Speech #1090129438

Speaker. reject amnesty in this country. They understand that we have to have a rule of law. that citizenship must be precious. that you must respect the rule of law. There is more to being an American than having somebody stamp automatic citizenship on your green card or on your matricular consular card. There Is more to being an American than that. Mr. Speaker. Being an American is rooted in and based upon a common culture. an understanding and a common sense of experience and history. of reverence and respect for our borders. for the sovereignty of the United States of America. for the destiny of this country. for the assimilation that has made us so great. that have been able to take immigrants in from all over the world. bring them into this great giant melting pot of America. give them this opportunity and let them reach out and earn and succeed in this opportunity for success. The legal immigrants in America have performed extraordinarily well. In fact. the vigor that they bring to our society and our economy surpasses much of the vigor that we find in the nativeborn Americans that are here. All of us in this Congress. Mr. Speaker. support a rational immigration policy that is designed to enhance the economic. social and cultural wellbeing of America. But if we have an open borders policy and the people that advocate for an open borders policy are really advocating for an unlimited amount of immigration. everyone who might want to come here to the United States could come here. and if all 6 billion people on the planet want to arrive here in the same year. that Is fine with them. They dont take a stand that there is such a thing as too much immigration. even too much illegal immigration. They will not stand in the way of one of them. They will not stand up and say.