[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 59 (Monday, April 26, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ARIZONA VOTERS LIKE NEW LAW
(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, while pro-amnesty advocates are busy
criticizing Arizona's new immigration enforcement law, Arizona voters
are registering their overwhelming support. According to a Rasmussen
Reports telephone survey, 70 percent of likely voters in Arizona
approve of the legislation, including 84 percent of Republicans, 69
percent of independents, and more than half of Democrats. These results
are not surprising.
Arizonans are no different from other Americans. They want to see the
Nation's immigration laws enforced. They are rightly concerned about
the jobs that illegal immigrants take from citizens and legal
immigrants, about their communities' safety, and about the substantial
costs to taxpayers of illegal immigration.
If the Obama administration continues to ignore immigration laws, it
should not be surprised if other States follow Arizona's example.
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