December 16, 2005

Hayworth: House Immigration Bill Is Path To Amnesty, Not Enforcement

Announces he will vote against H.R. 4437

WASHINGTON- U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth, one of the most outspoken advocates for strict enforcement of laws to stop illegal immigration, will vote against legislation House leaders are rushing toward passage in the final hours before Congress adjourns for the year.

In announcing his opposition to the bill, H.R. 4437, Rep. Hayworth issued the following statement:

"This legislation is so vague, so timid, and so incremental that it undermines the Enforcement First policy America needs in order to turn back the massive invasion of our country by illegal aliens. Not only is this bill unenforceable; it will be unrecognizable when the Senate turns it into window dressing for a disastrous guest worker amnesty plan.

"I am concerned that the haphazard rush to push this patchwork bill through the House will set us on a path back to 1986 and a policy of amnesty first- enforcement never and unending illegal immigration. Only the aroused intervention of the American people can prevent that from happening now and that effort will have my full and unyielding support."