[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, the United States 
Senate passed a bipartisan immigration bill that brings each of our 50 
States under the umbrella of a single, uniform immigration policy that 
is easy to understand, is fair, focuses on uniting families, protects 
new immigrants from exploitation, secures our borders, and creates a 
path to citizenship for new Americans. It's critical for us to seize 
this moment.
  A group of Republicans and Democrats are working to craft a 
bipartisan House proposal that establishes a roadmap that is achievable 
and accompanied by a demonstration of the responsibilities of 
citizenship for the millions of men and women already living here today 
to aspire to become citizens of this great Nation. The American people 
deserve a vote on comprehensive immigration reform.
  According to the Center for American Progress, immigration reform 
would create 121,000 jobs each year for the next 10 years. In addition, 
the Congressional Budget Office estimates that fixing our broken 
immigration system will reduce the Federal deficit by about $200 
billion over the next 10 years and about $700 billion in the decade 
after that.
  For far too many years, Congress has failed the American people on 
this issue. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do what 
is right for our country and for families all across America and fix 
our broken immigration system.

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