[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16557]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   FIX OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

  (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I call upon the House of 
Representatives to finally fix our broken immigration system.
  The American people have had enough. They have had enough of the lack 
of security around our borders. They have had enough of the economic 
damage of not being able to hire and retain the people we need to grow 
our economy and make us strong.
  We have had enough of the chaos within our borders, of the difficult 
decisions that police and law enforcement officials have had to make 
with regard to enforcing a set of unenforceable laws, under which more 
than 10 million people here don't have documentation.
  This needs to end. We should not have 12 million illegal immigrants. 
We should not have 8 million illegal immigrants. We shouldn't even have 
1 million illegal immigrants.
  If we simply acted upon the bipartisan proposal that passed the 
Senate with more than two-thirds support last session and, I believe, 
would pass the House today if we brought it to the floor, we would 
finally unite families, secure our borders, boost our economy, and end 
the enormous number of people who are here without their papers.
  I call upon this body to act.

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