Cornyn: Immigration bill presents 'actual danger'

Cornyn, who had been a key negotiator on the bill but walked away from the final product last month, said the measure's "impossible goals," including background checks within 24 hours, could lead to criminals and terrorists gaining legal status and traveling freely to and from other countries.
"I cannot support this flawed bill or this broken secret process that has produced it," he said on the Senate floor.

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Texas senator, who was negotiator on measure, speaks out ahead of vote
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By Eunice Moscoso

WASHINGTON BUREAU

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Monday that a White House-backed immigration measure presents "an actual danger to our nation."
"This bill puts such onerous burdens on our law enforcement officials and ties the government's hands in so much red tape that it will make us less, not more, safe," he said.
Cornyn, who had been a key negotiator on the bill but walked away from the final product last month, said the measure's "impossible goals," including background checks within 24 hours, could lead to criminals and terrorists gaining legal status and traveling freely to and from other countries.
"I cannot support this flawed bill or this broken secret process that has produced it," he said on the Senate floor...

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