Please read and share "Surrender not an option" by Rep. Dave Brat, who unseated pro-amnesty Eric Cantor last year.
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Brat
praises the House-passed amendments to the DHS appropriations bill that
would stop executive amnesties. Importantly, he addresses concerns that
they may not receive support in the Senate:
There are signals that these amendments will be headed for a fight in the Senate. Surrender there is not an option. Republicans must force Senate Democrats to take one of the most important votes of their careers. The president's amnesty is not only illegal, it is patently unconstitutional. If Congress fails to stop his overreach, future presidents will continue to expand the power of the Executive Branch beyond its legal boundaries, threatening the very liberty of the American people.
Some Democrats are already using scare tactics to say that by merely stopping the president's amnesty scheme, Republicans are somehow not protecting the homeland. Nothing could be further from the truth. None of the defund language affects DHS' ability to protect American citizens. In fact, defunding the president's amnesty will significantly increase our ability to protect our borders by discouraging people from illegally entering the country.
It
is critical that Senate Republicans fulfill their promise to stop
executive amnesty. And it is vital that at least a few Democrats fight
to preserve U.S. jobs for U.S. workers. As Brat puts it:
Our constitutionally guaranteed liberties, our rule of law, and our economic opportunities are precisely the things that immigrants come to America to experience. And our Constitution, rule of law, and economic prosperity are precisely the things that we will be giving up if we allow the president to break our laws to give amnesty and work permits to those who are here illegally.
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