[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE SENATE NEEDS TO ACT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, back in November, 
Homeland Security officials found and deported 85 illegal aliens from 
Mexico; 63 of the 85 had previously committed such crimes as burglary, 
drug possession, sexual assault and murder.
  In September, 99 illegal aliens were arrested in a sting operation in 
my home State of Florida. All of them had violent criminal backgrounds. 
Back in July, officials arrested 29 illegal aliens from South Korea who 
were operating a sex trafficking business.
  If these violent criminals could break through our borders, how do we 
know that terrorist groups have not also?
  I call on my colleagues in the Senate to pass the bill that we have 
passed, H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal 
Immigration Control Act.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot leave our Nation's security to chance.

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