[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12839]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CONGRESS SHOULD MAKE IMMIGRATION POLICIES

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, today President Trump delivered on 
his promise to the American people. He said he would discontinue the 
DACA immigration program, which allows hundreds of thousands of illegal 
immigrants to stay in the country and receive work permits.
  By ending the unconstitutional DACA program, he has overturned the 
last of President Obama's amnesty agenda and returned to the rule of 
law. President Obama, a former constitutional law professor, said many 
times that DACA was unconstitutional.
  Congress and the administration should strengthen our laws against 
illegal immigration and ensure that our immigration policies put 
unemployed Americans first. The U.S. labor participation rate is at a 
40-year low.
  President Trump is right to discontinue the DACA program and let 
Congress address immigration policies, including securing the border.

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