Protecting the American people should be the goal of any immigration reform. We must solve the illegal immigration problem by first securing our borders. When our borders are left open, it allows criminals, drug traffickers and potentially terrorists to enter the country.
I am absolutely against amnesty. We cannot reward bad behavior by granting citizenship to those who broke the law and came here illegally.
I support doing what is needed to secure the borders. We must have firm control over who enters our nation. I am a cosponsor of the Border Security Results Act (H.R. 1417). This measure would identify high traffic areas of the border and other data on illegal immigration patterns and achieve situational control of the border within 2 years of bill passage, followed by full operational control of the border within 2 years of implementation of its security strategy. Operational control is defined as repelling at least 90 percent of illegal crossings and significant reductions in illegal contraband trafficking.
I am also cosponsoring the Southwest Border Protection Act (H.R. 4882). This legislation directs the National Guard to be deployed to our southwest border at the request of any governor whose state shares a border with Mexico until operational control of the southern border is complete.
We all know our nation’s current immigration system is broken and will remain broken until our border is secured. I think the Border Security Results Act and the Southwest Border Protection Act are important steps toward securing the border.
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