[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 118 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
THE AMNESTY PRESIDENT
(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the border crisis continues with the
influx of migrants, mostly Honduran teenagers. Rather than quickly
reuniting recent migrants with their homeland, the President is
considering giving them refugee status.
The amnesty President again is going to go his own way. Obviously, he
doesn't understand the consequences of his newly proposed executive
mandate made from behind the White House fences.
The migrants are coming to the United States illegally because the
President has sent the word out far and wide that he will not enforce
the border security laws.
The President of Honduras, whom I met with in January, said as much
again yesterday. He said the minors are coming because the drug
cartels, who smuggle the minors for a hefty fee, tell them that this
President will let them stay in the United States.
So now Americans who are struggling to take care of their own
families will be expected to permanently pay for the housing,
education, and health care of these individuals.
The rule of law seems to be a mere suggestion to the amnesty
President. This crisis--that is the President's doing--will just
continue.
And that is just the way it is.
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