[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H2492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ``WHO GETS THE WORKER?''

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, while the flow of illegals continues to storm 
across our southern border, much to the joy of those who want cheap 
plantation labor, Mexico now wants to keep some of its workers home. 
President Calderon wants the United States to invest in Mexico and use 
Mexican workers.
  Well, what does that really mean? Does that mean more U.S. foreign 
aid? Or have U.S. companies expand to Mexico and use those Mexican 
workers? Either way, Calderon expects the United States to solve his 
problem. Mexico alone cannot or will not take care of its economic 
problems, thus making their problem our problem.
  Currently, Mexico exports its people to the United States to work and 
then have them send money back to Mexico. Mr. Speaker, if the United 
States invests in Mexico and more Mexican workers stay home, is there 
going to be a cross-border conflict over who gets the worker?
  It would be ironic indeed to see the pro-amnesty cheap labor crowd in 
the United States encouraging illegal entry while the Mexican 
Government tells workers to stay home and take new jobs provided by 
U.S. investment.
  And that's just the way it is.

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