[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H430-H431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget proves once 
again that the Obama administration is not serious about enforcing our 
Nation's immigration laws. They found money for 25 new positions in the 
Secretary of Homeland Security's management office, but there is no 
funding for a single new immigration detention

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bed, no new money to find and deport immigration fugitives or criminal 
aliens, no additional special agents to investigate workplace 
immigration violations, and no money to expand the visa security 
program. The President ought to use immigration enforcement to open up 
jobs for American workers. Instead, the administration maintains the 
status quo. Citizens and legal immigrants will be forced to continue to 
compete with 8 million illegal immigrants for very scarce jobs.

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