[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           HALT ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS ON AMICUS BRIEF

  (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to call on House Republicans 
to halt their proceedings to file an anti-immigrant amicus brief with 
the Supreme Court on behalf of the entire House of Representatives. The 
document in question hasn't even been made public, and the House of 
Representatives is trying to speak on behalf of the entire Chamber and 
our Nation without allowing us to even see the language.
  What will the brief say? Will the Court tell the House of 
Representatives to encourage tearing families apart by rounding up and 
deporting DREAMers? Will they advocate ending birthright citizenship 
and repealing part of the 14th Amendment? Will it call for building 
their big, beautiful, 50-foot-tall wall along our southern border?
  Comprehensive immigration reform has historically been an issue that 
receives bipartisan support, and I welcome this discussion. We are here 
as a nation of immigrants. Let's work together to fix our broken 
immigration system.

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