Republicans’ Attempt To Coddle Immigrants Way Worse Than You Can Imagine |
Republicans’ Attempt To Coddle Immigrants Way Worse Than You Can Imagine
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Voters delivered a clear mandate on immigration when they elected President Donald Trump and gave Republicans control of the U.S. House and Senate in 2024.
Exit polls and post-election analyses showed working-class Americans, Hispanic voters, and longtime Republicans prioritized border security, mass deportations of illegal immigrants, and policies that put American citizens first. Yet less than a year into the new Congress, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including nearly 20 Republicans, introduced H.R. 4393, the DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act.
Republican supporters, like sponsor Florida Rep. María Elvira Salazar and co-sponsor Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar, tout it as a “practical” fix that strengthens the border while offering limited legal status to long-term illegal immigrants. However, lurking by their flowery praise lies a direct assault on the 2024 election results that rewards illegal immigrants for breaking immigration laws, forces taxpayers to fund open borders, and handcuffs the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies.
Mass Amnesty Through The Dignity Program And Dreamer Provisions
Despite Salazar’s promise that the bill isn’t a mass amnesty program, it seems that’s exactly what the Dignity Act intends to give illegal immigrants, through the Dignity Program. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)
The Dignity Program offers renewable legal status to millions of illegal immigrants without a direct path to citizenship. Illegal immigrants present in the U.S. on or before Dec. 31, 2020, and who are in “good standing,” can apply for Dignity Status, which protects them from deportation, gives them the legal right to work, and allows them to leave and reenter the U.S legally.
Not just that, but it offers Dreamer-style protections, which provide conditional permanent residency leading to green cards and eventual citizenship for those brought as minors. It even has a carve-out for criminal illegal immigrants for certain prior offenses to broaden eligibility into the program.
The Dignity Program normalizes millions of immigration violations and incentivizes future crossings. Even without citizenship, permanent legal work status is, in practice, amnesty.
READ. THE. BILL. BEFORE. YOU. OPEN. YOUR. MOUTH. Calling the DIGNITY Act “amnesty” isn’t just wrong. It’s a deliberate distortion and it exposes just how little you know about the bill. This is enforcement first: zero tolerance for criminals, permanent border security, and… https://t.co/mWYBWEbup0 — Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) April 7,........