[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2706-2707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM PACKAGE

  (Ms. GIFFORDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. GIFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to make clear once again the 
immediate need for a comprehensive immigration reform package.
  The L.A. Times yesterday reported that seven of the largest tunnels 
discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have still yet 
to be filled in. This troubles me for many reasons, not the least of 
which because smugglers have tried to use these passages before.
  We need to work in a bipartisan fashion to end illegal immigration. 
And we have to focus our attention on those

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who wish to do America harm, whether they are drug smugglers, human 
smugglers or terrorists.
  President Bush made it very clear last week in the State of the Union 
address that we need to have a serious civil and conclusive debate on 
illegal immigration. I agree, and I look forward to doing just that, 
working with the administration and my colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle to do just that.
  My district in southern Arizona continues to bear the brunt of the 
crisis, whether it is in our schools, our law enforcement, our first 
responders or in our hospitals. It is time to do what is necessary to 
secure the border now.

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