[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 711-712]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STOPPING OBAMA'S AMNESTY

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 14, 2015

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, America is a nation of immigrants. Since 
the earliest days of our nation, countless generations have come from 
around the world to build a better life here for themselves, their 
children and their families.
  But we are also a nation built on the rule of law, and those who 
enter our country illegally disregard those laws.
  Illegal immigration is an injustice to every single person who 
followed the proper procedure when they came to the United States, and 
in an age of international terrorism and global pandemics, it presents 
a serious national security risk.
  What we don't need right now is amnesty. Instead, we need strict 
border security and the proper enforcement of the laws we already have 
on the books.
  Unfortunately, our president does not feel the same way.
  Upon discovering he could not get support from Congress, he decided 
to circumvent the legislative branch through executive action and grant 
amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
  He disregarded both the will of the American people and the 
separation of powers that our founding fathers laid out for our 
government.
  By ignoring the core parts of our democracy, President Obama has 
shamefully overstepped his Constitutional authority.
  A nation is nothing without total control over the sovereignty of its 
borders, and this executive action has only made the situation worse by 
offering a powerful incentive for more people to enter illegally.
  Make no mistake: I am and always will be 100 percent opposed to 
blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants.
  In the last election, the American people sent a message and elected 
Republicans to a majority in both the House and Senate.

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  Congress is now in a much stronger position to prevent this amnesty 
from being put in place, and we are working hard for the people to stop 
it.
  That is why I am proud to stand here today with my colleagues to put 
a halt to this outrageous example of executive overreach, and to tell 
this president that he is not above the law.

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