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Republican DHS Funding Bill Includes Amnesty for DACA, & TPS Illegal Aliens

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[COLOR=rgba(23, 27, 3, 0.79)]By Red Pill | 07-28-2018 News
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Traitor GOP Rep. Yoder (R-KS) Pushes Near-Amnesty HR392 Amendment Stealing American Jobs

Treasonous Kansas Republican, Representative Kevin Yoder has turned his back on the American people, by orchestrating a Committee vote within the House of Representatives that will “fast track” over 200,000 Indians who currently hold Visa work permits towards possible citizenship, further dampening the successful labor market of President Donald J. Trump and taking jobs from American college graduates.

Just this Friday, it was announced that the United States now has a 4.1% growth of the GDP (gross domestic product) in the second quarter of 2018, defying the predictions of analysts and “expert” economists across the board.

Now, Kansas Representative Yoder plans to cause chaos to the jobs market, and potentially the economy overall, by pushing the India-born immigrants inside the United States of America on temporary work Visas towards green cards and citizenship, a move that will hurt recently graduated collegiates, as well as young Americans seeking employment in the sales, service, and tech sectors.
Research shows that when India’s Visa workforce enters America, that those people take away from American citizens in terms of career paths.

Yoder’s essential amnesty plan was approved on July 25th as an Amendment, without the American people having any knowledge of the vote since it was done quietly behind closed doors and off-the-record.

Why the need to hide a vote from Americans if it benefited the American people? That question is answering itself, because there is no benefit for Americans by pushing 200,000 foreign-born immigrants into the workforce with a fast-track for citizenship.

The House Appropriations Committee approved the Amendment, which intends to modify the 2019 Budget, further expanding the Indian workforce which already poses stiff competition for college graduates born in America, as India continues to pour through our borders at the hands of greedy politicians seeking to benefit mega-corporations at the expense of the fresh-out-of-college working class in our country.

The Yoder Amendment will also harm those who are legally seeking a green card into America, by pushing those numbers back at least 200,000 people, giving the India-based foreign labor market an advantage over those who have followed the law and waited patiently to come into America.
This non-organic migration is one that should have both open-borders Democrats and tough immigration law Republicans up in arms.

While the Amendment is not law yet, current federal immigration laws have what is known as a “country cap,” that halts immigration from each nation at 140,000 people who can receive green cards, and this effort from Representative Yoder will in-turn prevent those who actually have talents or skills to offer America from entering the country and instead giving the 200,000 from India a free pass, regardless of merit.

This is not what the American people voted for when they chose Donald J. Trump as their President, and compassionate Conservatives have already made clear they want people coming into our country legally based on a merit system.

Yoder’s Amendment betrays this intention and stabs both young Americans in the back and the will of the people.

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Tom Marten@marten_tom

Vote this traitor out - @KevinYoder
He’s stealing American jobs and selling it to foreigners to fund his campaign. No h1b visa. Support American STEM workers. Say No to #HR392 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-yoder-defies-trump-administration-attempts-to-rewrite-immigration-law-in-appropriations-bill-300687347.html …
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Also unknown to most, is the fact that there is already an enormous backlog of India-born migrants, nearly 300,000, along with a similar number of their family members, which will be moved to the front of the green card line if the Yoder Amendment is made into law.

So we're talking about an estimated 800,000 India-born workers who will be coming into America in less than a year, many of whom will be able to seek citizenship through a fast track.

This is a dangerous Amendment, and it will kill American worker's abilities to find employment.
That also comes after the President of the United States of America announced record-low unemployment levels, of which haven't been seen by Americans since 1969, in nearly 50 years; and also boasting the lowest African-American and Hispanic unemployment rates in the history of the nation.

The jobs report released by the Labor Department suggests unemployment lines have not been this short since December of 1969, spanning five decades, proving this Presidency has been an enormous success for the citizens of this nation with “America First” policies and legislation.
With Yoder pushing his Amendment onto Americans, in secret, through the House Appropriations Committee, one has to ask what kickbacks the Representative from Kansas is set to receive for doing this.

Likely, he has high-level donors from mega-corporations that have lobbied his office, again showing that whether Republican or Democrat, constituents of our elected officials are put second to corporate interests.

