[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IT'S STILL AN AMNESTY DEAL

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, ``amnesty'' is a trigger word for most 
Americans. While we as a people disagree on many issues, most Americans 
oppose the thought of legalization of illegal conduct; in other words, 
amnesty.
  So the special-interest groups and the profiteers from plantation 
labor have been careful not to call the new, inclusive immigration 
proposal amnesty. But that's exactly what it is. It legalizes the 
illegals that are in America, some 12- to 20 million. All they need to 
do is a few things, including pay a fee, or as I see it, a government 
kickback, and they get to stay in America. But supporters of this 
proposal still refuse to accept the obvious: It's amnesty, or pardon 
for illegal conduct.
  If somebody trespasses on your land, when they are caught they 
usually have to pay a fine, but they also must get off your property. 
If they pay the fine and are allowed to continue to stay on your 
property, it is amnesty. This is similar to what the special-interest 
groups are trying to repackage and sell to the American public and even 
illegal immigrants. But it seems to me these groups are selling out 
America. We shall see what the American public think.
  And that's just the way it is.

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