[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DEMOCRAT AMNESTY PLAN HAS NO PRAYER

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, this afternoon, several of my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle intend to unveil their 
outline of a plan to give amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. I 
don't expect it to hold many surprises. It is more likely to lay out 
the same proposal for amnesty that President Obama and the Democrats 
have promised all along to the illegal immigrant lobby.
  They should know that the bill doesn't have a prayer because the 
American people oppose rewarding lawbreakers, which then encourages 
more illegal immigration. Allowing millions of illegal immigrants to 
stay and take jobs away from citizens is like giving a burglar a key to 
the house.
  Illegal immigrants should play by the rules, return home and wait 
their turn just like millions of legal immigrants do.

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