[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27852]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICANS OPPOSE AMNESTY

  (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, with 15 million people unemployed, 
it's no wonder that Americans increasingly are concerned about illegal 
immigration. A CNN/Opinion Research poll found that only 36 percent of 
Americans now approve of the President's handling of illegal 
immigration, and 58 percent disapprove.
  The poll also found that 73 percent of Americans want to see the 
number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. decreased. This is the highest 
percentage since the question was first asked in 2006. In addition, 
Gallup reported that a percentage of Americans supporting a decrease in 
overall immigration levels increased from 39 percent to 50 percent in 
the last year.
  The Obama administration should put the interests of Americans ahead 
of those of illegal immigrants.

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