[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 25 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IMMIGRATION BILL IN SENATE AND CAMPBELL AMENDMENT

  (Mr. CAMPBELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, today the Senate Judiciary 
Committee will begin work on the immigration and border security 
legislation the House passed at the end of last year.
  This bill is one of the most important pieces of national security 
legislation before Congress because border security is national 
security.
  Recently we have been engaged in debates, some of which you have just 
heard, about whether or not our ports are secure. This is an important 
debate. But we know our southern border is not secure; we know that 
illegal aliens, criminal illegal aliens, are attempting to cross that 
border every single day, and it is time that we stop it.
  In December, the House passed a good enforcement and border security 
bill, and the bill is a great start to address this problem and make 
our Nation safer. One important provision included in the bill was an 
amendment I had authored which will withhold Federal law enforcement 
funding from sanctuary cities that prohibit law enforcement officers 
from notifying Federal officials about known illegal aliens.
  The practice of prohibiting cooperation is appalling. We should not 
reward these cities with Federal funds. I urge my colleagues in the 
Senate to include this provision and pass a strong enforcement bill 
without amnesty.

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