... on an expansive rollback of President Barack Obama ’s immigration policy, subjecting more illegal immigrants to deportation and unraveling policies that prioritize removing criminals and recent border crossers.
The package would attempt to undo not only Mr. Obama’s November move to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, but also a 2012 action protecting young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Those changes will be offered as amendments to legislation funding the Homeland Security Department through September under a GOP leadership plan that took shape Friday.
The proposals were a bow to conservatives angry over Mr. Obama’s executive action on immigration, which they see as an unconstitutional overreach of presidential power, though some proposals that would choke off executive power even further were shelved for the moment.
“Our primary goal is to defund what the president did. What he did wasn’t lawful,” said Rep. Austin Scott (R., Ga.). “I know I’m going to vote for it.”
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| Rep Luis Gutierrez: has a lot in common with ILLEGALS... If you don't like a law, IGNORE IT! |
The GOP plan enraged Democrats and immigration advocates, who charged that Republicans were singularly focused on deporting people and predicted the move would alienate Hispanic voters. “Only three words describe the Republican approach to immigrants: deportation, deportation, deportation,” said Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D., Ill.).Read the rest of the story HERE.
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