[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  OUR NATION IS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to praise our Nation, a Nation of 
hundreds of years of immigrants. Since the Mayflower landed full of 
pilgrims seeking religious liberty, we have been a land built by 
immigrants.
  Today in this great country 5 million immigrant kids and their 
parents know no other country. They are working hard building our 
Nation, their Nation. They are our new Plymouth Rock. They are the 
foundation on which we will build the next generation of our country.
  Now three Justices have decided to block that generation, but if our 
Nation stays true to itself, that won't last long.
  One year after our President took action, I urged the Supreme Court 
to approve President Obama's immigration policy. If you want to work 
hard and help keep building this great Nation of ours, this Nation of 
immigrants, you are welcome.

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