U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message

[http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/~senator]

June 15, 2006

Mr. Robert

where-I-live  

Dear Mr.:

	Thank you for writing to me about the "Comprehensive 
Immigration Reform Act" proposed by Senator Specter, approved by the 
Senate Judiciary Committee and now pending on the Senate Floor. I 
welcome the opportunity to respond.

	I believe that any immigration reform legislation has to take into 
consideration the reality of immigration to the United States today. The 
crisis is grave. Our borders are a sieve, detention facilities are 
insufficient for the numbers of people captured trying to enter the 
country, the Border Patrol is understaffed, and technology for 
surveillance and other purposes is inadequate for the job. 

       We need to build a border infrastructure that is modern and 
effective -- that uses new surveillance technology, that employs adequate 
manpower, and that includes a fence when feasible. But we also need to 
find an orderly way to allow those people who are already here, who are 
embedded in our communities and our workforce, to be able to become 
full members of our society. This bill does that in a realistic and humane 
way.  Please find enclosed a copy of my recent speech on the Senate 
floor which explains in detail my support for comprehensive immigration 
reform.
       
	Again, thank you for writing.  I appreciate hearing your views on 
this difficult subject, and I hope that you will continue to write to me on 
issues of importance to you.  Best regards.

			Sincerely yours,

			Dianne Feinstein
			United States Senator

http://feinstein.senate.gov

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