It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
Barbara JordanFor our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it.
Barbara JordanWe have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
Barbara JordanThe Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative Border Patrol leaders such as Silvestre Reyes with Operation Hold the Line in El Paso. Operation Hold the Line demonstrated that a strategic use of personnel and technology can combine at our land border, as it has for many years at our airports, to reduce unauthorized crossings.
Barbara Jordan