Sen. Paul Urges Sen. Reid to Move Immigration Bill to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
May 6, 2013 in Politics & Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today issued a follow-up letter to Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) urging him to refer the immigration bill to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings last month. In Sen. Reid’s response to Sen. Paul’s first letter, he indicated that HSGAC would hold hearings regarding immigration and border security. But, Sen. Paul does not believe that hearings alone will suffice and calls for further debate and amendments in HSGAC. The text of this letter can be found below.
TEXT OF LETTER:
May 6, 2013
The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510
Dear Majority Leader Reid,
As I stated in my previous letter to you on April 22 of this year, I believe it is critical for the Senate to fully review and consider the events that led to the tragic bombing in Boston last month. Most importantly, we must learn how persons admitted to and residing legally in the United States-from a dangerous region of the world, no less-could fall through the cracks, progress through the immigration process, and remain in the United States, where they were able to carry out vicious attacks despite being subjected to a significant amount of scrutiny during their immigration processing.
At the same time that we are trying to learn how the warning signs that might have stopped this horrible tragedy were missed, the Senate is pushing ahead with consideration of new immigration reform legislation. This legislation would reorganize large sectors of our society and alter the process we use to admit foreign visitors to the United States, and it would also bring unknown millions of people out of the shadows and into legal residence in the United States. Although I and many of my colleagues have called for full deliberation of this legislation-especially in light of the events in Boston-most indications are that this enormous piece of legislation will be expedited to the fullest extent possible. Just this week, you suggested that that your goal is for the Senate to complete work on this bill and pass it within the next two months.
It has been argued that immigration has already been debated for years and, while that may be true, it most certainly is …read more
Source: RAND PAUL
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