[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IMMIGRANTS ARE PART OF AMERICA'S BACKBONE

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, later today House Republicans will forward a 
resolution authorizing the Speaker to file an anti-immigrant amicus 
brief with the Supreme Court.
  While Speaker Ryan has called for a vote, House Republicans refuse to 
reveal what the plan may say; but then again, given House Republicans' 
extensive record on anti-immigrant actions, little is left to the 
imagination.
  Time and time again, GOP leadership has failed to bring a 
comprehensive immigration reform vote to the floor. Instead, they have 
favored deporting DREAMers. They have done all they can to undermine 
President Obama's executive actions on immigration.
  Later this week, this gimmick that they are proposing will do nothing 
to fix our broken immigration system. Instead, it sends a message that 
the GOP intends to continue confining hardworking immigrants and their 
families to the shadows. Families who currently live in fear of 
deportation should be afforded the opportunity to fully contribute to 
the only country they call home.
  As 5 million DACA/DAPA-eligible immigrants anxiously await the 
Court's final decision, I remind my House Republican colleagues that 
immigrants are part of America's backbone, and their contributions 
should not be discounted.

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