[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    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. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call upon the House of 
Representatives to address our broken immigration system, one that 
serves our national security poorly, one that inhibits the ability of 
law enforcement to keep our communities safe and replace it with 
comprehensive immigration reform so we know who is here, so that people 
who are here illegally will be required to register and get right with 
the law and pay a fine, that we provide a pathway to citizenship for 
people who are here and playing a productive role in our economy, and 
that we can make sure that parents aren't taken away forcibly from 
their American citizen children.
  It has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office that 
immigration reform would reduce our budget deficit by over $200 
billion. There are people here today working, Mr. Speaker, and we don't 
even know if they are paying taxes. We need to make sure that everybody 
who works in our country pays their just share of taxes, fulfills their 
responsibilities as legal residents or as citizens of our country, and 
the only way that we can do that is through congressional action.
  I am proud to support comprehensive immigration reform. I call upon 
Speaker Ryan and the Republican majority to put a bill forward that 
secures our border, reduces our deficit, and provides a way that people 
are required to get right with the law and have workplace 
authentication.

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