Cornyn: Immigrants ‘wearing some form of turban’ crossing Southern border
Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) on Thursday warned his colleagues in the Senate that people who were “wearing some form of turban” were illegally immigrating into the United States by crossing the Southern border.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider amendments to the bipartisan immigration reform bill, Cornyn asserted that he had “anecdotal” evidence that only 25 percent of undocumented immigrants crossing the border were caught by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“In fact, anecdotally, the border patrol last — on Sunday and Monday were telling me, they think they maybe catch one out of every four people coming across the border,” he declared. “Maybe one out of every three. And that’s a problem.”
The Texas senator argued that this made the case for an amendment offered by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), which establishes “triggers” that prohibits legalizing undocumented immigrants until the Department of Homeland Security has established “effective control” of the border for six months.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), however, pointed out that a 2012 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the Border Patrol had a 82 percent effectiveness rate at catching illegal border crossings.
More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/09/cornyn-immigrants-wearing-some-form-of-turban-crossing-southern-border/
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