[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  LET'S BE CLEAR ON IMMIGRATION POLICY

  (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise out of an overwhelming 
concern for young people and children in Central America.
  President Obama has a habit of saying to Americans, ``Let me be 
clear.'' I wish desperately he would be clear with the thousands of 
Central American families who have not yet tried to cross our border.
  In 2012, the President announced he would not enforce the law with 
regard to 800,000 young people who crossed our border illegally. 
Predictably, families and dangerous smugglers got the message.
  Detention centers in our Southwestern States are overflowing. The 
photos and stories of the traveling and living conditions of these kids 
is heartbreaking to see and to hear.
  Tragically, the administration doubled down on Sunday, when Homeland 
Security Secretary Jeh Johnson promised more executive action and 
refused to say new arrivals would be returned. This ambiguous approach 
created the crisis in the first place. Without clarity, more suffering 
will assuredly follow.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish the President would consider the consequences of 
his disregard for the rule of law and be clear with would-be legal 
immigrants.

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