There may actually be circumstances under which amnesty for certain illegal aliens can make sense.

The legalization provisions of the bill make widespread fraud very likely if this, in fact, goes into effect.

I wanted to go back and revisit the topic we discussed earlier of border security, which is proponents of this legislation argue that it provides for real metrics for border security and triggers that are meaningful.

Can you describe a circumstance in which the evidence would be such that DHS would say the trigger is not satisfied, that border security is not there?

The Boston bombing is not an excuse for delay of considering this immigration bill, but it is an illustration of certain problems that exist with our immigration system.

Unfortunately, S. 744 puts the legalization of the illegal population before the completion of the necessary tools to avoid the creation of a new illegal alien population in the future.

I guess I am always a little skeptical of a statistic that regardless of what it demonstrates proves the end being put forth.

I want to thank my colleagues and the millions of Americans who have lifted up the citizens of West who have been suffering through that tragedy.

Unfortunately, it is the only hurdle that matters because receipt of this RPI status is the amnesty.

If a trigger is certain to occur, then I would suggest it is not a meaningful trigger that is measuring anything.

Thank you for the excellent work that you and your agency have done, in particular over the last week in dealing with and apprehending the Boston bomber.