[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL HELPS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS

  (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, sometimes it's hard to believe that 
the immigration debate is taking place in the United States of America.
  Those who favor the Senate immigration bill talk a lot about helping 
foreign workers and undocumented immigrants, but you never hear them 
talk about helping American workers and American taxpayers. They can't, 
because the immigration bill will cost many American workers their jobs 
or decrease their wages. That's what happens when you give work permits 
to 10 million illegal immigrants.
  As for the cost of additional government services, the American 
taxpayer picks up that bill--about $43 billion every year.
  The air is coming out of the Senate bill fast. It doesn't secure the 
border, and it hurts American workers and taxpayers.

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