[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H2169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SCOTT GARDNER ACT

  (Mr. McINTYRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McINTYRE. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to be speaking today about 
an extremely important piece of legislation that my good friend, 
Representative Sue Myrick, and I are introducing. The Scott Gardner Act 
strengthens our national immigration laws and preserves our public 
safety.
  On July 16, 2005, 33-year-old husband and father, Scott Gardner, was 
killed by a drunk driver while his family was driving to the beach 
located in my congressional district. His wife was critically injured 
and his two children were robbed of their father for the rest of their 
lives. The drunk driver was a repeat offender and an illegal immigrant, 
an individual who should never have been in this country in the first 
place.
  This tragedy was completely preventable, but our broken borders 
allowed an illegal immigrant with four prior drunk driving charges to 
remain in the United States. This situation must change so that we 
never lose another life to a criminal who doesn't deserve rightfully to 
be in our country.
  This act, the Scott Gardner Act, would ensure that DWI is grounds for 
mandatory detention and deportation of illegal aliens. It would improve 
communications between Federal, State and local agencies. And it would 
allow those agencies and law enforcement to collect immigration 
information in the course of their normal duties.

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