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On the recordApril 1, 2014
Mr. Speaker, a lady in my district wrote about the administration's new immigration enforcement policy--or, rather, the lack thereof. She is worried, and so am I. The government claims that it prioritizes deporting criminal aliens before all others who are illegally in the country. Really? According to news reports in 2013, nearly 68,000 foreign criminals were caught, charged, and/or convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanor then released back onto the streets of America. Well, why? The administration should follow the law and deport foreign criminals and not let them loose. There is more. In some instances, a criminal illegal goes to a U.S. prison and then he is ordered deported, and their home country won't take them back. That is why I have introduced legislation to withhold diplomatic visas to nations who won't take back their lawfully deported criminals. The administration should just simply enforce the law. Foreign criminals who have committed crimes in America belong behind bars, and then they should be sent back where they came from. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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