[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NINE COUNTRIES VERSUS ARIZONA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, seven more countries now join Mexico 
and the United States to sue the State of Arizona. They are Nicaragua, 
El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Guatemala. Not 
exactly all champions of human or civil rights.
  They say their illegals in Arizona might be mistreated if Arizona 
enforces Federal law. But here's the real kicker: our own State 
Department has sided with these other nations against the American 
people. It has filed a declaration in the lawsuit saying the Arizona 
law is causing an international incident and hurting foreign policy. 
Now it's nine countries versus Arizona.
  The nerve of our government to side with foreign powers and sue 
American people. Foreign countries have no business meddling in and 
dictating American national security. Our government is on the wrong 
side. It should support and defend the Constitution and the people of 
Arizona. It should not be siding with nations that have illegals in our 
country.
  It's nine countries versus Arizona. I cast my lot with the people of 
Arizona.
  And that's just the way it is.

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