[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 21921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to work 
together to provide effective immigration reform. I am pleased the 
Secure Fence Act of 2006 was signed into law. Securing our borders must 
be our first step to stop the flow of illegal aliens into the United 
States.
  One thing is clear, we must work to uphold the law. Congress must not 
provide a path to citizenship or any type of amnesty for those who have 
crossed our borders illegally. In 1986, Congress passed a comprehensive 
immigration reform bill that included amnesty.
  This was a failure. It did not reduce illegal immigration or 
permanently solve any of the immigration problems we face today. 
Rather, it provided the incentive to come here legally by rewarding 
illegal aliens with amnesty.
  As Members of Congress, we took an oath to uphold and defend our laws 
in the Constitution. There is a solution to the problem of illegal 
immigration, but the answer is not to reward those who violated the 
laws of the United States.

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