[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17336-17337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   BORDER PROTECTION AND SECURITY NOW

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, during the August recess, my constituents 
saw very clearly the need to increase enforcement along our borders. In 
early August, an illegal immigrant wanted

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for murder in Texas was found working in a lumberyard near Elkins, West 
Virginia.
  Last week, another illegal immigrant struck and killed 4-year-old 
Tyler Evans in a car accident in Boone County, West Virginia. The 
police report alleges that speed and alcohol were factors in the fatal 
crash. Both illegal immigrants had falsified immigration papers.
  I held a roundtable with law enforcement officers and elected leaders 
and talked with many constituents throughout August to discuss the 
House border security bill and the Reid-Kennedy amnesty bill. The 
response was unanimous: No amnesty and increased enforcement along our 
borders.
  We shouldn't stop there. It is critical that we provide employers the 
ability to check immigration status of employees and hold them 
accountable for their workers. Clearly, most people who enter illegally 
are not security threats, but it is critical to our homeland security 
that we are able to account for the people who enter this country. We 
need to pass tough immigration reform now. It is too late for Tyler 
Evans, but we need to act before it is too late for other Americans.

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