[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL THREATENS NATIONAL SECURITY

  (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 Center for Immigration Studies 
has analyzed the Senate immigration bill and found that it threatens 
our national security.
  For example, it allows examiners to grant asylum on the spot to 
arriving claimants without giving them background checks. It prohibits 
the prosecution of claimants for any criminal passport or visa fraud 
violation if they have a pending claim for asylum, whether or not it is 
frivolous. The bill fails to create an entry and exit tracking system 
at land ports where most foreigners enter. It waives existing grounds 
of ineligibility for illegal immigrants seeking amnesty, including bars 
for terrorism risks. So it appears that even the 9/11 terrorists could 
qualify for legalization under the Senate immigration bill. Incredibly, 
it even allows the reentry and legalization of those from terrorist-
sponsoring countries who have been deported.
  How bad does it have to get before there is a popular uprising to 
oppose this bill?

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