[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 154 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H10912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
AMERICANS ARE DYING BECAUSE OF FLAWED IMMIGRATION POLICY
(Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, Officer Brian Jackson loved his job. He had
been a member of the Dallas Police Department since 2001. He moved to
Dallas from his hometown in Rhode Island because he wanted to ``be a
big city cop.''
But in the early morning hours of last Sunday, the last 15 minutes of
his shift, Officer Brian Jackson, 28, responded to one last call. His
shift was basically over, but he agreed to answer one more emergency.
It was not only his last call of the night, but it was his last call
ever. Officer Jackson was responding to a domestic disturbance call
when he was murdered, allegedly by an illegal alien from Mexico named
Juan Lizcano.
But this crime could have been avoided. This illegal alien had been
arrested twice in the last year, but because of safe haven sanctuary
laws in Dallas, he was never deported. Because of these preposterous
laws, a dedicated police officer, husband, and friend lost his life.
Officer Jackson and his newlywed wife had just returned from a
delayed honeymoon in Hawaii.
Americans are dying because the government does not protect our
borders. This is yet another example of our Nation's flawed immigration
policy. This ought not to be.
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