do you consider oscar vasquez a foreign soldier? >> mr. durbin, you know, oscar is a good story to use, the exception was made. that's exactly what i'm talking about. those exceptions ought to be carefully thought out, not just a blanket amnesty or support. there's a cost to the american taxpayers for all this. you know, if you want to make exceptions, i'm okay with the proper exceptions and i think oscar's probably one of those that met all the criteria that any american would be proud, and certainly i'm proud that he would join the military, proud that he would defend the nation that he wants to be a part of. those are good things, mr. durbin. don't take -- [ everyone talking at once ] i'm not in favor of a blanket amnesty approach to the dream act or anything else. it's costing us hundreds of millions of dollars. i'm talking about the exceptions are appropriate -- >> mr. pearce, you were in the legislature. i've got to get you away from the cliches to actually read the bill. senator deconcini, these stories about your fellow arizona resi

his name is oscar vasquez. he grew up in your home state. he spent his high school years in junior rotc. he entered a competition sponsored by nasa and was competing against tenants from mit. 2009, he graduated from arizona state university in engineering. he was one of the top three students in his class. let me tell you what happened after he graduated and realized it could not be licensed as an engineer. he is undocumented. he has no legal status in this country. he went back to mexico. while he was in mexico, at the obama administration granted him to enter the united states. he could have been pulled over under your lot. -- your law without the waiver, he would have been barred from returning to the united states for 10 years and separated from his wife. the goodness is it provided a waiver. do you know if he did when it came back to the united states? he immediately enlisted in the united states army purity completed basic training and then he was sworn in as an american citizen appeared his serving our country and his country in afgha

his name is oscar vasquez. he grew up in your home state.spent his high school years in junior rotc. he entered a competition sponsored by nasa and was competing against tenants from mit. 2009, he graduated from eris arizona state university in engineering. he was one of the top three students in his class. let me tell you what happened after he graduated and realized it could not be licensed as an engineer. he is undocumented. he has no legal status in this country. he went back to mexico. while he was in mexico, at the obama administration granted him to enter the united states. he could have been pulled over under your lot. -- your law without the waiver, he would have been barred from returning to the united states for 10 years and separated from his wife. the goodness is it provided a waiver. do you know if he did when it came back to the united states? he immediately enlisted in the united states army purity completed basic training and then he was sworn in as an american citizen appeared his serving our country and his country in afgh