[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, most of us just returned from 
2 weeks talking with constituents. In the Third District of Texas, 
folks only had one thing on their mind, illegal immigration.
  They were hopping mad that illegal immigrants come into this country 
at all. They told me any proposal that would grant automatic American 
citizenship to illegal immigrants would be blanket amnesty, and they're 
right.
  People have waited years to become American citizens through the 
legal proper channels. Granting blanket amnesty to untold millions of 
illegal immigrants undercuts the merits of creating a legal citizenship 
program. Just like in the 1980s, if we grant amnesty now, many more 
illegal immigrants will simply flock into our country and demand their 
day for amnesty. America must be a Nation that respects the rule of law 
and enforces it.

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