Immigration Fact Check: Responding to Key Myths, May 25, 2007: “MYTH: The government is going to give permanent legal status to 12 million illegal aliens before securing our borders.
* FACT: Temporary worker and Z visas will not be issued until benchmarks for enforcement are met. These triggers include: > Increasing border fencing. > Increasing vehicle barriers at the Southern border. > Increasing the size of the Border Patrol. > Ground-based radar and camera towers along the Southern border. > Resources to maintain the end of catch and release. > DHS establishment of worksite enforcement tools, including an electronic Employment Eligibility Verification System.”