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[Congressional Record: October 2, 2003 (House)]
[Page H9135]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr02oc03-94]
IMMIGRANT WORKERS FREEDOM RIDE
(Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, immigrants who come to this country today
work hard in the lowest-paying jobs, sometimes working two or three
jobs just to support their families. They earn very little money for
their efforts, but they bring the richness of hope to our civic and our
cultural communities. They pay taxes. They are overwhelmingly honest
and hardworking, and they deserve our respect. They wanted only a fair
opportunity to share in the prosperity of this great country. They only
want what so many others received before them.
Today, because of outdated and unnecessarily burdensome immigration
restrictions, many immigrants live their lives underground, cannot get
an opportunity for a more formal, legal status and get the opportunity
to work for citizenship. Immigration laws and policies that deny people
opportunities for permanence or that leave them exploited should
certainly be challenged. We should allow immigrant workers without
documentation to seek permanent residency status without being forced
to leave the country.
Undocumented workers, who have lived here lawfully and productively,
should be eligible for immigrant visas based on family relationships
and job skills. They should have the opportunity to become legal
permanent residents and eventually U.S. citizens.
I join the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) in her support of
the Freedom Ride Resolution and urge the President to reform our broken
immigration system.
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