Speech #1040019511

I am just going to take one moment here to read a little bit from the computer printout of the AP wire story. It says. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the Federal Government should help border States pay for imprisoning illegal Immigrants. but the proposal still faces resistance from other senior Republicans. Gingrich said he supports the provision in the crime bill. That is the provision that I put into the bill in the Judiciary Committee on the alien deportation bill. which I have been told very clearly is going to be ruled out of the order by the Rules Committee. GINGRICH says he supports that provision and supported it even before a meeting with California Governor Pete Wilson. Texas Governor George Bush and officials of other States also have sought the reimbursement. contending immigration is a Federal problem. Arizona. California. Texas. Florida and other States have sued the government in an effort to recoup billions of dollars spent on illegal immigrants. contending the costs arose because of the Federal Governments failure to enforce its immigration laws. "I am very sympathetic to Governor Wilson and to Governor Bush and others who have made this case." Gingrich said. "The Federal Government has failed to secure the American borders and the Federal Government is dumping on our border States an entirely inappropriate problem." The proposal part of a larger crime package now before the House could cost Federal taxpayers about $640 million in the first year. Senior Republicans. such as Representative Henry Hyde. And it hurts me. but it says it here.