[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 69 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H5173-H5174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS TO PREVENT CRIMES

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
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for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, the director of ``A Christmas 
Story,'' Bob Clark, was killed by an illegal immigrant drunk driver in 
Los Angeles. An illegal gang member shot three students in Newark, New 
Jersey, execution style. He was free on bail and was facing charges of 
aggravated assault and sexual abuse of a child at the time of the 
murders. Another illegal immigrant was arrested after DNA matched him 
to a series of rapes of teenage girls in Chandler, Arizona.
  Sadly, I could go on and on, remembering thousands of victims of 
crimes committed by illegal immigrants. They are a reminder that we 
need to enforce all of our immigration laws to prevent these crimes 
from happening.
  This means enforcing our work site laws against employers and illegal 
workers, supporting local law enforcement agencies who want to arrest 
illegal immigrants, and passing a long-term reauthorization of E-
Verify, the Federal Government's program that helps employers hire 
legal workers.

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