[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6279-6280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ARIZONA VOTERS LIKE NEW LAW

  (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, while pro-amnesty advocates are busy 
criticizing Arizona's new immigration enforcement law, Arizona voters 
are registering their overwhelming support. According to a Rasmussen 
Reports telephone survey, 70 percent of likely voters in Arizona 
approve of the legislation, including 84 percent of Republicans, 69 
percent of independents, and more than half of Democrats. These results 
are not surprising.
  Arizonans are no different from other Americans. They want to see the 
Nation's immigration laws enforced. They are rightly concerned about 
the jobs that illegal immigrants take from citizens and legal 
immigrants, about their communities' safety, and about the

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substantial costs to taxpayers of illegal immigration.
  If the Obama administration continues to ignore immigration laws, it 
should not be surprised if other States follow Arizona's example.

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