Stopping Executive Amnesty

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Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about my amendment
that is going to be offered to the Department of Homeland Security
appropriations bill. It is part of our effort to stop President Obama's
executive amnesty.

The amendment would freeze the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Program by prohibiting any Federal funds or resources from being used
to consider or adjudicate any new renewal or previously denied
application for any alien requesting consideration for the deferral.
Individuals currently in the program would be allowed to continue
through the remainder of their deferral period.

Last year, I had the opportunity to visit the UAC facility at Fort
Sill and also to spend some time on the southern border, where agents
briefed me. The visits confirmed what we have known all along: DACA is
the magnet for drawing Central American children here. Unaccompanied
alien children believe they are going to receive amnesty. That is a
false hope. There are also problems with the Office of Refugee
Resettlement, with physical abuse of these children, and we know that
the American people want us to take this action. Seventy-five percent
reject executive amnesty.

I encourage the body to join me today in passing the Blackburn
amendment.

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