[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                       IMMIGRATION HERITAGE MONTH

  (Mr. CURBELO of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CURBELO of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Saturday marks the end of 
Immigrant Heritage Month, an annual tradition dedicated to celebrating 
the contributions immigrants have made to communities all across the 
country.
  Our Nation was founded by immigrants. The very existence of our 
entire democracy, of this institution, is the result of compromise and 
consensus by the descendants of immigrants, and today our Nation 
continues to owe a great debt of gratitude to the contributions of more 
recent arrivals who are an essential part of daily life, our economy, 
and our society.
  I had hoped we would be able to close out this celebration with the 
news that, for the first time in a long time, Congress had come 
together to fix our broken, inefficient, unfair immigration system. 
Instead, a bipartisan majority decided to double down on the status 
quo: a porous border, uncertainty for the victims of a broken 
immigration system, and continued division between Americans over the 
issue of immigration.
  Despite this setback, I am hopeful that, working with any colleague 
that is willing to do so in this House, I and other Members can find a 
solution to this broken immigration system and, in doing so, help heal 
our country's politics.

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