[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, illegal immigration, the process of 
choosing to enter this country illegally, of violating our laws, is 
clearly a priority of concern with the American people, and I don't 
think the American people are asking too much when they call our 
offices and tell us to secure the border and bring a halt to the 
massive problem of illegal entry into this country.
  Some in this debate are trying to characterize those of us who want 
to get serious about illegal entry as mean-spirited and anti-immigrant. 
It is ridiculous.
  In a column a while back, Peggy Noonan asked the question, What does 
it mean when the first thing a person does when coming into the country 
is break our laws? Mr. Speaker, that is a good question.
  We absolutely cannot condone or incorporate into our society large 
numbers of people whose first act upon entering this country is to 
break a law.
  We need to overhaul our border security. We need to overhaul the 
process by which people are legally admitted to this Nation.

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