[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H3855-H3856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICAN SCHOOLS ARE FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, it ought to be obvious that American 
schools are for American students. This should not be a controversial 
statement, yet in the last few months, cities such as New York and 
Chicago, for example, and across the U.S. are using schools as shelters 
for illegal immigrants.
  All of this is the result of the Biden administration's failed border 
policies that have turned every State into a border State, regardless 
if they are actually near the border.
  The policies have only further encouraged more illegal immigration 
because of the promise of illegal immigrants being allowed to remain in 
our country with proper process and cushy food and housing. The tab of 
all of this is being picked up by the American taxpayer.
  The recent expansion of these programs into schools is an insult to 
the reason public schools even exist, to provide a free education that 
teaches kids the necessary skills to lead a successful life, all of 
which stand to be disrupted by illegal immigrants being housed in their 
school gyms and classrooms taking up the resources that rightly belong 
to American students.
  This is why we need the Schools Not Shelters Act introduced by Mr. 
Molinaro from New York.
  We can't guarantee who are even coming into these shelters or if the 
information we have on them is at all accurate, and we certainly can't 
promise parents that there will be no harm to their kids.
  A controlled border solves these issues, and the Schools Not Shelters 
Act is a very important key to starting on that.

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