[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, mothers and children from Guatemala, 
Honduras, and El Salvador come to this Nation for protection. They are 
running from certain death, rape, and persecution in their own country.
  This administration has deported more immigrants than any other in 
the history of the United States. We were told that violent criminals 
would be targeted. Yet, mothers and children are being deported. Not 
only do these raids tear families and neighborhoods apart, they waste 
taxpayer dollars that should be used on other priorities.
  We spend $14,000 per mom and $14,000 per child when they are chased 
down and deported. Some are sent to their country to their death.
  So let's focus on real threats to our Nation. Let's focus on working 
with all of our Western Hemisphere neighbors and work to solve the 
Central American refugee crisis together.

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