[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT AMERICA

  (Mr. BILBRAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairman Royce for 
holding a hearing in Imperial Beach in San Diego County this week. And 
I think there was one very clear message, that amnesty is the greatest 
mistake that we could have, not only for immigration, but for common 
sense, and if not for common decency, that we should not reward those 
who have broken our immigration laws while people, millions, wait to 
immigrate legally.
  But the one consensus we could make in that hearing was that 
Democrats and Republicans agree that the missing link in immigration 
reform is not spending more money, but having more enforcement against 
the source of the major cause of illegal immigration. That is illegal 
employment.
  And so I would ask Democrats and Republicans to find these hearings 
as a consensus to talk about what are we doing to stop illegal 
employment. And I would ask both of you to take a look at Silvestre 
Reyes' and David Dreier's bill, H.R. 98, which says that we are going 
to crack down on illegal employers. But we are going to create a very 
simple way for employers to know who is legal and who is illegal, and 
that is to have a Social Security card that is as tamper resistant as 
our voting card.
  So let's get together. If Silvestre Reyes and David Dreier can work 
together, can't the House, both Democrats and Republicans, work 
together to protect America?

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