[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                   SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL (S. 1639)

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                          HON. CHARLES W. DENT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 28, 2007

  Mr. DENT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my concerns over the 
Senate's Immigration bill.
  I am disappointed that the Senate continues to maintain a ``Z'' visa 
program within the text that would reward illegal behavior. Not 
withstanding how its proponents choose to characterize this plan, it 
represents de facto amnesty and is unfair to those who have patiently 
pursued the citizenship process legally.
  We have some 12 million illegal aliens in this country. Granting 
amnesty will only push those numbers up, not down, as we saw after the 
implementation of Simpson-Mazzoli.
  The White House and the Senate just do not seem to recognize the 
fatal flaw in their so-called immigration ``compromise'': If we cannot 
control our borders now, then how can we reasonably expect to manage 
future immigration programs that will inevitably increase the numbers 
of individuals seeking to enter this country illegally? The end results 
of this bargain, I fear, will be compromises to the rule of law and to 
the security of the homeland. And those we most certainly do not need.

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