[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H5537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SECOND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the new, reformed, inclusive, repackaged, 
politically motivated Senate immigration proposal is more of the same 
lip service we have heard for years about protecting our borders.
  In the 1980s, the American public was promised, and Congress passed, 
legislation that was supposed to beef up the border, reform the 
troublesome immigration service, and grant amnesty to 3 million people. 
The result? Our borders are less secure now. The immigration service is 
overwhelmed with mismanagement and lack of resources. But that amnesty 
deal, it did happen. Now 20 years later, the amnesty gift has only 
increased illegal entry, not slowed it down. We now have 12- to 20 
million people here without permission.
  Why doesn't the Federal Government enforce the existing law and 
secure the border? Because the Federal Government doesn't have the 
moral will to enforce current law, and if Congress tries to pass a 
similar bill like the 1980s: we will get more of the same: lax border 
security and an immigration service that is in confusion. But we'll 
sure let those illegals stay in America. It's another case of second 
verse, same as the first.
  And that's just the way it is.

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