[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage my colleagues to 
live up to a challenge that has been put before us by the people of our 
country, by the people of Arizona, and by the people of my State. That 
is the challenge to replace our broken immigration system with one that 
works.
  As I've traveled across my district, I haven't found a single 
constituent on the left or on the right who is happy with the state of 
immigration today in this country. There are over 10 million immigrants 
in this country who are working illegally, who are frequently 
undermining wages for working families, and who are taking away jobs 
from Americans.
  We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform to ensure that this 
number doesn't grow to 15 or 20 million and so, in fact, we have no one 
who resides in this country illegally. We will require registration and 
will make sure that people follow the law. We will restore the rule of 
law to this Nation.
  I am a proud cosponsor of the House comprehensive immigration reform 
bill, which will accomplish that. I call upon my colleagues in the 
Senate to introduce a bill based on the 25-page outline that they 
released last week, which would ensure, once and for all, that we will 
hear the voice of the American people come together to solve our 
immigration problem.

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