United States Senator Mike Lee: "Aside from taking inadequate steps to secure the border, the "Gang of 8" immigration proposal has several other problems. It diminishes Congressional oversight over how the reforms will be implemented. The bill surrenders control of immigration law to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. This bill is inherently unfair to the many who have tried to navigate our current broken immigration system. Also, supporters of this bill have refused to do a cost analysis of this bill, and taxpayers deserve to understand what the costs of these reforms will be. I am well aware that if this bill does not pass the Senate, we will still have an immigration problem the very next day. That’s why I have been encouraging Members of Congress to support a step-by-step approach to immigration reform. Let’s not hold hostage the things we can get done today because we are unable to iron out every contentious issue. There are more than 40 individual pieces of immigration-related legislation that have been introduced in this congress alone – half of which I have sponsored, cosponsored or could support. The only reason immigration reform is controversial is because the Senate refuses to take it step by step."
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:05:39 +0000
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