Disagree, but he should have said "brainless" if they couldn't understand the reasoning - if one listens to it, along with his assertion that the borders need to be controlled before States can take any really effective actions (unless they want to be sued by the folks that refuse to enforce the law).
If you listen to his reasoning to explain the position, which only had for "nays" out of 181, you might hear a realist making the best of a lousy situation - my estimation of him went up.
I heard him on Hannity yesterday give a full uninterupted explanation. I felt much better about it.
I like your tagline. “If a man will not work, he should not eat” From 2 Thes 3)”
Along those lines, people who break our nation’s laws should not be rewarded.