Mr. Chairman. it is time that this Congress and these American States of America get sensitized to the fact of the absurdity of the situation we have allowed to occur along our frontiers. Let me just sort of say very subtly to my colleagues here that Congress and only Congress has the authority to address the immigration policy. But as somebody who grew up on the Mexican border. I have had to live in my community with not only the crime. the destruction that has occurred from uncontrolled immigration and crime activity along the border. but also the human misery that is being imposed on the illegal immigrants. Our freeways are the scene of many people being slaughtered because smugglers are encouraging illegals to enter our country down the middle of freeways. Mr. Chairman. the Tijuana River Valley has been filled with corpses. And I would have to say. sadly. I have been involved in the recovery of bodies in the Tijuana Valley of people who were promised a better life but only received a death sentence because this country says one thing and does the other thing about illegal immigration. Mr. Chairman. I have seen what has happened to our society along the frontier to where not only in our country but in Mexico. nine police officers have been assassinated by the people who make their money smuggling illegal aliens. I have watched as we hear reports of not only agents but six illegals running off a 150foot cliff because they thought they were chasing for a better life. Mr. Chairman. I would say to my colleagues on either side of the aisle who think immigration reform is somehow a bad idea. come to my neighborhood. See what this Congress Is doing to the citizens and to the immigrants along the border. Mr. Chairman. we have a responsibility to control illegal immigration. and this body does not have a right to walk away from it. I ask my colleagues to support this bill.
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Illegal immigrants cause crime and destruction.