[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  LONE STAR VOICE: MICHAEL ESTEP, SR.

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, working Americans continue to voice concern 
about the unlawful entry into the United States. Michael Estep, Sr., 
from Spring, Texas writes to me:
  ``I am writing to express my most sincere concern for our Nation and 
the State with regard to the current immigration issues. Having served 
in both public law enforcement and the private sector for the past 30 
years, in all these years I have not seen one good side of illegal 
immigration, just varying degrees of bad. The strain on local and State 
medical services, higher insurance costs due to uninsured and 
unlicensed motorists, the criminal justice system where 29 percent of 
the American prison population are illegal aliens, are all paid by the 
citizens.
  ``What is happening to the land the greatest generation fought to 
protect? Is the uncontrolled assimilation into the melting pot of 
America destroying the values and resources which made us strong? Is 
this unchecked invasion crippling our ability to tell the difference 
between right and wrong, leading us to choose the politically correct 
solution rather than the right answer?
  ``I ask your support of immigration reform in the strongest terms. 
Too many citizens and illegals alike choose which laws are to be obeyed 
while seeking protection from the law through protests and civil 
disobedience.''
  That's just the way it is.

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