Doris Meissner
Doris Meissner
Doris Marie Meissner is a former Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the agency previously responsible for immigration enforcement in the United States. She headed the INS from October 18, 1993to November 18, 2000, under United States President Bill Clinton and United States Attorney General Janet Reno. She is currently Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute and has previously worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace...
badly controls obviously operating perfectly system
The arguments for better immigration enforcement and controls are perfectly legitimate, and obviously the system as it's operating is now is badly broken, ... but by and large, anti-terrorism is a different endeavor.
situation
So we have now a situation where we're in a different demographic.
congress credible critical debate longer productive simply step table
I really do think that this is probably a longer debate than simply this Congress. The critical step right now is to have a credible alternative on the table so that it can be a productive debate.
belongs
This little boy, who has been through so much, belongs with his father.
advantage basically legal migration system
have basically used the legal migration system to their advantage.
space
They need more space and they need more privacy.
option prepared
That is not an option I'm prepared to entertain, ... There is no place for an arbitration panel.
prepared
That told us we had to be prepared for anything.
decision legally
It is the right decision legally and it is the right decision morally.
anymore cross diego operations push respond san simply time trying
The smugglers are trying to relocate their operations there, ... They simply can't cross anymore in the San Diego area, so it's time to respond in El Centro and push back the smuggling traffic.
blind continuing flow mistake workers
The mistake (in 1986) was being blind to the need for a continuing flow of workers into the economy.
family found
found the family functioning very well as a family.
border cross harder time today
Today this border is harder to cross than any time in history,
ceremony
Today's ceremony has been characterized by some as a 'victory party',