Thread: Security First - An alternative to amnesty

Security First
An alternative to amnesty.

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By Peter T. King
June 20, 2007 5:00 AM

The Senate immigration bill now being resurrected is long on promises and short on actual reforms. Outside of providing amnesty to an estimated 12 million aliens living in the United States illegally, the bill contains little substance. No guarantee for control of our borders. Insufficient fraudulent document protections. No real protections against alien gangs and criminals. And no fixes for our broken visa system. In other words, it is a huge step in the wrong direction, a bill that would reward 12 million lawbreakers and only serve to weaken the security of our nation.

To counter this misguided bill, Representative Lamar Smith and I have introduced a workable alternative: the Secure Borders FIRST Act of 2007. Our approach, “Security First,â€

Our bill, on the other hand, takes concrete steps to secure our borders and put an end to illegal immigration. Our approach mandates that DHS gain operational control of all our borders within the next six years,

While this approach makes sense, I think they should tighten up this requirement of giving six years to control the border.
If we had the political will, the border coulc possibly controlled within a year. Six years? come on Washington, we can do better than that!

How many illegals have crossed our border during the last month? More and more and the president is doing nothing. Our borders are not protected and our Senate has open arms. closed the border and build the fence. Setting up cameras does nothing except a border agent watching as illegals cross the border.