Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to respond to some of the false charges that we are hearing here. First of all, with regard to E-Verify, unfortunately, there is a misconception that it is our intention to implement the new H-2C program and mandate E-Verify for agriculture simultaneously. This could not be further from the truth. The AG Act, under that act, E-Verify would not be mandated for agriculture until the H-2C is properly up and running and no sooner than 24 months after enactment of the legislation. In addition, E- Verify will only apply to future hires. Secondly, I want to respond to those who complain about what we are doing for the DACA recipients in this legislation. I want to make it very, very clear we are going to do something that is legal, something that is constitutional for them instead of something that was illegal and unconstitutional, and it is going to be superior in this bill to what was done for them there, because they will be allowed to remain in the United States permanently, renewing every 3 years. They are only excluded if they do not meet certain criteria. The fact of the matter is we will have an opportunity for them to avail themselves of existing pathways to citizenship. If they are married to a United States citizen, as it would be logical that a great many of these DACA recipients are because of the fact that they have grown up here, they will be able to benefit from that.…”