But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.
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Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. As Congress works to fix this problem, I will continue to push for strong measures that beef up security at our borders.
Border security is a safety issue.
And so border security is not simply preventing people from getting in, but very often preventing somebody from leaving for the wrong reasons.
I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.
The real problem is clean up the bureaucracy that people have to deal with to become a citizen the right way. And we must truly secure the border. We can't leave it porous.
Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.
If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation.
We all want our border to be secure. However, certain individuals use this argument to stop us from ever enacting immigration reform.
The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.
Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.