[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING FOREIGN-BORN SOLDIERS

  (Mr. GRIJALVA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I rise today also to honor the soldiers 
and veterans that sacrifice so much for this Nation. And this week in 
which we celebrated Veterans Day, it is an appropriate and necessary 
time to reflect on that sacrifice. And in the Congress that often feels 
the need to scapegoat or debase immigrants, this body often forgets how 
immigrants enrich our lives.
  I rise today to take a special moment to thank those foreign-born 
noncitizens who are serving in this war and have served in wars past. 
In this current war, there are approximately 21,000 noncitizens in 
uniform. No other war has produced anywhere near as many posthumous 
citizens as this one.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you and all my colleagues to work toward 
civility, solutions and humanity when we talk about immigration. Please 
do not play politics with the lives of current and future immigrants 
and their family members, like me, who are only a generation removed 
from the experience.

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