The U.S./ Mexico Border and Immigration

Senator Kyl's Statement on President Bush's Immigration Proposal

January 8, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), a member of the Senate leadership and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s outline of principles related to dealing with illegal immigration in the United States:

Senator Kyl with Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security Hutchinson during tour of Mexican Border.

“I commend President Bush for giving voice to the serious problems caused by illegal immigration and for suggesting ways to deal with them. “The President, of course, espoused broad principles. It is appropriately up to Congress to work with the administration on the details. Many of us have fought very hard to provide the resources necessary to help enforce immigration laws and know all too well the severe burdens our failing immigration policy has placed on U.S. citizens. “I hope we can make a real effort to find some consensus on a guest-worker program. But any such legislation must not create opportunities for amnesty nor confer U.S. citizenship to those who have violated U.S. laws.”

Senator Kyl's Immigration Press Material:

12/15/10:	Statement by Senator Jon Kyl on the Murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
09/21/10:	Judiciary Republicans Demand Answers From Napolitano over “Backdoor Amnesty” Memos
08/26/10:	Arizona Senators Respond to DHS/DOJ Report on Operation Streamline Expansion; Continue to Push for Full Implementation
08/10/10:	Statement by Senators McCain and Kyl on House Dem’s Rejection of Senate Border Funding Bill
08/04/10:	Arizona Senators Introduce Amendment to Aid Law Enforcement Support Center
07/28/10:	Arizona Senators React to Court Ruling
07/06/10:	Arizona Senators Respond to Obama Administration Decision to Sue Arizona
07/05/10:	Visiting Our Border
07/01/10:	Kyl Response to Obama’s Immigration Speech
06/14/10:	Border Security: Linking Words to Actions
05/27/10:	Senate Democrats Reject Efforts to Secure Border
05/24/10:	Suing the Border
05/19/10:	Kyl Calls on Administration to Secure Border, Not Sue States
05/18/10:	Kyl, McCain Call on Posner to Retract Comments Likening Arizona’s Immigration Statute to China’s Human Rights Abuses
05/17/10:	McCain, Kyl Call on President to Deploy National Guard to U.S.-Mexico Border
05/10/10:	Understanding the AZ Law
04/29/10:	Kyl, Graham Response to Partisan Democrat Immigration Proposal
04/19/10:	McCain, Kyl Announce Border Security Plan
02/22/10:	The President’s Budget: Border Security
10/29/09:	Senators Feinstein, Kyl, Boxer, McCain Urge President Obama to Reimburse State and Local Governments for Costs of Incarcerating Criminal Aliens
03/11/09:	Real Money
03/10/09:	Senate Spends Another $410 Billion Taxpayer Dollars
10/20/08:	Progress Along the Border
04/07/08:	Border Fence
03/14/08:	Senate Approves Budget Amendment to Fully Fund State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
02/29/08:	Kyl Cites Security Concerns over new Visa Waiver Countries
12/20/07:	Congress Approves Border Security Funding
11/13/07:	Border Security Update
11/07/07:	$3 Billion in Border Security Improvements Stripped by Democrats
08/27/07:	Immigration Enforcement and Border Security Act
08/13/07:	Working to Secure Our Borders
08/10/07:	Kyl Statement on White House Border Security & Immigration Enforcement Announcement
08/02/07:	Kyl, Sessions, McCain, Graham, Introduce Immigration Enforcement Bill
07/30/07:	Providing Border Resources
07/27/07:	Senators Urge President to Sustain National Guard Presence On Southern Border
07/26/07:	Kyl, Graham Measure Provides $3 Billion in Border Security Improvements
07/25/07:	Kyl, Senate Republicans Introduce Legislation to Improve Border Security
06/28/07:	Kyl: Bill Represented Best Chance to Reform Immigration Laws
06/18/07:	Kyl on Immigration: If I Were the Only One Writing this Bill, it Would be very Different
05/29/07:	Complaining from the Sidelines is not a Solution
04/24/07:	Kyl-Backed Bill Aims to Reduce Backlog of Immigration-Related Court Cases
04/23/07:	Economic Polices and Immigration Reform
03/23/07:	Senate Approves Kyl-Feinstein Budget Amendment to Fully Fund State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
03/15/07:	Kyl Announces Funding for Border Ports of Entry
01/25/07:	Kyl: Border Fence is Required for Immigration Reform to Succeed
01/25/07:	Kyl-Backed Bill Creates Five New Federal Judgeships for Arizona

TIME Magazine Article: "Who Left the Door Open?" Despite all the talk of homeland security, sneaking into the U.S. is scandalously easy—and on the rise. Millions of illegal aliens will pour across the U.S.-Mexican border this year, many from countries hostile to America. TIME looks at the damage, the dangers and the reasons the U.S. fails to protect itself, by Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele.

11/14/03 RPC Paper: Immigrants Welcomed to Pursue Opportunity, Not Dependence (pdf, 41K)
11/4/03 RPC Paper: Resources for Immigration Policy Reform (pdf, 31K)

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01/31/12 U.S. Senate Approves Legislation Combating Border Tunnels

01/26/12 Kyl Statement on Giffords Resignation

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