Securing America's Future Act of 2018

Floor Speech

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act.

Mr. Speaker, our immigration system is broken. For decades, administrations have offered temporary fixes or chosen to not enforce certain provisions of the law. However, the election of President Trump shows a clear desire by the American people to fix our broken immigration system and secure our border.

The Securing America's Future Act addresses these issues and provides needed solutions. The bill secures our border by authorizing a wall, providing new border technology, and putting more boots on the ground.

The bill refocuses legal immigration on skills that are needed by ending the visa lottery program and chain migration. It also prevents future illegal immigration by mandating E-Verify for employers and cracking down on sanctuary cities.

Important for my State of Kansas, this bill includes H-2C agricultural visas which allows people to come work and provide the skills our farmers need.

Finally, this bill gives stability to children brought here illegally by providing a renewable legal status as long as recipients pay taxes and obey the law, without providing a special path to citizenship because no one should get to jump the line.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Source