House Majority Leader - We Need Border Control, Not Amnesty
"Plans supported by President Bush, and being weighed by the U.S. Senate, to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants are wrong-headed,
and the nation should instead enforce tough border controls and crack down on people living illegally in the United States, House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said yesterday," the Washington Post reports. "Even if the Senate were to combine a guest-worker program with increased border security -- a hard-fought compromise on such a measure collapsed Friday -- Boehner warned that such a plan would place 'the cart before the horse.' 'I'm for securing the borders and enforcing the laws,' Boehner said on ABC's 'This Week.' 'Until we do that, if you try to create a guest-worker program, all you're doing is inviting more illegal immigration.'"
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