Give me a break, nothing in the current amnesty legislation would have stopped what happened in Boston.

Via The Hill:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) argued Tuesday that immigration reform would enhance the nation’s security as he sought to prevent concerns raised by the Boston bombings from derailing the bipartisan legislation.

“Under the status quo, we do not know who is here and might be intending to do us harm,” Reid wrote in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

“The bipartisan immigration reform proposal introduced last week would enable us to identify and perform criminal background and national security checks on immigrants who are here unlawfully,” he wrote. “Additionally, this proposal would further enhance security at our nation’s borders and ensure that we track those who visit this country on temporary visas to make sure they leave when they are supposed to.”

Reid was responding to a letter Paul sent him on Monday in which the Kentucky Republican called on the Senate to address security flaws exposed by the bombing of the Boston Marathon before acting on immigration reform.