Tom Tancredo: “I am here tonight to speak about a couple of topics, in particular, of course, the issue that is always of interest to…”

“I am here tonight to speak about a couple of topics, in particular, of course, the issue that is always of interest to me and I believe should be to our colleagues and to the American people, and that is, the issue of immigration, the porous nature of our borders and the very devastating effect that has had on the United States literally and figuratively. I want to preface my remarks this evening Mr. Speaker with some observations that I had while I was waiting to address the House. One of the previous hours was taken by the members of the Hispanic Caucus, and they spent their hour dutifully recounting the notable achievements of Hispanic Americans in the United States, both in the military and in other areas; and as I say, dutifully, and it is appropriate that those observations were made and those accomplishments were lauded. As I listened to them, it struck me just how peculiar it is to have such a thing in this Congress.”