[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, our inability to pass 
either of the immigration bills yesterday was a disappointing failure 
to solve two of the largest problems we face: routine illegal border 
crossing and abuse of the asylum system.
  In addition to wall-building and border security bills, I have 
sponsored legislation to get the workers we need to drive a growing 
economy:
  Change our system of immigration from family-based to skill-based, 
like Australia and Canada. We need legal, verifiable, and skilled or 
the educatable to be workers coming in all ranges of skills. This is 
the RAISE Act.
  I have also introduced a bill to prevent claiming amnesty from anyone 
who is already inside our borders. Amnesty is supposed to derive from 
``credible fear'' of persecution, not flight because the country of 
origin is dangerous, lawless, or offers little economic opportunity to 
its citizens--not our problem.
  These proposals would go a long way to solving the immigration crisis 
and creating a workforce to drive a growing U.S. economy in the 21st 
century.

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