[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5410-5411]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SCOTT GARDNER ACT

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Today, I reintroduce the Scott Gardner Act. Tragically, 
Scott Gardner, who was a loving husband and father, was killed by a 
drunk illegal alien who remained in our country even though he had 
previous DWI convictions.
  And we have had other constituents killed recently. Jasmine Lawrence 
and Min Chang were both killed in wrecks caused by drunk-driving 
illegal immigrants in Charlotte, North Carolina, area roads.
  Most recently, 20-year-old LeeAnna Newman and her unborn child were 
killed just outside of my district after her car was struck by an 
illegal alien

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who later admitted to getting behind the wheel after drinking tequila. 
He had a previous conviction also in North Carolina.
  This act will give our law enforcement and immigration officials the 
capacity and resources to deal with illegal aliens driving under the 
influence in a manner that fits the crime. It would make DWI grounds 
for mandatory detention and deportation of illegal aliens, and it would 
aid law enforcement and our immigration laws by requiring the sharing 
of information among Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies, 
who would be required to collect this information during the course of 
their normal duties.
  State and local law enforcement agencies would be given the resouces 
required to detain illegal aliens for DWI and immigration violations 
until they could be transferred to Federal authorities for deportation.
  It is a travesty that our country allows illegal immigrants to remain 
after being found guilty of DWI.
  We cannot prevent every instance of illegal aliens driving under the 
influence.
  However, there is no reason we should not take every measure possible 
to remove habitual DWI offenders from our roads.
  Our constituents expect us to ensure their safety and security.
  The Scott Gardner Act will go a long way toward clearing our roads of 
criminal illegal aliens who represent a grave threat to the safety of 
our citizens.

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