[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H11885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. GRIJALVA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 4437, 
the Border and Immigration Enforcement Act of 2005.
  H.R. 4437 is an enforcement-only approach that fails to provide real 
family security, real national security, and real economic security for 
our country. It is neither comprehensive nor realistic.
  If this Nation really wants to create an effective border security 
policy, we need to have a debate that includes a discussion about 
actual solutions to our problems, which means taking all of the 
political grandstanding and baiting out of the equation.
  H.R. 4437 is unrealistic, it is based on fear, and it is financially 
irresponsible and even unconstitutional at times. It joins rank with 
the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Depression-era repatriation of U.S. 
Citizens to Mexico, two of our country's most embarrassing moments.
  As a first-generation son, a native-born son of an immigrant that 
came to this country, I hope we do not close the door to that legacy.

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