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House Bill Would Restore Respect For Immigration Law And The Constitutional Process


Posted: Jan 8, 2015

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) applauds the introduction of Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015, a bill that would not only defund the president's unconstitutional amnesty, but would block further attempts by this or future administrations to rewrite immigration laws through executive memos. After six years of systematically dismantling and undermining immigration enforcement, the Repeal Executive Amnesty Act, introduced by Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), and Lamar Smith (R- Texas), would restore Congress's plenary authority to make immigration laws and restore confidence that our immigration laws are being enforced in the interest of the American people.

Among the key provisions of the legislation:

  • Prohibits DHS or any other federal agency from using funds or fees made available to them to "implement, administer, enforce, or carry out" any amnesty policies established through executive memos. Among other things, it would cut-off funding for president's 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty and the broader executive amnesty program announced on Nov. 20, 2014.
  • Curbs the abuse of parole that has allowed entire classes of inadmissible aliens to enter or remain in the United States. Further, it bars aliens with parole status from gaining lawful permanent residency or work authorization. The bill restores the original intent of parole authority, that it be used on a limited case-by-case basis to allow aliens to enter the U.S. temporarily for humanitarian purposes.
  • Bars illegal aliens granted deferred action from gaining work authorization. The bill would protect American workers by preventing millions of illegal aliens from legally taking jobs sought by citizens and legal immigrants.
  • Protects American taxpayers by barring illegal aliens granted deferred action or parole by the Obama administration from accessing certain public benefits including Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare.
  • Restores state and local governments as partners in immigration enforcement by expressly reaffirming that local law enforcement, acting within constitutional limits, has the authority to identify, apprehend, and detain individuals suspected of violating U.S. immigration laws. In addition, the bill requires federal authorities to take custody of removable aliens at the request of state or local authorities.
  • Reinstates the Secure Communities program terminated by Sec. Jeh Johnson onNov. 20, 2014. Secure Communities identifies removable aliens who are arrested and charged with other crimes by state and local police. The bill requires DHS to assume custody and initiate removal proceedings against aliens identified under Secure Communities.
  • Reins in executive authority to waive the 3- and 10-year bars on illegal aliens returning legally to the U.S.
  • Ends the incentives for smuggling minors into the United States by amending the 2008 William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act to treat aliens from non-contiguous countries the same way the law treats Mexican and Canadian minors who enter the country illegally.

 "The Repeal Executive Amnesty Act is an important first step by the new Congress to restore the rule of law in immigration policy and reaffirm the core principle that our immigration laws exist to serve and protect the interests and security of the American people," declared Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "For six years, the Obama administration has taken a wrecking ball to immigration enforcement, compromising the interests of American workers, taxpayers, national security and our constitutional system of government.

"This legislation will help restore respect for our nation's immigration laws and for the right of the American people, through their elected representatives, to determine who can live and work in this country. FAIR urges the leadership of both houses of Congress to act swiftly to approve this measure to rein in the president's abuse of power in immigration policy and stand up for the vital interests of the American people," concluded Stein.

Link:  http://www.thestreet.com/story/13003732/1/house-bill-would-restore-respect-for-immigration-law-and-the-constitutional-process.html

AMEN!

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Does this bill not need Obamas signature? - nana7

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If this bill needs Obama's signature its not going to pass. If it needs his signature then its all for show so they can say they tried. It would be the right thing to do but I don't have faith in any of them to get this done.

There should be no discussion about this. There is a process to go through to get in this country and if you don't go through the process then you don't get to stay here and get returned to your country. I don't know why that is so hard but apparently the politicians have to look like they are doing something to earn their money.

President's signature, veto, or inaction. - ProMT

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Article I, section 7 of the Constitution grants the President the authority to veto legislation passed by Congress. This authority is one of the most significant tools the President can employ to prevent the passage of legislation. Even the threat of a veto can bring about changes in the content of legislation long before the bill is ever presented to the President. The Constitution provides the President 10 days (excluding Sundays) to act on legislation or the legislation automatically becomes law. There are two types of vetoes: the “regular veto” and the “pocket veto.”


Link: http://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidential-Vetoes/Presidential-Vetoes/

then there is the answer - nana7

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it will go nowhere like it is. He will veto it, send it back, they will rewrite it and by the time it gets signed it will be completely different and a "compromise." There should be no compromise when it comes to our Constitution that we live by.
BO likes to make his own rules/laws - SM
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to suit his radicalized, extremist liberal agenda ala Alinsky.

First clue the bill is a red herring is in - the title

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There are no "amnesty" provisions in the executive order to defund, nor has the president changed any immigration "laws" by exercising the same prosecutorial discretion his GOP predecessors invoked. Since DACA benefits are confined to those available to deferees, none of its recipients are eligible for DHS services such as Medicaid, CHIP, public health programs, etc, because there is no equation between lawful residents and those who are lawfully present under existing statutes and regulations. The same restrictions apply to "parolees."

Any proposed changes in Reagan's 1986 IRCA provisions extending work authorization to deferees would cost billions in income, property and sales taxes, and administrative and licensing fees. How does this Red Herring Bill of 2015 propose to pay for that? Where is the funding going to come from for "local", state federal authorities to corral all those detained immigrants "suspected" of being in violation of immigration law? How do they propose municipal, county and state law enforcement split their time between enforcing criminal law and immigration law? Do they suggest prioritizing arrests of deferees who are working and paying taxes over murderer, rapists and thieves? Sounds like a mighty costly proposition to me. OTOH, its costs next to nothing for immigration adminstrative staff to make two stacks of applications when separating priority from non-priority cases.

More smoke and mirrors, courtesy of the GOP pretense collective, speaking of which....what would esteemed Republicans like Tom Tancredo, Meg Whitman, JD Alexander, Susana Martinez, the Mittster and Michael Grimm do for cheap labor without work authorized illegals?

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