House Democrats passed legislation on Tuesday that would grant amnesty to more than two million illegal aliens.
The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, 237-187, featuring strong Democrat support for the legislation and nearly unanimous Republican opposition to the bill.
The legislation would grant illegal immigrants ten years of legal residence status if they were to meet specific requirements, after which they would then receive permanent green cards after completing two years of higher education or military service, or after working for three years.
Only seven Republicans voted for the amnesty legislation.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), chairman of the House Democrat Caucus, said Tuesday ahead of the vote, “This is legislation that is consistent with who we are as Americans, as an aspirational people, as a nation of immigrants, and as a place where people can come to pursue the American Dream.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she remains hopeful that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will pick up the legislation.
“There should be nothing partisan or political about this legislation,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday during a press conference. “We are proud to pass it, we hope, in a bipartisan way.”
In contrast, House Republicans
contend that Democrats have done
nothing to address the migrant
crisis at America’s southern border.
“If Democrats were serious about immigration, they would do something about the humanitarian and national security crisis along our southern border, but Speaker Pelosi has chosen to spend the House’s time on H.R. 6, an expensive, partisan show vote,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said Tuesday in a statement.
“Sadly, Democrats are making us
consider a bill to worsen the border
crisis by incentivizing more people
to cross our borders illegally in
hopes of getting a piece of the
amnesty pie,” Rep. Doug Collins (R-
GA), the ranking member of the
House Judiciary Committee, said.
“No doubt at this very minute, the
smuggling cartels are getting the
word out: Congress is going to
legalize millions.”
Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.
AMERICA: THE RICH GET MUCH RICHER AND THE MIDDLE CLASS GETS BLUDGEONED…. Illegals get the jobs!
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Why do the billionaire class all want wider open borders and hordes more “cheap” labor illegals? It’s all about keeping wages depressed for greater profits!
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“Today’s society benefits those who
shaped it, and it has been shaped not by
working men and women, but by the
new aristocratic elite. Big banks, big
tech, big multi-national corporations, along
with their allies in the academy and the media—
these are the aristocrats of our age. They
live in the United States, but they
consider themselves citizens of
the world” Sen. Josh Hawley
"This is how they will destroy America from within. The leftist billionaires who orchestrate these plans are wealthy. Those tasked with representing us in Congress will never be exposed to the cost of the invasion of millions of migrants. They have nothing but contempt for those of us who must endure the consequences of our communities being intruded upon by gang members, drug dealers and human traffickers. These people have no intention of becoming Americans; like the Democrats who welcome them, they have contempt for us." PATRICIA McCARTHY
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