[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ENDING THE VISA LOTTERY

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, we enjoy our current prosperity because of 
the American work ethic, that hard work, sacrifice, perseverance, and 
doing the right thing really pay off in the end.
  Unfortunately, the visa lottery teaches the exact opposite to those 
who would immigrate to the United States. It condones crime by allowing 
illegal immigrants to apply. It promotes fraud by allowing these 
illegal immigrants to enter the lottery under multiple different names. 
It lets those who did not work, who did not sacrifice or persevere to 
step in front of those who did by giving all an equal chance at a visa 
regardless of skills, education, or even humanitarian needs.
  To allow the lottery system to continue to bring 50,000 people a year 
into our country while completely circumventing our legal and moral 
code is a crime against every American.
  I urge my colleagues to join me and cosponsor the SAFE Act, H.R. 775, 
and repeal this visa lottery scam.

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