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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 14, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Immigration

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Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this
amendment. The executive actions of November 20, 2014, and the Morton
memos of 2011 and 2012 are in direct contravention of congressional
intent and have no standing in current law and must be dismantled.

Apparently, the President learned nothing from the devastating
results of his previous executive amnesty, Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals, DACA, which led to nearly 70,000 children arriving
on our southern border last summer at a cost of hundreds of millions of
dollars to the American taxpayer.

This amendment turns back the President's shortsighted executive
overreach, and for that reason, I strongly support its passage.

Mr. Chairman, we will also consider four additional amendments today.
All of them seek to correct many of the dangerous actions the President
has taken on this issue and restore the rule of law. I plan to support
all of these amendments and urge my colleagues to do the same.

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