[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H8532-H8533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    UNRESTRICTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr. LaMalfa) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, just this past week a Federal district 
court in California found that facilities built to hold illegal 
immigrants while immigration officials determine whether their asylum 
claims are valid or not were not properly operated and ordered the 
release of thousands of illegal immigrants within 90 days.
  The lawsuit alleged that, despite the fact that detention centers 
provide schooling for underage detainees, they still believe the 
facilities are insufficiently hospitable.
  Despite brand-new facilities built to address the present surge in 
illegal immigration last year, advocates of illegal immigration will 
use any avenue to expand and promote policies that entice immigrants to 
make dangerous journeys and put themselves under the influence of 
smugglers and human traffickers.
  The ruling gave the government until August 3 to submit a plan for 
releasing the illegal immigrants within 90 days.
  Of course, the Department of Justice's own data tells us that what 
will happen when these illegal immigrants are released is fully 85 
percent will never show up for their immigration court hearings.
  The end result of this lawsuit will simply be the release of 
thousands of illegal immigrants who have not been vetted for criminal 
backgrounds, outstanding warrants, or any other characteristics that 
should prevent the release into our society.
  The situation raises a number of questions: Why did illegal 
immigration advocates file a lawsuit in California rather than in 
Texas, where these detention facilities are located? We know why.
  California is the lawsuit capital of the world and the home of courts 
like the Ninth Circuit, which most times is overturned, many times 
overturned at higher levels of court. They figure they could get a 
loose deal in California on immigration.

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  Why did these illegal immigration advocates file a lawsuit knowing 
full well that the administration intends to release any detainees who 
provide a credible asylum request?
  Is even the most cursory review of illegal immigrants to determine 
whether they are dangerous to Americans too much for these attorneys?
  Will this administration appeal or does this ruling simply support 
their goal of unrestricted immigration and policies which ensure that 
the vast majority of illegal immigrants who are detained are released 
into our country almost immediately?
  Mr. Speaker, I believe we already know the answer to these questions. 
Both the Obama administration and the lawyers who file these frivolous 
suits have but one interest: continued unrestricted illegal immigration 
that places both Americans and immigrants in danger and makes a farce 
of our rule of law.

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