[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, it has been more than 
500 days since the Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan 
comprehensive immigration reform. But House Republicans have done 
nothing. They refused to act. If the Republicans are unwilling to use 
their power to act, then the President must act. In fact, recently, 117 
of my colleagues and I sent a letter to President Obama urging him to 
act now.
  Since 1952, every single President, regardless of political party, 
has used their broad executive authority to shape our Nation's 
immigration policy. So the President's decision to use executive action 
is not unprecedented. Neither is it ideal. But, unfortunately, it is 
necessary.
  We can no longer stand by while we separate mothers from their 
children, throw young people out of this country. The only strategy 
that the Republicans in this House have had has been deport, deport, 
deport.

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