[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               WE MUST 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, with one item, the American people speak with 
a single voice. They want Congress to tackle our broken immigration 
system, secure our borders, and restore the rule of law. Yet here we 
are, more than halfway through the 114th Congress, and not a single 
immigration bill that fixes the problem has even been brought to the 
floor or committee or passed.
  We hear Presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle tapping 
into the enormous public sentiment that says stop what you are doing 
and fix our broken immigration system. There are 11 million people or 
more in our country illegally. The rule of law has been made a mockery 
of, families are being torn apart by ICE and DHS at great cost to 
taxpayers. Let's fix our immigration system.
  Comprehensive immigration reform will save over $200 billion, create 
hundreds of thousands of jobs for Americans, secure our borders, and 
restore the rule of law.
  What is not to like? Let's come together around finally fixing the 
problem rather than simply complaining about it.

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