On the recordJuly 23, 2015
As the gentleman from Georgia might recall, when the Democrats controlled the Senate last session, they did pass comprehensive immigration reform with strong Republican and Democratic support. More than two-thirds of the body supported securing our borders, expelling felon immigrants, and keeping Americans safe. Had this body simply acted on that bill, as we repeatedly tried to get them to do, we quite likely would not be facing this tragedy that we face here today. Until this body acts, there are likely to be more victims, more American victims, of criminal immigrants. It is not the fault of the Democrats. We, with the Republicans in the Senate, put together a bill that would have addressed it. It is the fault of this body, the House of Representatives, that failed to act. Mr. Speaker, I submit for the Record a Statement of Administration Policy with regard to this bill, which includes that the President's senior advisers would recommend that he veto this bill. He then goes into some of the same arguments we have been talking about with regard to why we need to secure our border and grow our economy and make sure that we can fix our broken immigration system. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 3009--Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act (Rep. Hunter, R-CA, and 44 cosponsors) The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 3009.…
