Speech #1130121424

It is not working at the workplace. It is not working in our communities. I was in the House when President Reagan signed into law a major immigration bill legalizing 3 million immigrants in 1986. and then the Congress didnt do the next step. They didnt take the next step. So he took Executive action to stop deportations that would interfere with family reunification. President ReaganI didnt hear one Republican threaten to impeach the President. sue the President. take action. shut down the government. make life miserable for the American people. No. But they are doing it now. In 1990. President George Herbert Walker Bush directed his Attorney General to halt deportations of an estimated 190.000 Salvadorans who were fleeing the civil war there. and he used his power to halt the deportation of up to 1.5 million spouses and children. I did not hear one Republicannot onethreaten to sue the President. threaten to take him to court. threaten to impeach him. threaten to shut down the government and make life miserable for the American people. President Bushs family fairness policy Executive action was sweeping. It affected more than 40 percent of the undocumented population in the United States at the time. He thought bigGeorge Bush. Sr.-he thought big. and this President should think big.