Dems pushing amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants through reconciliation package: GOP

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy held a roundtable discussion Thursday as a means to "expose" one of the underreported provisions in the Democrats' multitrillion-dollar reconciliation package: An attempt to grant amnesty to up to 10 million illegal immigrants.

About 1.3 million migrants have been taken into custody at the border since President Biden took office, McCarthy noted at the top of his Capitol Hill briefing. He was flanked by Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Kat Cammack, R-Fla., John Rutherford, R-Fla., and Troy Nehls, R-Texas. The lawmakers were also joined via Zoom by Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, Arizona, and Mayor Don McLaughlin of Uvalde, Texas.

Judd, who has been on the front lines of the crisis, emphasized McCarthy's reading of the statistics at the border, saying he’s "never seen anything like it." And if the Democrats succeed in pushing amnesty through reconciliation, he said, human traffickers and other bad actors at the border "will be rewarded."

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio shared a few more numbers, saying about 208,000 migrants were apprehended in August. He noted Congress has still not received the September numbers from the Department of Homeland Security.

The Democrats are only going to "add insult to injury" by adding amnesty to the reconciliation package, Jordan said.

Rep. Cammack deemed it "a great day to be a cartel member" at the border. Americans, she said, are "unaware" of what is truly going on, calling the reconciliation social programs and amnesty attempts "frightening." The uptick in crime in local communities is a "direct result" of the White House's policies, Cammack added, by way of suggesting the reconciliation bill would not affect only the U. S. economy.

"The bill not only is going to tax and spend us down the drain," she said. "This is going to make us more vulnerable than ever."

A majority of the lawmakers in the room condemned the White House for its recent moves – or lack of action – on the border. Biden was criticized, for example, for repealing former President Trump's Remain in Mexico policy, which kept... (Read more)

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