Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of this very reasonable legislation. which really simply requires that our present immigration laws be fully enforced. or at least not be violated. I commend the gentleman from Florida for bringing this legislation to the floor. The President has said he has been forced to act because the Congress has not done so. That is not correct. as Chairman GOODLATTE pointed out a few minutes ago. Congress can act in any one of three ways: writing a new law. changing an old law. or leaving present law in effect. The administration is glossing overor is ignoringthe fact that we have very detailed immigration laws on the books now. They may not like present law. but no one has the right or the power or the authority to pick and choose and enforce some laws but not others. Presidential executive orders have traditionally been used almost entirely for noncontroversial. administrativetype actions.
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