Henry Bonilla: “I am proud that today Congress will pass vital legislation based upon legislation I drafted, the Fairness in Immigration…”

“I am proud that today Congress will pass vital legislation based upon legislation I drafted, the Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006, to close an egregious loophole that allows thousands of illegal aliens to remain in our country every week. Passage of this legislation will result in safer communities across our nation. Currently, the Orantes injunction mandates that the U.S. Government afford all Salvadoran immigrants the benefit of full deportation proceedings and undermines the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to apply expedited removal procedures. The court order was issued in 1988 when EI Salvador was in the midst of a bloody civil war and was designed to protect those seeking refuge in the United States. However, on January 16, 1992, a peace accord was signed ending 11 years of civil war and implementing strict human rights restrictions. Today EI Salvador enjoys a democratically elected government and a developing economy. Illegal aliens stream across our border by the hundreds on a daily basis. They present an immediate danger to the lives of people in every Texas community and across the United States of America. For over 14 years I have worked to raise awareness on Capitol Hill about the crisis facing our border communities.…”