[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8523]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT OBAMA APPROVES ``PRISON BREAK''

  (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, President Obama's lax immigration 
policies continue to put the lives of Americans at risk. Last year, 
administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 
36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The 
crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape, and 
kidnapping, and thousands of drug-related crimes. This would be 
considered the worst prison break in American history, except it was 
approved by the President and enabled by immigration officials.
  The release of criminal and illegal immigrants into our communities 
already has killed or injured thousands of innocent Americans. The 
responsibility for this can only be laid at the doorstep of the White 
House.
  If the President cannot be trusted to enforce current immigration 
laws, how can he be trusted to enforce future immigration laws?

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