[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 44 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SAVE ACT

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, when a dam breaks, the first action you 
must take is to stop the flow, to plug the hole. And the same rule 
applies to illegal immigration.
  There are as many as 15 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country 
today, and we realize the dam is broken. To fix it, we have got to 
start with border security and enforcement first.
  The SAVE Act, which helps fix the dam by hiring 8,000 more border 
guards and using military equipment for border security, is a good 
bill. By strengthening workplace enforcement, it dries up easy access 
to American jobs and stems the tide of illegal immigration.
  Despite broad bipartisan support, and even a Democrat sponsor of this 
bill, the liberal leadership of this House won't bring this up for a 
vote because they prefer amnesty and government tax dollar giveaways, 
not real border security.
  I ask them to stop playing political games with our immigration 
policy and with our national security and bring this bill up for a 
vote.

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