[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1222]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DECLARING WAR ON IMMIGRANTS

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, last week, House Republicans voted to 
eliminate DAPA, a program that would protect nearly 40 percent of 
undocumented immigrants, promote family unity, and boost our economy. 
They also voted to end DACA, which has helped some 630,000 DREAMers, 
including 10,000 in Nevada, come out of the shadows and pursue the 
American Dream.
  This Republican attack is not only being waged at the Federal level. 
Yesterday, Nevada's Republican attorney general joined more than two 
dozen other States in a lawsuit challenging President Obama's executive 
action on immigration, although every President since Eisenhower has 
used similar executive authority to protect immigrants in our country.
  So what then is the real reason for this declaring war on immigrants? 
Could it be that they want to keep a desperate underclass to fill those 
low-wage, no-benefit jobs? Or do some fear that these folks might 
become citizens and vote them out of office? Regardless of the reason, 
these modern day know-nothings should be ashamed of themselves.

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