Speaker. I wish to express my strong opposition to two pieces of legislation that were brought before the House on August 1st. 2014. H.R. 5272 and H.R. 5230 are partisan bills that do nothing to fix our broken immigration system. Rather than effectively addressing the situation at the border or the larger failures of our immigration system. the House majority has chosen to penalize children by removing trafficking protections for child refugees from Central America. and preventing the administration from deferring the deportation of DREAMers. Deporting hardworking. lawabiding people who were brought here as children will not make our country safer or more prosperous. Our resources are limited. and the administration must have the ability to prioritize the deportation of those who are a threat to our country. Furthermore. we will not solve the crisis at our border without seriously investing in our immigration courts and addressing the violence and poverty in Central America that are causing these children to flee. H.R. 5272 and H.R. 5230 are not sincere attempts to address these issues. and although I was not able to vote on these bills. had I been present I would have voted "no" on both. I would also like to express my strong support for H.J.
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