[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.

                              {time}  1315

  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)

                              {time}  1343

  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.

[[Page H5767]]

  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)

                              {time}  1350

  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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