House Democrats have just passed a mass amnesty bill that doesn’t even address the border crisis for which DHS has been begging Congress for help. Indeed, their bill would only make the problem worse:
BREAKING: The mass amnesty bill just passed the House.
Democrats and gallery attendees are currently chanting “Sí se puede!” in the House Chamber. This is happening at the height of a border crisis. WOW!
— FAIR (@FAIRImmigration) June 4, 2019
Breaking news: The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 on a 237-187 roll call with almost only Democratic votes. #Dreamers Prospects bleak for now in GOP-run Senate. I’m writing my column on this now. Stay tuned.
— Lynn Sweet (@lynnsweet) June 4, 2019
The bill includes a path to citizenship for both DREAMers and TPS recipients:
237-187: House passed American Dream and Promise Act providing permanent status with a path to citizenship to DREAMers as well as Temporary Protected Status or Deferred Enforced Departure recipients.
7 Republicans voted Yes with all Democrats. Bill now heads to Senate. pic.twitter.com/fT4zPkW2iX
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 4, 2019
The seven Republicans who voted for these amnesty bills were…
7 House Republicans voted Yes on American Dream and Promise Act (HR 6):
Bacon (NE)
Diaz-Balart (FL)
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Hurd (TX)
Newhouse (WA)
Smith (NJ)
Upton (MI)https://t.co/ZNh4QVd85x— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 4, 2019
Here’s a quick synopsis of this amnesty bill from the president of FAIR:
H.R.6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, is actually two amnesty bills that leadership decided to package together. The first bill in this package is the Dream Act of 2019, which would grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the United States as minors and benefits roughly 3 million illegal aliens. The second is the American Promise Act, which would grant amnesty to people who were allowed to remain in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) because of political turmoil or natural disaster in their homelands. The fact that we already have fulfilled our promise of temporary protection, and they have reneged on their promise to return home, does not seem to register with anyone in this alternative universe.
The bill isn’t going anywhere in the Senate, so it’s really just a 2020 campaign move so that Democrats can tell their voters that they voted for this monstrosity.