John Miano, an immigration attorney and software developer, spoke to Breitbart News about the bill, suggesting that there is little to no benefit for Americans if this were to be made into law.
“From the Indian perspective, this is wonderful — it transforms the American immigration system into an Indian-first system,” said Miano. “Every [other] ethnic lobbying group will be screaming because only people from India will be getting [employer-sponsored] green cards,” Milano said to Breitbart News.

Lord Curzon@lord_curzon

Why won’t you protest your so-called “right to work”, your “basic human right”, in your own country ? Even your shit-hole country does not believe in your pathetic garbage.

Indians don’t have a “right to work” in US. Americans do. Pack your bags and leave. No #H4EAD.No #HR392

Priyanka@Priyanka93693

Replying to @SaveH4EADs

I’m working on H4 EAD as oracle DBA and I got this job on based on my pervious experience when worked in India . “Right to work” is every human right for survival/living .And it’s the government responsibility to provide it. #SaveH4EAD

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The total jobless claims have dropped an additional 8,000 Americans, now at 207,000 total, well below estimations out of a population of 326,865,689 million Americans, but you can expect those numbers to incrementally jump if Yoder’s Amendment is made law, hurting the success of the Trump Administration.

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.@realDonaldTrump is growing the economy to new heights. The latest GDP figures show President Trump’s pro-growth economic agenda is delivering exactly what it promised.
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The records broken by President Trump are stunning, considering that the previous President, Barack Obama, cannot compare his results with what the Trump Administration has been capable of succeeding at, so it's in high hopes that the President's advisors are made aware of what treachery Yoder is trying to pass into law.

President Trump has showcased that when you place the interests of the common American before that of foreign-born individuals, ridiculous regulations, and taxation; the nation's economy flourishes. It is, however, hard to remain victorious when the RINO (Republican in name only), con-artist incumbents within the GOP, such as traitor Representative Yoder, sell out the future of our young Americans in order to benefit his corporate donors.

The American people have to tell the Trump Administration what Representative Yoder is trying to do, before the decision from the House Appropriations Committee is hidden inside of a much more complex bill in the Senate, where they'll likely manipulate Congress into supporting passing such as bill, as we saw with FOSTA and SESTA.

India already plays a crucial role in America's technology industries, especially software, where Indian-born developers of applications and software writers are dominating the tech sectors, many of whom work for mega-corporations like Google and Twitter, which leads to the far left in support of globalist policies.

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Hudson@hossein27en

Dear Congresswomen and Congressmen
Please remove the #HR392 from DHS appropriation bill. It is for sure against the US commitment to diversity. Highly-skilled applicants from more than 100 nations will suffer from it. Please say #NoHR392
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Young Americans who wish to work in these fields are paying enormous student loans and debts to reinvigorate America's dominant technology prowess, but Representative Yoder would rather see those graduates forever in debt, than finding successful careers and reshaping the technology sectors in an “America First” boom.

Contact your elected officials, tell them “NO” on HR392, and tell them that we will vote out all traitors who sell our children's futures for foreign interests.

Click here to find your elected officials in the House of Representatives.
Click here to find your elected officials in the United States Senate.

It's bad enough that Americans have to deal with the treasonous Democrats, but now Republicans are doing similar harm, reminding us of why we need to “drain the swamp” and vote monstrosities such as Yoder out of office.

Additional Sources or Relevant Information:

breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/27/rep-yoder-gop-offer-giveway-to-200000-foreign-graduates-and-tech-industries

http://thegoldwater.com/news/32603-T...-American-Jobs

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Received today (Aug. 2, 201 in an Email:


This one sentence would protect all of Obama's Dreamers.



Betrayal: GOP Approves Secret Amnesty Plan for 1 Million Illegal Aliens

Last week, we blew the whistle on an amendment that would have opened up the floodgates at the border and allowed anyone to enter the United States and get asylum simply by claiming to be victims of spousal abuse.

Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) -- the Chair of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee -- tried to sneak this amendment through, going so far as to only hold a voice vote so there was no record of which Congressmen in his subcommittee actually voted for it.

