members of congress and
unthankful approaching this
issue not just from the
perspective of security but
also from the perspective of
the importance of civil
society has along the border
>> brian everyone here has
talked about metrics and
measures.
why is this so important?
and if you can come in a
little bit we had been
counting input for a long
time.
how do we get from here to
they're?
>> it is important because
as the secretary mentioned
we had a comprehensive
immigration reform carried
out in 1986.
the immigration reform
control act.
and it took us a long time.
the administration tried to
carry out reform.
take as well over 20 years
in the time that illegal
immigration became
politically controversial to