"For years, the government has turned a blind eye to illegal aliens who break into this country," said Representative. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican.
Tancredo helped lead the fight for a bill the House passed last December that would define illegal immigrants as felons, build fences across a third of the US-Mexican border and enlist local police and the military to help patrol it.
Any bill produced by the Senate would have to be reconciled with the House measure.
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