[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NEW YORK TIMES OBLIVIOUS TO IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
(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, when it comes to the subject of
immigration, The New York Times is fast losing its credibility.
A New York Times editorial says the new Arizona immigration law turns
all the State's citizens into criminal suspects. Of course, that is an
unbelievable exaggeration.
The New York Times says the law requires police officers to question
anyone who looks like an illegal immigrant. Actually, it doesn't
require anyone to do anything except obey the law.
The New York Times says that Arizona should welcome and assimilate
all newcomers, making no distinction between illegal and legal
immigrants.
Maybe from a New York City skyscraper it is hard to see the border
violence, the human smuggling, the drug trafficking, the lost jobs and
the crowded schools, much of it caused by those who break our
immigration laws.
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