Dana Rohrabacher: “First and foremost, before I get into the subject that I will be discussing today, let me just note that ``American…”

“First and foremost, before I get into the subject that I will be discussing today, let me just note that ``American made'' is only important if there are Americans actually in the jobs. Who is the friend and who is the enemy of American workers today? Certainly the party that is permitting massive flow of illegal immigrants into our country in order to take the jobs that are being created is not a friend of the American working people. Let us take a look at why Americans have prospered. We have prospered because, yes, we have technology and we have jobs. But it is also because we have not permitted this massive immigration that now seems to be flowing across and has been for the last 10 and 20 years. If we have industries that are going to succeed and jobs that are going to be created, we must first control our borders so that all of the jobs that we hear about being created are given to Americans, not to people who come here illegally. It is unfortunate that that part of the debate in how illegal immigration has been bringing down the quality of life, taking jobs away from Americans, that that has not been part of the debate that we have heard over the media. In fact, last week, we had an example where the Democratic party members here were unable to support a bill on the floor commending those brave souls who are defending our border and trying to stem the flow--the massive flow of illegal immigration into our country.…”