[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 131 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, illegal immigration is a huge 
concern to the vast majority of Americans. Some States are welcoming 
illegal aliens with driver's licenses, in-State college tuition, and 
access to social services. One has to wonder how can this be. It 
appears to many that we are rewarding those that break the laws.
  Whoever said crime does not pay must not have been talking about 
those who enter our country illegally. Crossing the border illegally is 
a criminal act; however, we give these people access to everything you 
can imagine. Lax enforcement of our immigration policies is making 
every day payday for illegal aliens.
  States other than Texas, Arizona, and California are now more 
burdened than ever picking up the tab for illegal aliens, with Georgia, 
my home State, ranking in the top 10 with illegal alien populations.
  Hospitals and others are being forced to scrape the bottom of the 
barrel to look for money, money that should be spent on American 
citizens and those here legally.
  Mr. Speaker, not tomorrow, not the day after that, not next week, not 
next month, but today, today is the time to stop illegal immigration. 
H.R. 3693 will do just that.

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