Thread: Ted Cruz on Immigration: GOP Presidential Candidate Seeks End to Federal Immigration

by Michael Oleaga
First Posted: Jun 18, 2015 02:48 PM EDT

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a presidential candidate, introduced legislation to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) from using funds for deferred action.

Titled "Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act," Cruz stated the bill would eliminate the DHS's ability to use its fees "for the provision of legal immigration services to fund amnesty." According to the Republican senator, the legislation would give Congress the authority on the DHS' appropriations process.

"America has always been a land of refuge and opportunity for those seeking freedom, and we should champion legal immigration," said Cruz in statement. "Ronald Reagan referred to legal immigrants, immigrants like my father, as Americans by choice. The federal government should not be in the business of looting the wallets of those who followed the law and came here legally to fund the President's illegal and unconstitutional amnesty."

Cruz added that the bill will "cut off DHS's credit card" and leave Congress in charge of immigration-related funding for the agency.

According to Cruz, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an immigration-based agency within the DHS, have collected fees -- from its own activities, such as application charges -- to continue immigrant-related services. He noted USCIS Chief Financial Officer Joseph Moore's statement that the agency has more than $1 billion in fee-based funding, and "that it used those funds to pay for an unauthorized amnesty processing center in Arlington, Va."

"Eliminating the ability of USCIS to use the money it collects to support amnesty and other unauthorized activities is a first step toward reining in the executive branch's lawless approach to immigration," stated Cruz's release about the proposed bill.

The Republican presidential candidate said the "Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act" would grant Congress the authority to power to end USCIS's ability to self-fund. He believes the congressional authority would help restore the Constitution's separation of powers.

"Right now, USCIS has an incentive to process as many immigration benefits as possible, without regard to consequences. While legal immigration should be celebrated and supported, the agency's desire to collect more fee-based revenue -- along with its unrestricted ability to keep and use those fees -- arguably interferes with USCIS's objective review of application processing," the statement continued.

To view the full bill, click here.

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/60...encys-self.htm

I like this bill. Long over-due. GO CRUZ!! Every Republican should immediately support this bill and "fast track" it through the US Congress.

by Katie McHugh
20 Jun 2015
311 comments

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would forbid the Obama administration from using fees paid by legal immigrants to fund Obama’s executive amnesty for illegal aliens.

The Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act would stop the executive branch from using fees collected from legal immigrants who obeyed U.S. immigration law to pay for the ongoing illegal alien naturalization surge. Thanks to the million or so legal aliens flocking to America every year, that’s a lot of cash. Cruz notes that USCIS Chief Financial Officer Joseph Moore can lay claim to nearly $1 billion in application fees. Cruz’s bill would return the pursestrings back into Congress’s hands — and perhaps most importantly, stop the White House from ramping up legal immigration and issuing more and more fees in order to grant more illegal aliens amnesty.

Legal immigrants can wait up to ten years to become legalized and pay thousands of dollars in fees. Once Obama enacted his DACA executive amnesty order in 2012, wait times for legal immigrants tripled.

“America has always been a land of refuge and opportunity for those seeking freedom, and we should champion legal immigration,” Cruz said in a statement. “Ronald Reagan referred to legal immigrants, immigrants like my father, as Americans by choice. The federal government should not be in the business of looting the wallets of those who followed the law and came here legally to fund the President’s illegal and unconstitutional amnesty. This bill will cut off DHS’s credit card and put Congress back in charge of funding the agencies responsible for immigration.”

In typical Obama fashion, amnesty is funded by a wealth transfer from the law-abiding to the law-breaking. A Mexican man who applies for U.S. citizenship and goes through the normal process subsidizes his Mexican neighbor who darted across the border, maybe threw a few rocks at border patrol, and lives in a sanctuary city while waiting for amnesty.

Both are legalized; Mexican man number one is poorer than his illegal cousin thanks to the fees he paid, and both of them work for lowered wages while voting for more government spending. It’s a win-win for Democrats and big business.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...al-immigrants/