[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      FLAWED IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL

  (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, the Senate's immigration proposal 
contains a fatal flaw. It legalizes almost everyone in the country 
illegally, amnesty, before it secures the border.
  As a result, the Senate proposal issues an open invitation to enter 
the country illegally. Millions more will do so before the border is 
secure. The Senate proposal would dramatically increase illegal 
immigration.
  The non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6 
percent of the U.S.-Mexico border is under full control of the Border 
Patrol. And 40 percent of all illegal immigrants are visa overstayers. 
Yet, the Senate proposal legalizes almost everyone in the country 
before a system is set up to identify the visa overstayers.
  The Senate proposal amounts to amnesty first, border security later, 
if ever. It is fatally flawed.

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