[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 31 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  STIMULUS GIVES JOBS TO LAW-BREAKERS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the so-called stimulus bill gives 
jobs to law-breakers.
  Democrats put illegal workers ahead of Americans without jobs. They 
removed a requirement that employers verify the legal status of workers 
paid with stimulus money. So now we have taxpayers' dollars going to 
hire illegal immigrants instead of U.S. citizens and legal workers.
  Now that the requirement that employers hire legal workers has been 
removed, 300,000 jobs in construction alone will go to illegal workers, 
according to the Heritage Foundation. If the goal of the stimulus bill 
is to create jobs, is it too much to ask that the jobs go to citizens 
and legal workers?
  The American people need to know that the Democrats could have saved 
stimulus jobs for citizens but intentionally decided to give jobs to 
illegal immigrants instead.

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