[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1365]
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                 H.R. 5272, H.R. 5230, AND H.J. RES. 76

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                          HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2014

  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I wish to express my strong 
opposition to two pieces of legislation that were brought before the 
House on August 1st, 2014. H.R. 5272 and H.R. 5230 are partisan bills 
that do nothing to fix our broken immigration system. Rather than 
effectively addressing the situation at the border or the larger 
failures of our immigration system, the House majority has chosen to 
penalize children by removing trafficking protections for child 
refugees from Central America, and preventing the administration from 
deferring the deportation of DREAMers.
  Deporting hardworking, law-abiding people who were brought here as 
children will not make our country safer or more prosperous. Our 
resources are limited, and the administration must have the ability to 
prioritize the deportation of those who are a threat to our country. 
Furthermore, we will not solve the crisis at our border without 
seriously investing in our immigration courts and addressing the 
violence and poverty in Central America that are causing these children 
to flee. H.R. 5272 and H.R. 5230 are not sincere attempts to address 
these issues, and although I was not able to vote on these bills, had I 
been present I would have voted ''no'' on both.
  I would also like to express my strong support for H.J. Res. 76 to 
provide $225 million in emergency funding for Israel's Iron Dome 
missile defense system. The Obama Administration requested the 
additional funds to help Israel replenish the scores of missiles it is 
using to defend its civilian population from Hamas rocket attacks. As 
the author of the Iron Dome Support Act, which authorizes further 
assistance to Israel for Iron Dome, I support emergency spending to 
provide additional resources for the missile defense system, which has 
saved countless civilian lives. Had I been present I would have voted 
``yes'' on H.J. Res. 76.

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