His comments come as President Obama is pressing Congress to push through a comprehensive bill to reformthe nation's ailing health care system this year.
And because of its recent failure to push through a comprehensive tax-reform package, he says, the government will have to rely on selling state assets and issuing bonds to balance its books.
The way to fix our broken immigration system is through common-sense, comprehensive immigration reform. (Applause.) That means responsibility from government to secure our borders, something we have done and will continue to do.