cecilia minoz understands this. the president has said he understands it. and it's also been bipartisan, the recognition. the senior senator from missouri, senator mccaskill, has acknowledged this. the senior senator from delaware who happens to be chairman of the homeland security committee, senator carper; the junior senator from west virginia, senator manchin, publicly acknowledged it, as well as representatives in the border district in arizona and the number-three member of the house democratic leadership. all of them have acknowledged what the problem is and what we need to do to fix it. so let us review. president obama has described the border situation as a crisis, and i agree with that. it is. he's described the 2008 law which i've talked about as a problem, which it is. leading republicans and leading democrats and senior members of the administration believe that reforming this 2008 law is part of the solution. it would help resolve the crisis, which it would. so they've called upon congress to make the necessary changes, which we should. so at