We buried Congress in FaxBlasts, ultimately forcing Yoder to back down and agree to remove the heinous provision.

But now, we're learning that this isn't the only amnesty provision that was added to the House's Homeland Security spending bill. Yoder also pushed through an amendment to protect nearly 1 million of Obama's illegal alien "Dreamers" from deportation!The new provision was written by Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), but approved by GOPers in the committee. The hidden amendment 'prohibits expenditure of funds to detain or deport any DACA or Temporary Protected Status program recipients.

'What this means is that the Trump administration would be blocked from deporting ANY illegal alien or migrant who has received amnesty from a previous President.This is absolutely shameful. Every time we turn around, establishment Republicans are trying to give amnesty to even more illegal aliens.The Left is trying to remove Trump's leverage in the immigration debate. President Trump's ace in the hole is that ultimately, he can remove amnesty recipients from the country. Already, his administration has arrested or deported thousands of Obama's amnesty recipients for committing crimes against this country.

If Democrats want the illegals to stay, they'll need to deal on issues like the border wall and chain migration. But the Left thinks they can get everything they want without having to secure the border. And establishment Republicans are now helping them!

The Aguilar amendment would be the biggest amnesty surrender ever and let these illegals stay in the US indefinitely. Not only would this protect Obama's "Dreamers," but it would also protect "temporary" amnesty recipients as well. These are people who were displaced by natural disasters decades ago and given temporary shelter, but now refuse to go home.In 1998, a hurricane hit Honduras. The United States sent humanitarian aid and accepted 57,000 Hondurans as refugees. They were given temporary protected status so they could live and work in the US until their country rebuilt. That was 20 years ago and they're still here, even though Honduras has long since recovered from that hurricane.

President Trump said 'enough is enough' and ordered these people returned to their country by 2020. This new establishment amnesty provision would let them -- and hundreds of thousands of other people -- stay in the United States indefinitely.This is why we fight so hard against the GOP establishment's amnesty agenda. Just this one-sentence amendment, when added to the spending bill, would grant amnesty to over a million people. And with the help of Democrats, Republicans just got it added in!

The mainstream media doesn't have time to cover each sentence in a bill that is hundreds of pages long. Congressional leaders are counting on this. They are counting on being able to pull the wool over your eyes.

Prove them wrong!

Every day, we find a new way that the GOP is trying to stab us in the back. They plot in secret and pass these amendments behind closed doors in order to sneak them through.

But we are fighting back... and it's working.I already mentioned the domestic violence asylum amendment. Together, we fought back and forced the GOP to stand down.

Yesterday, we bombarded Congress with demands to build the wall or be removed from office. Mitch McConnell was forced to reverse course and come out in support of the border wall.

Now it is time to dismantle this horrible amnesty amendment as well before it is too late!

Sincerely,Joe Otto
Conservative Daily

Originally Posted by MW

Betrayal: GOP Approves Secret Amnesty Plan for 1 Million Illegal Aliens

We buried Congress in FaxBlasts, ultimately forcing Yoder to back down and agree to remove the heinous provision.

How can he alone remove it? Wouldn't the entire committee have to meet again and vote to remove?

It seems everyone has gone silent on this, trying to sneak it through.

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

How can he alone remove it? Wouldn't the entire committee have to meet again and vote to remove?

It seems everyone has gone silent on this, trying to sneak it through.

I share your doubt that he can remove it himself. Once it's out of his committee, he ceased having any decision power over it.

Originally Posted by MW

I share your doubt that he can remove it himself. Once it's out of his committee, he ceased having any decision power over it.

Agree! It's just another lie, a part of the process they use to push through what they want and stab the country and citizens in the back.

I still want to know why the President is not out raging war against this, as well as the few R's who are suppose to be on our side.

Is there anyone with a microphone REALLY on our side? That is a serious question.

Written testimony of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on the Fiscal Year 2019 budget request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Release Date:
May 8, 2018

192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Tester, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee:
It is a privilege to appear before you today to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) crucial missions and to present the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Budget request for the Department.

