[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                        AN ANTI-IMMIGRANT CANCER

  (Mr. JEFFRIES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to represent one of the 
most diverse districts in the entire Congress. Approximately 33 percent 
of the people whom I represent were born outside of the United States 
of America. Folks from all over the world come to Brooklyn and to 
Queens to pursue the American Dream. This is part of what makes America 
great; yet there is an anti-immigrant cancer spreading in this town 
that is moving like a malignant tumor amongst some on the other side of 
the aisle.
  As a result of this invidious infliction, there are some in the House 
GOP who are prepared to shut down the Department of Homeland Security, 
even though America continues to be a top target for terrorists all 
across the world.
  This is shameful. This is reckless. This is irresponsible. The 
American people need to rise up to stop it from happening.

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