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“UNRESTRICTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H8532-H8533 on July 28, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
UNRESTRICTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa) for 5 minutes.
Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, just this past week a Federal district court in California found that facilities built to hold illegal immigrants while immigration officials determine whether their asylum claims are valid or not were not properly operated and ordered the release of thousands of illegal immigrants within 90 days.
The lawsuit alleged that, despite the fact that detention centers provide schooling for underage detainees, they still believe the facilities are insufficiently hospitable.
Despite brand-new facilities built to address the present surge in illegal immigration last year, advocates of illegal immigration will use any avenue to expand and promote policies that entice immigrants to make dangerous journeys and put themselves under the influence of smugglers and human traffickers.
The ruling gave the government until August 3 to submit a plan for releasing the illegal immigrants within 90 days.
Of course, the Department of Justice's own data tells us that what will happen when these illegal immigrants are released is fully 85 percent will never show up for their immigration court hearings.
The end result of this lawsuit will simply be the release of thousands of illegal immigrants who have not been vetted for criminal backgrounds, outstanding warrants, or any other characteristics that should prevent the release into our society.
The situation raises a number of questions: Why did illegal immigration advocates file a lawsuit in California rather than in Texas, where these detention facilities are located? We know why.
California is the lawsuit capital of the world and the home of courts like the Ninth Circuit, which most times is overturned, many times overturned at higher levels of court. They figure they could get a loose deal in California on immigration.
Why did these illegal immigration advocates file a lawsuit knowing full well that the administration intends to release any detainees who provide a credible asylum request?
Is even the most cursory review of illegal immigrants to determine whether they are dangerous to Americans too much for these attorneys?
Will this administration appeal or does this ruling simply support their goal of unrestricted immigration and policies which ensure that the vast majority of illegal immigrants who are detained are released into our country almost immediately?
Mr. Speaker, I believe we already know the answer to these questions. Both the Obama administration and the lawyers who file these frivolous suits have but one interest: continued unrestricted illegal immigration that places both Americans and immigrants in danger and makes a farce of our rule of law.
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