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The fact of the matter is, is that we need our borders secured. Certainly, we realize that there's going to have to be some kind of immigration reform, but I don't believe any of that's going to move forward until our border is secured.

The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

These are our borders, and we have to secure our borders.

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.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

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.

Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.

We need to make sure we have secure borders.

We have got to secure the border and enforce existing immigration laws.

We can't get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally.