[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H12753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE ALIEN ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make my colleagues aware of H.R. 
3651, a bill I dropped just today at the end of 3 years of service in 
the House. It is titled the Alien Accountability Act. I can only 
apologize to the House that I was not able to bring it to the House 
sooner.
  It deals with the 8\1/2\ million people who are here in America 
outside our laws. It deals in a post-September 11 era with a challenge 
that America has been trying to face to know who is here, why they are 
here, and whether or not they threaten Americans, all Americans.
  This is not a partisan issue. I call on my colleagues to join me in 
supporting the Alien Accountability Act to once and for all bring to 
the awareness of civil authorities the 8\1/2\ million people that are 
here, according to our census, outside the law and find a way to 
register these people and to bring about some equitable conclusion to 
what has been a failed system of illegal immigration.

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