House Votes to Stop Executive Amnesty & Secure U.S. Borders
Brady: “This is more than simply about immigration it’s about restoring important checks and balances in our Constitution”
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Department of Homeland Security bill that funds border security at its highest level in history and stops President Obama’s controversial executive order expanding amnesty to up to 5 million people living in the U.S. illegally.As promised, the House quickly followed up on last year’s two House-passed challenges to the President’s immigration orders. The new House measure prevents any funding for executive amnesty, blocks the so called “Morton Memos” the White House had used to justify the unconstitutional orders, freezes the President’s controversial DACA program and bars illegal immigrants from receiving any federal benefits.
The bill also emphasizes more timely action for immigrants who are trying to obtain legal visas and citizenship by coming through the front door of legal immigration.
“This is more than simply about immigration, it’s about restoring important checks and balances in our Constitution which Americans of all political persuasion have an important stake in for the future,” said U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, a longtime opponent of illegal immigration. “Today my colleagues and I stood up for the Constitution and our constituents who sent us here to defend it. If the President wants to fix this broken immigration system the right way, starting with securing our border and fixing the front door of legal immigration, then he needs to work with Congress as the Constitution requires any president to do.”
“Now it’s up to the Republican Senate to do their job.”