The men and women of DHS are exceptional and dedicated professionals who are on watch 24 hours a day, 365 days a year protecting Americans from threats by land, sea, air, and in cyberspace, while also promoting our Nation’s economic prosperity. They work tirelessly to strengthen the safety and security of our Nation from persistent and emerging dangers, including terrorists, transnational criminal organizations, rogue nation states, and natural disasters.

The FY 2019 Budget request provides funding to advance core DHS missions. It sustains and strengthens our most critical programs and capabilities and places emphasis on protecting our nation from terrorism and countering threats; securing and managing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws; preserving and upholding the nation’s prosperity and economic security; securing cyberspace and critical infrastructure; and strengthening homeland security preparedness resilience. DHS will also build a culture of efficiency on the foundation of agency reform efforts to ensure accountable, effective, and efficient operations.

The FY 2019 President’s Budget for DHS requests $47.5 billion in net discretionary funding and an additional $6.7 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) for response and recovery to major disasters.

This Budget would make crucial investments needed to secure our borders against threats and illegal entry. The request includes recruitment, hiring, and training of 750 additional U.S. Border Patrol Agents, 2,000 additional U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement officers, and more than 1,500 support staff needed to more robustly execute the Department’s border security and immigration enforcement missions. It also funds construction and renovations at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to meet increased training requirements for DHS.

Investments in our layered defense at the border would include 65 miles of new border wall construction in the highest-traffic zones along the southwest border, as well as priority tactical infrastructure, border security technology improvements, and aircraft acquisition. The Administration also reiterates the unfunded wall requests from the FY 2018 Budget in addition to the investments outlined in the FY 2019 Budget. These investments ensure DHS law enforcement personnel are supported with effective surveillance technology and equipment to improve their ability to detect and interdict illegal activity.

The FY 2019 President’s Budget includes funding for 52,000 detention beds, including 2,500 beds reserved for family units, to ensure that apprehended aliens who are subject to removal from the United States—such as illegal border crossers, criminal aliens, and national security threats—are detained in safe and secure detention facilities pending their removal. For apprehended aliens who are not considered a threat to our communities, but who may pose a diminished flight risk, the President’s Budget would fund ICE’s Alternatives to Detention Program to provide intensive supervision for up to 82,000 average daily participants through a combination of home visits, office visits, alert response and electronic monitoring. Proposed funding for removal operations will facilitate the complex coordination required to return aliens safely and expeditiously to their home countries and pay for transportation costs.

Unfortunately, some of these critical missions are impeded by jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with DHS in the enforcement of federal law. This makes it more dangerous for federal agents and officers to do their jobs. And it creates a greater threat to public safety, and results in greater expense to American taxpayers. I hope the Committee will work with DHS to help make sure jurisdictions around the country do not harbor criminal aliens or put the men and women of DHS at risk while they are doing their jobs to protect the public.

The Budget gives our frontline operators the tools and resources they need to more aggressively disrupt and dismantle transnational threats. It would advance the Administration’s efforts to block terrorists, criminals, and other nefarious actors from reaching the United States and exploiting our immigration system. It would further integrate intelligence into DHS operations to make sure rapid changes in the threat environment are met with a near-real-time change in our response. And it proposes funding across the Department for initiatives that will help us keep pace with adaptive enemies and new threats.

For example, the Budget focuses on bolstering DHS activities to counter transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). TCOs are facilitating the illicit flow of opioids and other deadly substances into America. The drugs and violence they import are a threat to the homeland, which is why we are focused on ramping up counter-TCO activities. The Budget bolsters the capacity of ICE/HSI special agents to conduct transnational criminal investigations, and it provides funding to support law enforcement hiring and workload growth consistent with this mission, including $105 million for critical training, IT, facility support infrastructure, and wiretaps associated with ICE’s proposed increased staffing and workload.

The Budget proposes essential funding to implement the President’s executive orders to intensify vetting of U.S.-bound travelers and individuals in our immigration system. Since the beginning of last year, DHS has undertaken historic efforts to improve every phase of the vetting process so that we can be more confident in knowing who is coming into our country—and more capable of identifying nefarious actors. This includes making applications more rigorous, deepening background checks, tightening travel and arrival screening, and enforcing foreign government information-sharing requirements. The Budget will facilitate the stand-up of the newly announced National Vetting Center (NVC), which will become a central U.S. Government hub for fusing intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security data to enhance the vetting process. A detailed implementation plan is currently under development to identify NVC capacity and operational needs that will inform future budget requests.

