[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION POLICY

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let me ask the American people 
how much they love America, I know Americans love America giving all 
that they can give, an America that has opened her heart and mind to 
immigrants from all over the world and built a great nation, an America 
where everyone is proud because we have welcomed those from around the 
world who have fled oppression and persecution.
  Why, then, do my friends on the other side of the aisle want to have 
the scapegoat-and-run policy for immigration, and that is refusing to 
stand and address the question that we all have come from somewhere and 
contributed to this Nation. And then, of course, we want to secure our 
homeland because we love America.
  Why don't we have meetings, or a conference committee meeting in 
order to address the House and Senate bill so that Americans know that 
we care about securing their homeland; but yes, we recognize that the 
Irish and the Polish and those who come from Hispanic origins or Africa 
or the Caribbean or European heritage have all made this country great.
  A pathway to citizenship, border security, not scapegoat and run, 
that is what America is all about. They want leadership and courage; 
they don't want anyone who stands for doing nothing.

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