[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL RESTRICTS POLICE

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Times reported today that a 
Senate immigration bill, the Kennedy bill, would prohibit State and 
local police from helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials 
combat illegal immigration. The Senate bill bars State and local police 
from detaining aliens simply for being in the U.S. illegally. Police 
could arrest the aliens only if they commit certain additional 
violations of Federal immigration law.
  So the Senate bill wants to base our national security on get-out-of-
jail-free cards and second chances? Let me remind you, Mr. Speaker, 
that four of the September 11 hijackers committed immigration 
violations and had been stopped by State and local police before the 
attacks on our Nation. Just 2 days before September 11, one hijacker, 
who had overstayed his visa, was stopped and given a $270 speeding 
ticket. That was later found in his rented car in the Newark airport 
just a couple of days after September 11.
  Mr. Speaker, those who don't learn from their mistakes are destined 
to repeat them. The Kennedy bill in the Senate does just that.

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