Madam Speaker. yesterday afternoon in western North Carolina. a routine traffic stop netted 11 illegal immigrants. How do we know they were illegal? Because when they were asked for identification. they presented their Mexican voting card. and when asked by the sheriffs deputy whether or not they were illegal. they said. "yes." The sheriffs deputy called the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in Charlotte. North Carolina. to which the reply was. "We are sorry. we cant pick them up." So the sheriffs deputy let them go on their way. According to the illegal immigrants. 11 in the car. they were going to New York City to get a job. This shows in real form the need for real border security and real border enforcement. It also shows the need for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to get with the times. to get rid of this bureaucracy in Washington. D.C.. that is hamstringing the agents in the field. to increase their budget. And. Madam Speaker. I call on the House of Representatives to act to make sure that we have more border enforcement agents and Customs agents in this Nation to make sure a travesty like this never happens again.
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