[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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          SAN FRANCISCO ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR ILLEGALS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, San Francisco city officials are encouraging 
illegals to find their home in this California town. The city recently 
began an expensive public relations campaign reminding illegals that it 
is still a sanctuary city and that local law enforcement will not 
cooperate with Federal officials to enforce immigration laws.
  This bold announcement comes at a good time. Many other American 
cities actually believe in enforcing the law and cooperating with the 
Feds to arrest international trespassers. This causes illegals that 
live in the shadows of those cities to be perplexed as to what to do. 
They certainly don't want to go home because they cannot receive free 
social services like health care, welfare, and education.
  So to be completely compassionate and caring, San Francisco should 
expand its PR campaign to include those hardline, narrow-minded, 
nonsanctuary cities and encourage their illegals to go to San 
Francisco. The PR campaign should be ``The City by the Bay welcomes 
all, including those that violate the law.''
  Meanwhile, Congress should prohibit all Federal money from going to 
sanctuary cities like San Francisco that laugh at the rule of law and 
pander to illegals.
  And that's just the way it is.

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