[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7295]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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          CONGRESS MUST ADDRESS 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 should have been a great day of 
celebration of hope and relief for the millions of hard-working 
immigrant families across the country who would be able to register for 
the expanded DACA and DAPA programs.
  DACA's expansion and the new DAPA program would provide welcome 
relief to thousands of hard-working immigrant families, allowing them 
to pay a fine, register, get right with the law, and work legally. 
Unfortunately, they sit in limbo while they wait for a judge to decide 
the fate of the DACA and DAPA programs.
  It should be incumbent on any politician who seeks to thwart or 
undermine these programs to propose a legislative solution through 
Congress. That is everybody's first choice. Only Congress can provide a 
pathway to citizenship. Only Congress can permanently replace our 
broken immigration system with one that works, one that restores the 
rule of law, one that secures our border, and one that provides a 
pathway to citizenship.
  I hope the fifth circuit will rule on the side of justice and the 
rule of law by lifting the injunction; but no matter what happens, this 
judicial mess is just further proof of Congress' failure to act.
  I call upon Congress to address our broken immigration system and 
move forward with restoring the rule of law.

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