Joe Cunningham: “first of all, we need to differentiate between legal and illegal. The United States of America has more legal entrants…”

“first of all, we need to differentiate between legal and illegal. The United States of America has more legal entrants than all the other countries put together. That is good. However, where we must draw the line is illegal immigration. It is beyond me. The thing that both sides of the aisle fight over all the time is legislation that slips in in the dark of night, when no one is around, by unanimous consent. That is how this was put into this bill. That is wrong, Mr. Speaker. This provision to allow illegals to remain in this country, the only thing they should have is a ticket out of here, illegals out of the United States of America, period. If we take a look at how over the period of time that immigration has rewarded the United States, that is good. I just returned from the Philippines. The State Department is overwhelmed by visas from people trying to come into this country legally. We need to support that, Mr. Speaker, and take out this provision. We do not have the votes to beat this, but we should have an up-or-down vote on this provision.”