Mr. Speaker. the "sanctuary movement" in the United States has claimed that thousands of illegal Salvadoran immigrants are victims threatened by political violence if they return to El Salvador. The actual truth of the matter is that the vast majority of illegal Salvadoran immigrants. and illegal immigrants from other countries. too. for that matter. are in the United States because they are seeking economic enrichment. not political freedom. A recent commentary in the Washington Times by columnist Michael Novak describes clearly the sham being perpetrated by wellmeaning religious leaders in the name of political freedom. I urge my colleagues to read the following article entitled "Sanctuary Fraud."
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The vast majority of illegal Salvadoran immigrants are in the United States because they are seeking economic enrichment, not political freedom.