[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               INVITE ILLEGALS TO NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, New Haven, Connecticut, has become exactly 
that: a new haven for illegal immigrants.
  The city will be granting illegals an ID card that will allow them to 
access city services, such as parks, the library, and the ability to 
open bank accounts. This ID card for illegals will become the first of 
its kind in our Nation issued by a city.
  Even though the American public is opposed to free-pass amnesty, this 
city doesn't understand it is still against the law to be in the United 
States illegally.
  But New Haven doesn't seem to care. They have already recruited banks 
that will allow use of these cards. Yale Law School volunteered free 
legal services. All in the name of helping people get away with 
breaking the law.
  New Haven, Connecticut, flaunts its encouragement of illegal entry. 
So since the Feds won't adequately enforce immigration laws and don't 
seem to know what to do with illegals, let's just invite all illegals 
to go to New Haven, Connecticut, where the city wants to have a safe 
sanctuary for them.
  Mr. Speaker, there should be consequences for cities like New Haven, 
Connecticut, that are bastions for illegals. Cities that openly promote 
violations of Federal law should lose Federal funds.
  And that's just the way it is.

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