Even with strengthened border, Gang of 8 fails to protect America, union chief warns
The Daily Caller
Even if the border enforcement mechanisms are strengthened in the Senate immigration bill, the bill will still be “fatally flawed,” according to the head of the union representing 12,000 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adjudications officers and staff.
In a letter sent to the “Gang of Eight” senators leading the charge on immigration reform Wednesday, Kenneth Palinkas — president of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Council — wrote that even if the Senate immigration bill was re-written to include stronger border provisions, the legislation would still fail to keep America safe.
“[E]ven if you completely rewrote your proposal to resolve the many border security concerns and changed the ordering to delay legalization, the legislation would still fail—and would still endanger the public—because of the fatally flawed interior enforcement components,” Palinkas wrote in the letter obtained by The Daily Caller.
Palinkas and his union were among many signers of a coalition law enforcement letter sent to members of Congress last month, which insisted that the legislation would “be a significant barrier to the creation of a safe and lawful system of immigration.”