with my many colleagues at the time, including some not from border states like allen simpson and mark hatfield of oregon. we worked in a bipartisan effort. i participated as a member of the select committee and commission on immigration and refugee policy, along with my friend strom thurman, allen simpson, ted kennedy. the committee issued a report in 1981 which led to passage of comprehensive immigration reform bill during president reagan's administration. let me remind everyone, president reagan supported that bill, setting of a date to grandfather those in this country who were here illegal with a pathway to citizenship if they did not have a criminal record. i continue to work hard to see that this happens and occurs. many ask why our efforts did not work way back in 1981. there's an answer. we did not secure the borders, even though we passed comprehensive immigration reform. former senator pete domenici and i chaired the appropriations committee, and we constantly added earmarks, sorry to use that word here in this august body today, but we added money that was not in the budget, and of

.- south west border, along with my many colleagues at the time, including alan simpson and mark hatfieldoregon. we worked in a bipartisan effort. i participated as a member of the select committee and commission on immigration and refugee policy, along with my friend strom thurmond, alan simpson, and ted kennedy. the committee issued a report in 1981 that led to passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill during president reagan's administration. let me remind everyone, president reagan supported that bill, setting up a date to grandfather those in this country who were here illegally with the pathway to citizenship if they did not have a criminal record. i continue to work hard to see that this happens. many ask why our efforts did not work way back in 1981. there is an answer. we could not secure the borders, even though we passed comprehensive immigration reform. the former senator and i cheered the appropriations committee and we constantly added your marks that was not in the budget, and often it was taken out for other reasons. at that time, the ever congress and the public