[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                  MEXICO HARSHER ON ILLEGALS THAN U.S.

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, last week, street protests revealed a lot 
about the hypocrisy of Mexico. With a great deal of bluster and self-
righteousness, the protestors objected to the House-approved border 
security bill.
  They said it was ``too harsh.''
  They said it was ``draconian.''
  They said we shouldn't criminalize 11 million illegal immigrants.
  They said we should, instead, give them amnesty and citizenship.
  They waved their Mexican flags with great pride.
  Well, a new study just released by the Law Library of Congress, 
reveals that Mexico itself is far harsher on illegal immigrants than 
the United States. For example, in Mexico, it is a felony punishable by 
2 years in prison merely to be an illegal immigrant. In contrast to 
giving them citizenship, Mexico actually deported 250,000 illegal 
immigrants last year. Mexico even put their military soldiers on their 
southern border to stop illegals from going into Mexico from Guatemala.
  Hypocrisy has crossed the border. It makes you wonder, were they 
protesting the wrong country last week?

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