, I am not aware of anybody on our side of the aisle calling for mass deportations. That is not so. That is a false setup.”