[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FIX THE 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, the time to fix our broken immigration system 
is now. This is the time to make sure that families are unified and 
children aren't taken from their parents, the time to make sure we 
secure our southern border to prevent the illegal flow of people and 
drugs, the time to make sure that we know who is in our country and to 
make sure that they don't represent a security threat to American 
citizens.
  The time is long overdue. I hope that my colleagues on both sides of 
the aisle appreciate that we need to work together to restore the rule 
of law, secure our border, and make sure there is a path to 
legalization for the 11 million people who work hard every day and 
contribute to make our country even greater.
  In doing immigration reform, we can reduce our deficit by over $200 
billion. That is an estimate of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget 
Office. Part of those savings go to securing our southern border and 
enforcing our laws, which remain completely unenforced because they are 
unenforceable.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to 
finally fix our broken immigration system with one that works, restore 
the rule of law, and recognize that we are a Nation of laws and a 
Nation of immigrants.

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