Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has taken a stance against the immigration bills being drafted in congress which all include amnesty in one form or another.
Ted Cruz said, “…you’ve got Republicans falling all over themselves to grant amnesty and a path to citizenship to millions of people who are here illegally. That is a mistake. It’s wrong. And we shouldn’t be doing it.”
The deal the White House proposed would grant amnesty to the approximately 800,000 illegal aliens granted protections under Obama’s executive order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. It would also grant amnesty to an additional one million people currently occupying the country illegally.
During his 2016 presidential campaign, President Trump promised the
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This program grants tens of thousands of visas to people simply because they are from a country we have not imported tons of people from.
While all of the restrictions President Trump’s administration are supported by the American public, giving amnesty to millions of illegals in exchange for them is unpalatable for the millions of Americans who voted for him.
Granting amnesty to illegal aliens in this country has been done before, twice. On both occasions Americans were promised that it would be a one-time deal and that our border was going to be secured afterward. History has shown both assertions to be a complete lie.
Granting amnesty to millions of foreign nationals who have broken into our country and have been illegally occupying the United States for several years will only encourage more foreign nationals to follow suit. If you reward poor behavior, you get more poor behavior.
Many of the policies President Trump has proposed could be won by simply granting those with protections a two-year extension in exchange for the immigration reform. Democrats would have little choice but to accept such a proposal less they lose millions of their supporters, otherwise known as illegal
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An astronomical 62 percent of households headed by an illegal immigrant receive some type of welfare benefits.
These illegal aliens often use their children, anchor babies, that they have in the United States to qualify for welfare programs such as food stamps, WIC and Medicaid. Children of illegal aliens in the United States also receive free education at the expensive of American children.
The framework for immigration reform presented by the White House does nothing to address the perversion of the Fourteenth Amendment which grants the children of illegal aliens citizenship.
According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, illegal aliens cost the United States $116 billion annually, after considering the net sum of their contributions.
Granting the illegal occupation of the United States legitimacy would add nothing of value to our country.
When considering the facts, it would only make our communities more dangerous, our schools more underfunded and overcrowded with standards that continue to slip, it would exasperate our $20 trillion national debt and annual deficit, and encourage another wave of foreign nationals to illegally invade and occupy our country in the