Sen.Ted Cruz QuestionsTrigger Metrics in the Immigration Reform Bill

Sen.Ted Cruz QuestionsTrigger Metrics in the Immigration Reform Bill
April 23, 2013
By JAVIER MANJARRES

While the Gang of Eight’s questionable immigration reform bill continues to be submarined by Conservatives for its lack of specifics and clarity, the Senate Judicial Committee began hearings to try to bring some needed transparency to the bill. For those of you who do not have your eyes glued to C-SPAN today, Senator Ted Cruz asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, “If there are no objective metrics, if it is simply the subjective assessment of a host of factors, how can we have any confidence that the border will be secured and that any trigger will be meaningful?”
In true Obama-style, Napolitano failed to specifically answer his question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=sftJ6FjNmtw

Here is what Senator Cruz said after the hearings-

“We must have a clear definition of what metrics must be reached in order for the border to be secure. I am not satisfied with answers offered at today’s hearing, as it remains unclear how the provisions in this bill will help achieve a secure border.
“As it stands, the border security component – which numbers only 58 pages of the 844-page bill – largely cedes authority to the Department of Homeland Security to determine when and how the border would be secured. However, today’s hearing revealed that the last clear metric for border security – ‘operational control’ – reflected that in 2010, DHS had secured 873 miles of the more than 2,000 mile border. When that metric did not demonstrate success, DHS decided to simply abandon the metric. In order for a metric to be real, it must be meaningful. Currently, there are no objective metrics in place to ensure any triggers in this bill will be meaningful, all while the pathway to citizenship component remains contingent on this undefined border security.”

http://shark-tank.net/2013/04/23/sen...n-reform-bill/