[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H5765-H5767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2018
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX,
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6136) to amend the immigration laws and
provide for border security, and for other purposes, will now resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. ESPAILLAT. I am opposed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to
recommit.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Espaillat moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6136 to the
Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
In section 1, in the heading, strike ``; table of
contents''.
In subsection (a) of section 1, strike the enumerator and
the heading.
Strike subsection (b) of section 1 and all that follows
through the end of the bill, and insert the following:
SEC. 2. PROTECTING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM GOVERNMENT-
SPONSORED ABUSE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial
determination, consent decree, or settlement agreement, no
officer or employee of the United States may detain an alien
who entered the United States with the alien's child who has
not attained 18 years of age separately from such child for
the purpose of deterring immigration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New
York is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, this is the final amendment to the bill,
which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted,
the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended.
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform
Act, has been touted as ``the compromise bill.'' But don't let that
fool you. This bill cuts legal immigration by 40 percent. This bill
cancels diversity green cards. This bill eliminates most family
reunification. And finally, this bill hurts asylum seekers.
This bill is anything but a compromise. It is anything but fair. And
it is certainly not pro-family.
We have spent the last few days and weeks watching babies ripped away
from their parents' arms. We heard their cries in the middle of the
night as they missed their parents, and the American people were truly
moved by this humanitarian crisis.
This crisis drew attention from international institutions and
organizations, such as the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, all
of them condemning the separation of children from their families.
This Nation has a longstanding tradition of providing asylum to those
who flee death, terror, and natural disasters. We need to continue to
be a beacon of hope and aspiration for the rest of the world. Asylum
seekers, including women who have been raped, deserve due process, not
these massive arraignment hearings, which blatantly go against our
democratic traditions.
Let's be honest here, last week's executive order and this morning's
tweet where the President admits that this bill is about ``strong
borders,'' tells us that this is not about our families or injustice.
This is about him getting $25 billion for a wall and another $7 billion
to hold families in detention facilities. Yes, families in jail or tent
cities or maybe even in military camps, similar to the Japanese
internment camps used during World War II.
Children really belong in schools. They deserve to be safe with their
parents, not to be jailed in cages that look like kennels. Babies as
young as 9 months old are being held in my district, in East Harlem,
away from their moms.
If Republicans are serious about families, we should pass this motion
to recommit and the Keep the Families Together Act. This act is simple.
It would protect immigrant children from government-sponsored abuse,
and it would keep us in compliance with the Flores decree--yes, a court
decree. This decree disallows children to be held for more than 20
days.
It also is in line with yesterday's preliminary injunction, which
requires that children younger than 5 years old be returned to their
parents within 14 days and older children be returned within 30 days.
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Mr. Speaker, show some basic compassion for these young children,
their brothers and sisters, and their parents. Every single Member of
Congress should be able to stand behind the simple idea that families,
regardless of where they come from, belong together. The separation of
children from their families constitutes child abuse.
Mr. Speaker, we need to finally ask ourselves: will we continue to be
a country of aspirations or will we continue to be a country of
deportation? Will we step up to be the country that allowed me, as a
young boy, to find safety next to my mother and father?
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I claim time in opposition to the motion
to recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this
effort to distract us from the major problems that we are attempting to
address in our country. This motion to recommit deals only with a red
herring. It fixes nothing, but rather ensures that catch and release
will remain in effect.
The American people want a holistic approach to reforming immigration
laws that focuses on enforcement first before legalization. The motion
to recommit simply does not do that.
H.R. 6136 helps solve the problem with a surge of people coming
illegally into the United States by funding the border wall
construction and other infrastructure at the border, and it closes the
loopholes that require catch and release of aliens who have entered
illegally. The bill begins the process of reforming the way U.S. green
cards are
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allocated. And it provides a path to legalization for the DACA-eligible
population.
H.R. 6136 addresses the areas that need to be addressed in
immigration: enforcement, including a true fix to the issue of
separation of children from their parents; it includes border security,
legal immigration, and legalization for DACA-eligible individuals.
The motion to recommit does none of that. I urge my colleagues to
oppose that motion.
I also want to call to everyone's attention the Statement of
Administration Policy issued by the Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget just this morning. It says in part:
``The administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 6136, the
Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018. . . .''
``H.R. 6136 would end the visa lottery program and would begin moving
toward a merit-based system for admission. H.R. 6136 would also reduce
extended-family chain migration by removing family preference
categories for siblings and adult married children. . . .''
``Overall, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
would support the administration's goals of securing the border,
closing legal loopholes, moving to a system of merit-based immigration,
and providing a responsible solution to DACA.
``If H.R. 6136 were presented to the President, his advisers would
recommend that he sign it into law.''
But, you don't have to listen to his advisers. You can listen to the
President himself, because he tweeted this morning: ``House Republicans
should pass the strong but fair immigration bill, known as Goodlatte
II, in their afternoon vote today, even though the Dems won't let it
pass in the Senate. Passage will show that we want strong borders and
security while the Dems want open borders equals crime. Win.''
That is what we need to do today. We need to win by defeating this
motion to recommit and passing this important legislation that brings
America forward in addressing our immigration issues, is an appropriate
fix for the DACA population, secures our borders, and moves towards a
merit-based immigration system that this country needs. That is what we
are about today.
Mr. Speaker, reject the motion to recommit, pass this bill.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is
ordered on the motion to recommit.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by
5-minute votes on:
Passage of H.R. 6136, if ordered;
Ordering the previous question on House Resolution 964; and
Adoption of House Resolution 964, if ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 190,
noes 230, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 296]
AYES--190
Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Crist
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NOES--230
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Curtis
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garrett
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lesko
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Loudermilk
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Francis
Rooney, Thomas J.
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--7
Black
Carter (TX)
Crowley
DeGette
Messer
Rush
Thompson (MS)
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Messrs. BACON, COMER, YOUNG of Alaska, PITTENGER, BURGESS, and JORDAN
changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. BASS, Messrs. BISHOP of Georgia, POCAN, BEYER, SUOZZI, COOPER,
PAYNE, and KEATING changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to recommit was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
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A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 121,
noes 301, not voting 6, as follows:
[Roll No. 297]
AYES--121
Amodei
Bacon
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Bucshon
Calvert
Chabot
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Curbelo (FL)
Curtis
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Diaz-Balart
Donovan
Duffy
Dunn
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Flores
Fortenberry
Frelinghuysen
Gianforte
Gibbs
Goodlatte
Griffith
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Huizenga
Hultgren
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (OH)
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (PA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Lance
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marino
Marshall
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Newhouse
Nunes
Paulsen
Pearce
Pittenger
Poliquin
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rogers (KY)
Rooney, Francis
Rooney, Thomas J.
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Royce (CA)
Rutherford
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Scott, Austin
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Wenstrup
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
NOES--301
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Biggs
Bishop (GA)
Blackburn
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cheney
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Comer
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Crawford
Crist
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davidson
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
Delaney
DeLauro
DelBene
Demings
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Emmer
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Estes (KS)
Esty (CT)
Evans
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Garrett
Gohmert
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gosar
Gottheimer
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grothman
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harris
Hastings
Heck
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Hunter
Hurd
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (IA)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamb
Lamborn
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee
Lesko
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Loudermilk
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Massie
Matsui
McClintock
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Norman
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Palmer
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Ratcliffe
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rosen
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walker
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Welch
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Yarmuth
Yoho
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--6
Black
Crowley
DeGette
Messer
Rush
Thompson (MS)
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So the bill was not passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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