[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10509]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        BORDER PATROL: PRESIDENT'S AMNESTY PROMISE CAUSES SURGE

  (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, tens of thousands of unaccompanied 
minors are surging across our southern border.
  According to an internal Border Patrol report, the blame falls 
squarely on the President. The report shows that 95 percent of the 
illegal immigrants interviewed came to the U.S. to get a ``free pass'' 
from the President's announced amnesty policy. His failure to enforce 
immigration laws and his promise of amnesty by executive order entices 
these immigrant children to enter the U.S. illegally. The estimate for 
this year alone is expected to reach 90,000--15 times more than 4 years 
ago.
  The President's solution is to issue public service announcements in 
Central America, but the administration's actions speak louder than 
their words. The President's pro-amnesty policies have caused this 
crisis. The real solution to the border surge is to enforce current 
immigration laws, not undermine them as the President has done.

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