[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3830-3831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. I believe that the stimulus package is very important for 
working families. And we must pass this bill on behalf of the American 
people. But our Nation is in desperate need of comprehensive 
immigration reform,

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as well. Politicians have used the immigration issue as white noise for 
every important bill that is brought up here in the House. We can keep 
dancing around the problems. We need real reform with border 
enforcement that also addresses the 14 million undocumented people 
living here in this country.
  Just yesterday, The Washington Post reported that local counties in 
the area are stepping up their collaboration with ICE. This will only 
be creating more fear and dividing our communities and our families. 
This is why we cannot use a wide brush to paint a solution to deal with 
the immigration issues. We must not forget that we're talking about 
families, not just numbers and statistics.
  I urge my colleagues to help these families and join me in working 
towards real comprehensive immigration reform. I ask President Obama 
and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address this issue of comprehensive 
immigration.

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