NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I rise in support of the Tancredo amendment because facts are stubborn things. Allegations, no matter how offensive, no…”

“I rise in support of the Tancredo amendment because facts are stubborn things. Allegations, no matter how offensive, no matter how predictable from some in this House, have a way of being displaced by facts. The fact is federalism is dynamic because constitutionally there are responsibilities reserved to the States and localities, but more importantly, there are responsibilities constitutionally delineated to the Congress of the United States. I would remind my colleagues and specifically the preceding speaker that Congress, not States or cities, has the sole authority to draft and enact immigration policies. By permitting States and localities to flaunt Federal law enacting sanctionary policies, Congress is effectively allowing local governments to set up their own patchwork of individual immigration systems. Mr. Chairman, national security is synonymous with border security. Congress must act to put an end to these policies that allow this patchwork of different immigration policies based on whatever the whim of a certain locality or a certain State may be. We must do that if we are to maintain an orderly immigration system and to ensure that Federal antiterrorism efforts are successful.”