[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 1 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S49]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Cantwell, 
        and Ms. Stabenow):
  S. 9. A bill to recognize the heritage of the United States as a 
nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
to provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, to 
prevent illegal immigration, and to reform and rationalize avenues for 
legal immigration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                  S. 9

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Immigration 
     Reform Act of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives should pass, and the President should 
     sign, legislation to recognize the heritage of the United 
     States as a nation of immigrants and to amend the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) to provide for 
     more effective border and employment enforcement, to prevent 
     illegal immigration, and to reform and rationalize avenues 
     for legal immigration.
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