[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            WAITING FOR ICE

  (Mr. BARLETTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago Tuesday, a police chief in my 
district stopped a man for speeding. The driver was an illegal alien. 
He didn't speak English, so a translator was called. The man had been 
in the United States for 6 years. He had been arrested before. He had 
no job. He didn't know where he lived. He had $3,000 cash in his 
pockets, and he had two public benefit access cards. When the police 
chief called Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE said, ``Let him 
go.''
  At a time when our Nation is broke and when programs for our elderly 
are being cut, ICE must not allow people like this to defraud the 
American taxpayers.
  Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago I asked ICE to explain this decision and put 
in writing the policy regarding the detention of illegal aliens found 
by local law enforcement. Why was this man let go? Three weeks later 
and I am still waiting. I demand an answer. My constituents deserve an 
answer, and millions of Americans deserve an answer. We're all still 
waiting.

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