[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL STRIKES OUT

  (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, it is three strikes and you're out 
for the Senate's immigration proposal.
  First, it legalizes almost everyone in the country illegally before 
the border is secured. This of course will encourage even more illegal 
immigration.
  Second, it puts the interests of foreign workers ahead of the 
interests of American workers. The immigration plan allows millions of 
illegal immigrants to compete with American workers, driving down their 
wages.
  And third, it treats illegal immigrants better than those who have 
played by the rules and waited their turn in line to come into the 
United States. Illegal immigrants get legal status immediately. The law 
abiding, well, they just have to continue waiting.
  I don't think the American people are going to give the Senate 
another turn at bat.

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