"The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs." Ted Kennedy, 1965, in support of the Hart-Celler Act.

"This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3 million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another amnesty bill like this." Ted Kennedy, 1986, in support of the The Immigration Reform and Control Act

"Now it is time for action. 2007 is the year we must fix our broken system." Ted Kennedy, 2007

Ted, you helped break the system 42 years ago, you lied 21 years ago when you said we would secure the borders. and now you want to do something? Havent you done enough?