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Ending the Visa Lottery

By: Max Burns
By: Max Burns
Date: July 7, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Immigration


ENDING THE VISA LOTTERY -- (House of Representatives - July 07, 2004)

(Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, we enjoy our current prosperity because of the American work ethic, that hard work, sacrifice, perseverance, and doing the right thing really pay off in the end.

Unfortunately, the visa lottery teaches the exact opposite to those who would immigrate to the United States. It condones crime by allowing illegal immigrants to apply. It promotes fraud by allowing these illegal immigrants to enter the lottery under multiple different names. It lets those who did not work, who did not sacrifice or persevere to step in front of those who did by giving all an equal chance at a visa regardless of skills, education, or even humanitarian needs.

To allow the lottery system to continue to bring 50,000 people a year into our country while completely circumventing our legal and moral code is a crime against every American.

I urge my colleagues to join me and cosponsor the SAFE Act, H.R. 775, and repeal this visa lottery scam.

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