[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 5, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H5983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TERMS OF SURRENDER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the United States is being invaded by millions 
of people from many countries throughout the world.
  The invasion has taken place by land, sea and air. The rulers of some 
of those Nations have encouraged the invasion, by words and other 
methods such as providing tactical maps as to how to illegally enter 
the United States.
  The people coming here want what the United States has. Some claim 
the land in the Southwest actually belongs to their native country and 
are retaking it. Some here are to commit lawless acts, but most are 
here as occupiers that have intentions of living here and reaping the 
benefits of the United States. No matter the reason, they are all here 
illegally. It is an invasion when masses of people move to someone 
else's country without permission.
  So, we have been invaded by people from other Nations. So what do we 
do? Some want the invasion to stop. I am one of those. Some in the 
United States want the invasion to continue. And some here in the 
United States are indifferent.
  But what about our government? Is it fighting to protect our 
sovereignty? Well, no. Rather than protect the United States border, 
the United States Federal Government is raising the white flag and has 
already drawn up terms of surrender. It is called the ``Grand 
Bargain.'' It's a plan to allow the illegal occupiers to just stay in 
America. The United States Government appears to take the position that 
it cannot stop the invasion so it will just legalize the invasion. So 
the occupiers will win the day and they will get to stay.
  The propaganda machine of our government is trying to convince 
Americans that this proposal is not amnesty. The idea is to change the 
meaning of the word ``amnesty.'' Sort of a new take on what definition 
of ``is'' is. The political propaganda people are trying to convince 
Americans it is better to surrender to the occupiers than to prevent 
illegals from coming across our borders, but it's still amnesty.
  Even though I was a judge in Texas for over 20 years, you don't have 
to have a law degree to know that amnesty means forgiveness or pardon. 
To give you an example, if somebody trespasses on your land or is a 
squatter on your land, as some people call it, if that person is caught 
and they pay a fine but they get to remain on your property, it's still 
trespassing, and if they get to remain on your property, even paying a 
fee, it is amnesty.
  Trespassers are required to leave when caught, no matter how long 
they have been trespassing on somebody else's property. This has been 
the law of nations for thousands of years. But our government's going 
to legalize trespassing and let squatters stay whether Americans and 
legal immigrants like it or not.
  Make no mistake. This plan, or treaty of capitulation, lets the 
illegal occupiers stay here. It's cold hard amnesty. The Feds have 
their priorities wrong.
  When a Nation is invaded, the duty of government is to stop the 
invasion. That is the first duty of our government, to defend, protect 
and secure the Nation. We protect the borders of other nations, but we 
don't protect our own. Our government has not protected the border but 
talks about legalizing the illegals. In other words, agree to the 
invasion and give in to the demands of the occupiers. And this is 
absurd. This is surrender.
  The first answer to an invasion is to defend the land, seal the 
border. Stop the people from coming here and don't give in to them. 
Simply stop the invasion.
  It's in the best interest of America that the government realizes 
there's a border war going on, and rather than surrender the government 
needs to get on the right side of the border war, the American side, 
and stop the invasion. Secure the border, then decide what to do with 
the people that are here illegally. But if the border's not protected, 
more occupiers will continue to come here illegally, and our government 
will continue to be missing in action.
  And that's just the way it is.

                          ____________________