[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 35 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              A CALL 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. I rise today to urge this body, the United States 
Congress, to join my constituents' call and meet my constituents' call 
for comprehensive immigration reform.
  My constituents across the ideological spectrum, from those on the 
right, who decry the rule of law, the undermining of the state of law 
and the affront to our sovereignty, to those on the left, who decry the 
tearing apart of families and the injustices of the inhumane treatment 
of people in our immigration system, we are calling out to fix our 
broken immigration system and replace it with one that works.
  There are upwards of 10 to 15 million people residing in this country 
illegally. We owe it to the citizens of our country, conservative, 
liberal, and everywhere in between, to make sure that there are close 
to zero people living in this country illegally and pass comprehensive 
immigration reform, as both President Bush and President Obama have 
called for on a bipartisan basis.
  My constituents demand action now. I call upon Congress to pass 
comprehensive immigration reform.

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