Speech #1100025155

I think you would admit. this is right where the issue of racketeering brought the Federal government in to address people who were into bootlegging. though they were making big money. people that were into prostitution. people that were in drug dealing. people that were involved in the labor market below fair market value. We have laws against racketeering. and these major banks are involved in racketeering. They are profiteering from illegal activity because they are willfully and openly encouraging people that are in violation of the law. working and making money in violation of our laws. and then taking that money and profiteering by cutting a deal with the illegal alien that we will let you be in our institution if we get a wink and a nod and we are able to get our pound of flesh out of it. So I think it is something we need to address. I appreciate the chance to be able to be here tonight with you. And Mr. Speaker. let me just say that American people may say they hear a lot about the problem of illegal immigration and what do we do about it. but not enough people talk about simple answers. And I would ask you. Mr. Speaker. and everybody that wants to find a simple answer. it is not a Republican or Democrat problem. it is an American problem. And there were two great Americans. one was a Democrat. a former Border Patrol agent called Sylvester Reyes. another was the former chairman of Rules. now ranking member of Rules. a Republican from California named David Dreier. who sat down with the Border Patrol agents. the men and women that are tasked with taking care of the immigration issue. And they were asked. what is the one thing you would do if you had one law to take care of illegal immigration? And they didnt say be mean to anybody. all they said is give the American employer such a simple way as a tamper resistant Social Security card. one document. only one document to prove who is legal to work in the United States and who isnt. Make it so simple for an employer to know who is legal that there is no excuse for somebody to hire an illegal so the Border Patrol agents then can go in and really crack down on those who are hiring illegals. Because the employers who are knowingly hiring illegals cannot hide behind the guise of well. I am like the little guy who didnt understand. it will become so clear.