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The 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.

I Felt Somehow For Many Years That George Washington And Alexander Hamilton Just Left Me Out By Mistake. But Through The Process Of Amendment, Interpretation, And Court Decision, I Have Finally Been Included In 'we, The People.'

For Our Immigration Policy To Make Sense, It Is Necessary To Make Distinctions Between Those Who Obey The Law, And Those Who Violate It.

The Arts Are Not A Frill. The Arts Are A Response To Our Individuality And Our Nature, And Help To Shape Our Identity. What Is There That Can Transcend Deep Difference And Stubborn Divisions? The Arts. They Have A Wonderful Universality. Art Has The Potential To Unify. It Can Speak In Many Languages Without A Translator. The Arts Do Not Discriminate. The Arts Lift Us Up.

It Is A Privilege To Serve People, A Privilege That Must Be Earned, And Once Earned, There Is An Obligation To Do Something Good With It.