[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE NEW YORK TIMES IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY, AGAIN

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the New York Times has again lost 
touch with reality. In its latest immigration-related editorial, it 
actually refers to illegal immigrants as ``would-be Americans.'' Never 
mind many illegals don't want to be Americans but just want the 
benefits of being here. And what an insult to the millions of jobless 
U.S. citizens and legal immigrant workers in our country and the 
millions of ``would-be legal immigrants'' who don't violate the law to 
come here.
  The Times, in its elitist mentality, suggests that it is wrong for a 
company to fire 1,800 illegal workers in the United States. The Times 
forgot it's wrong for the company to knowingly hire 1,800 illegal 
immigrants in the first place, and it's wrong that the government did 
not arrest and deport them and then arrest the employer. Taking 1,800 
illegal workers out of the workforce opens jobs for citizens and legal 
immigrants, as we have seen before.
  Apparently, the New York Times cares more about illegal immigrants 
who violate the law than unemployed American workers who are looking 
for jobs.
  And that's just the way it is.

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