[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            IMMIGRATION LAW

  (Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, last week the 
Department of Justice filed a lawsuit challenging the State of 
Arizona's recently enacted immigration law.
  DOJ bases its groundless lawsuit on the supremacy clause, preemption, 
and the commerce clause. However, DOJ's officials should take note--and 
maybe even read the bill, for that matter--that the new Arizona law 
mirrors Federal law, which already requires aliens to register and 
carry their documents with them. Arizona's law simply states that 
violating Federal immigration law is now a State crime as well.
  Because illegal immigrants are, by definition, in violation of 
Federal immigration law, under the new provisions they can now be 
arrested by local law enforcement in Arizona. This week DOJ officials 
have stepped up their attack on the Arizona immigration law by stating 
that they may file another lawsuit if the law leads to racial 
profiling.
  Once again, read the bill. Arizona's law expressly prohibits racial 
profiling four separate times. All in all, DOJ's lawsuit reveals the 
Obama administration's contempt for immigration law, the people of 
Arizona, and for the majority of the American people who support 
Arizona's efforts to reduce human smuggling, drug trafficking, and 
illegal immigration.
  Arizona takes a responsible and constitutional approach to defending 
the immigration laws.

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