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Dana Rohrabacher: If we send a message to the people of the world, which we have, ``Come on in, come on in, because you will get the…

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
If we send a message to the people of the world, which we have, ``Come on in, come on in, because you will get the benefits if you can come to the United States, legally or illegally.'' One of the things that concerns me the most is that we have seen this incredible flood of illegal immigration into our country at a time when this administration is trying to speed up the process of naturalization. In the last 12 months there have been more immigrants naturalized than in any other year in the history of our country. In fact, it is three times greater than the year before. This administration is intentionally speeding up the naturalization process in order to make voters out of foreigners, many of whom came here illegally and were given amnesty back in 1986. What is happening, then, is that in a speedup of the naturalization process, thousands upon thousands of convicted criminals, of felons, are being given U.S. citizenship by a President of the United States who is hell-bent to try to gut our ability to come to grips with this challenge to the people of not only California but of the entire country. Who do we care about? Why are we here? Who are we supposed to represent? We are elected by the people of the United States to care for them. We have different philosophies and people with different philosophies can disagree. There can be honest disagreements.…
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Dana Rohrabacher
Republican · California

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Addressing concerns about illegal immigration and the naturalization process during a floor speech.

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