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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Floor Speech

Date: March 3, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Immigration

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Mr. JORDAN. I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, remember why we are here: 22 times the President said he
couldn't do what he turned around and did, something legal scholars
have said is unconstitutional; more importantly, something a Federal
judge has said is wrong.

Six weeks ago, we sent a bill to the United States Senate to fund DHS
at the levels the Democrats agreed to. We just said, don't have any
money be used for something unconstitutional and that the Federal judge
ruled was wrong. For 6 weeks, they said, we can't bring the bill up. We
can't debate it, amend it, pass it. And then at the last hour, at the
eleventh hour on the last day, they bring it up, debate it, amend it,
and send it back--without the language stopping the unconstitutional
activity and something the only court to rule on it has said is wrong.

This is unconstitutional. We all know it. This is the wrong way to
go.

Fund DHS. Don't let this wrong action the President took in
November--something he said he couldn't do--don't let it stand.

But more importantly, or as importantly as, the unconstitutional
nature is the unfair nature of the action. It is unfair to taxpayers
that illegal, noncitizens are going to be able to get tax refunds.

It is unfair to seniors that illegal noncitizens are going to be able
to participate in our Social Security system.

It is unfair to voters, as our Secretary of State testified, that now
they will have the documents that will potentially make it much easier
for 4 to 5 million people to participate in our election process.

And most importantly, Mr. Speaker, it is unfair to legal immigrants
who did it the right way, who followed the law, who came here and want
to be a part of this great country, the greatest Nation of the world,
as we just heard Prime Minister Netanyahu talking about how great this
country is--it is unfair to legal immigrants.

Mr. Speaker, this is unconstitutionally wrong. Most importantly, it
is unfair.

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