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Americans didn’t elect Republicans in 2024 to devise new ways to keep illegal aliens here.
President Donald Trump galvanized Americans in 2024 in part by promising “mass deportations.” It was a message that resonated with millions of Americans who were frustrated that the country had been overrun by tens of millions of illegal aliens thanks to then-President Joe Biden and the Democrats.In order to get the job done, voters also elected a Republican Congress and Senate. Yet, while the president has had to fight Democrats, activist judges, and violent agitators, members of his own party continue to work to undermine his efforts.
Republicans will seemingly do anything for illegal aliens except deport them. They’ll vote to grant them work authorization, protect them from deportations, waive the consequences of breaking the law, and even create new statuses just so that illegals can find a reason to stay. They’ll go so far as to insist none of this is amnesty since they’ve avoided explicitly using that word.
The latest example comes from 47 House Republicans supporting legislation that would allow some illegal aliens working in agriculture to obtain legal status.
H.R. 9535, introduced by Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson, would overhaul the current H-2A temporary agricultural worker program by expanding the time frame so that it permits illegals to stay all year in three-year time increments and “waiv[es] some immigration violations like illegally obtaining an agriculture job,” as The Federalist’s Breccan Thies explained.
But Republicans’ eagerness to protect illegal aliens instead of doing what voters actually asked leaders to do didn’t begin with Thompson’s agricultural bill.
DIGNIDAD Act
Another recent fight over illegal immigration stems from Republicans’ efforts to pass a mass amnesty proposal known as the DIGNIDAD Act (or, if you’re American, the DIGNITY Act). According to a press release from Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s office, the legislation “allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship” so that illegal aliens who broke the law can have an “opportunity.” The bill would create a “7-year earned legal status program allowing” illegal aliens “to live and work legally, with renewable status based on good conduct and restitution.”
More than a dozen Republicans currently support the DIGNIDAD Act.
American Dream and Promise Act
A Democrat-controlled Congress first passed this legislation in March of 2021 with nine Republicans voting in favor, but it died at the end of that term. Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas reintroduced the legislation in February of 2025, though it has not moved through any processes.
The legislation would provide amnesty for illegal aliens who claim to have been brought to the U.S. as children as well as certain Temporary Protected Status recipients. The legislation would protect these illegals and noncitizens from deportations and create a pathway to citizenship.
DACA
Former President Barack Obama illegally established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (despite admitting that he was “not king” and couldn’t “just bypass Congress and change the [immigration] law [himself]”). The program protects illegal aliens brought here as children from deportation. The legislation also gives them work authorization. Approximately 800,000 illegal aliens have benefitted from the legislation. Trump attempted to end it but was partially blocked by the courts.
Over the years, numerous Republicans have signed onto legislation or proposals to protect DACA recipients. --->READ MORE HERE
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