[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SOME POLITICIANS JUST DON'T GET IT

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, let me take you back to another 
time, 1986, and at that time, America had a problem with illegal 
immigration. They said we had about 3 million illegals here in the 
country. And in that debate, many people said that we needed to provide 
amnesty to those who were working here because we couldn't deport all 
of them and our country needed the labor.
  In exchange for granting amnesty, Congress and the American people 
were promised that the Federal Government would vigorously enforce our 
border. The illegal aliens got amnesty all right, and many became 
citizens, even though they violated the law to get here. But the 
Federal Government did not secure our border. The results of that 
action? An estimated 12 million more illegal aliens in our country 
today.
  Some are again calling for amnesty with a promise for stronger border 
controls. But the American people are not buying it again, and neither 
is a majority of this House. The American people and a majority of this 
House are demanding border security first.
  And as the Who said, ``We won't be fooled again!''
  No amnesty.

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