- new temporary worker program to match willing foreign workers with willing U.S. employers when no Americans can be found to fill the jobs. The program would be open to new foreign workers, and to the undocumented men and women currently employed in the U.S. This new program would allow workers who currently hold jobs to come out of hiding and participate legally in America's economy while not encouraging further illegal behavior.
- Provide resources to greatly increase border security,
- Impose much tougher penalties on employers who hire illegal workers
- Create a system in which illegal immigrants could come forward and register, pay a fine, and receive a temporary worker permit, and
- Provide these temporary workers with a multi-year path to citizenship, if they meet certain requirements like living crime free, learning English, and paying taxes.
- [McKinney] walked around a metal detector and an officer asked her several times to stop. When she did not, the officer tried to stop her, and she then struck the officer, according to [a Capitol Police] account.”
- “I was urgently trying to get to an important meeting on time to fulfill my obligations to my constituents. Unfortunately, the police officer did not recognize me as a member of Congress and a confrontation ensued.”
- It is, however, a shame that while I conduct the country's business, I have to stop and call the police to tell them that I've changed my hairstyle so that I'm not harassed at work.
- “On a day when the Democrats unveil their national security agenda, it's probably not a good idea to allegedly strike a police officer.”