[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TIME FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

  (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, my friends, the time for immigration reform 
is now so as to increase our economic growth, creating good jobs for 
Americans; to reduce our budget deficit by over $200 billion; to 
improve our national security so we know who is here and what they are 
doing; to make sure that people who are here legally have the ability 
to get jobs and so that we have the ability to screen out people who 
are violating our laws; to restore the rule of law; to secure our 
border; to unite families so we don't tear American children from their 
immigrant parents.
  For all of these reasons and more, it is time for this body to act. 
Only Congress can pass comprehensive immigration reform. Only Congress 
can enforce our laws. Only Congress can ensure that we grow our 
economy, meet the needs of our labor force, grow jobs for American 
families, and increase wages, all through comprehensive immigration 
reform.
  I call upon my Republican and Democratic friends to stop waiting and 
to act and to take up comprehensive immigration reform now.

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