Backdoor Amnesty: Rep. Gosar Takes Action to Strip DACA Affirmation Provision from NDAA

Statement

Today, Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after filing an amendment to the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that makes clear the Obama Administration has no authority to enlist DACA aliens in the military and that strikes language inserted as a result of an amendment offered by Congressman Ruben Gallego to establish a process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program aliens to enlist and serve in the United States Armed Forces:

"It's time that we stop playing politics with the Defense Authorization and ensure that a provision meant to allow military readiness isn't hijacked in order to provide backdoor amnesty to DACA aliens. Sadly, open border advocates have once again put politics ahead of the needs of our men and women in uniform in attempting to enact President Obama's lawless immigration agenda.

"This shortsighted and unconstitutional effort will further reduce military opportunities for lawful American citizens and lawful immigrants who wish to serve at a time when the Pentagon is dramatically downsizing our total number of troops. There is no labor shortage and we are in the midst of eliminating 160,000 uniformed personnel positions over a nine-year stretch. Given this fact, it is wrong to prioritize enlisting illegal immigrants over Americans and legal immigrants that want to serve our nation."

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