[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE AMNESTY PRESIDENT

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the border crisis continues with the 
influx of migrants, mostly Honduran teenagers. Rather than quickly 
reuniting recent migrants with their homeland, the President is 
considering giving them refugee status.
  The amnesty President again is going to go his own way. Obviously, he 
doesn't understand the consequences of his newly proposed executive 
mandate made from behind the White House fences.
  The migrants are coming to the United States illegally because the 
President has sent the word out far and wide that he will not enforce 
the border security laws.
  The President of Honduras, whom I met with in January, said as much 
again yesterday. He said the minors are coming because the drug 
cartels, who smuggle the minors for a hefty fee, tell them that this 
President will let them stay in the United States.
  So now Americans who are struggling to take care of their own 
families will be expected to permanently pay for the housing, 
education, and health care of these individuals.
  The rule of law seems to be a mere suggestion to the amnesty 
President. This crisis--that is the President's doing--will just 
continue.
  And that is just the way it is.

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