Bill Defunding Executive Amnesty Passes House

Press Release

Today the U.S. House passed H.R. 240: the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015. U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis voted for the DHS funding bill after helping pass five amendments to address executive amnesty and others of the President's actions on immigration and illegal aliens.

The bill, as amended, prohibits the use of any fees or funds to implement President Obama's executive actions on immigration and executive amnesty or any other similar orders. Another portion also prevents any continued activity with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and ensures that sex offenders and domestic violence perpetrators are top priorities for removal by U.S. Customs. Two additional amendments made to the bill express the sense of Congress that illegal immigrants should not be put ahead of legal immigrants in line and that there should be no incentive to hire illegal aliens over an American citizen, like the $3,000 companies can often save by hiring an illegal who is not eligible for Obamacare and refusing legal citizens.

"This bill uses the purse strings to hog-tie President Obama's executive amnesty," said Rep. Lummis. "I am very pleased to support this legislation to curtail the illegal use of the executive powers that we have seen from the President on immigration. I call on the Senate to pass this legislation and send the message to the President that his unilateral and harmful actions will not stand."

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