Additionally, DHS is seeking to provide critical resources to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to better defend the nation against transnational threats and support the response to natural disasters. The USCG secures our maritime borders by operating up to more than 1,500 miles offshore to extend the Nation’s security and to enforce laws. During the 2017 hurricane season, the USCG, working alongside the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was prepared and immediately responded to the needs of our citizens and partner nations. Their unique blend of statutory authorities combines civil law enforcement, response, and prevention with military service capabilities, resulting in an extremely agile force capable of responding to any significant event or emergency.

The FY 2019 President’s Budget requests $1.9 billion for the recapitalization of USCG assets. This funding provides for a new Offshore Patrol Cutter, four Fast Response Cutters, and the Nation’s first new heavy Polar Icebreaker in more than 40 years, providing an advanced command, control and communications platform capable of operating in the harshest environments. It also provides for timely and necessary sensor and service-life extensions to aircraft and improvements to shore infrastructure. These are the investments we need to be making to defend our territory, and I hope the Committee will support our requests.

We are also seeking important cybersecurity enhancements. This Committee knows that the dangers we face online are serious, and they emanate from hackers, TCOs, nation-states, and other nefarious actors. DHS is on the digital frontlines of this fight and is undertaking historic efforts to safeguard the Federal Government’s civilian information technology systems and to work with all levels of government, international partners, and business sectors to share cybersecurity information and build resilient systems.

The President’s Budget would continue investments in cybersecurity initiatives that protect federal networks and address identified vulnerabilities. More than $644 million is requested for DHS’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program and the National Cybersecurity Protection System program, commonly referred to as EINSTEIN, which provide network monitoring tools, intrusion prevention, intrusion detection, and analytical capabilities that strengthen the cybersecurity of federal civilian departments and agencies.

The threat is real, and we know that a sophisticated adversary can put the foundations of our democracy at risk through cyberattacks, which is why our request for FY 2019 would also make sure DHS is positioned to counter foreign meddling by supporting state and local election officials in defending the integrity of election systems. The Budget also would provide $158 million to secure the Nation’s interoperable emergency communications capabilities that enable first responders and government officials to continue to communicate in the event of natural and man-made disasters.

Moreover, DHS is seeking to ramp up “soft target” security efforts. From terrorist attacks to school shootings, we have seen public areas continue to be struck by violence. Our National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) is helping to lead the charge on soft target security. The President’s Budget would provide almost $12 million for the establishment of the Soft Target Security Program which would expand NPPD’s capabilities to reduce the risks to these locations through a mix of technology integration, targeted threat information sharing, training, and improved standards for security. This program will provide a more comprehensive, innovative, and coordinated approach to address threats to soft targets—including schools, entertainment venues, major events, and public spaces.

Our wider transportation system also faces persistent and emerging threats, as terrorists adapt their tactics to target airlines, airports, and other transportation hubs. The President’s Budget was built to confront these challenges. It would add 687 TSA screeners and 145 additional computed tomography systems in order to stay ahead of our enemies, especially by helping to better detect concealed explosives, threat devices, and suspicious passengers. This budget would also provide an increase of nearly $27 million for CBP’s National Targeting Center to improve our capabilities to identify high-risk individuals and cargo both entering and leaving the United States in the air, land, and sea environments.

Similarly, we are seeing an evolution in the danger posed by chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents. That is why in December I announced the establishment of a DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD). I call on Congress to permanently authorize this Office and to ensure we have the authorities needed to protect Americans against such deadly agents. Already, CWMD has been at the forefront of driving the Department’s response to recent threat streams and incidents. The President’s Budget supports CWMD’s efforts to mitigate security vulnerabilities, and includes $75 million for the acquisition and deployment of nuclear, chemical, radiological, and biological systems to support operational customers, including enhanced Radiation Portal Monitors and other programs to support scanning of cargo entering the Nation. In addition, it includes $65 million for capability building, including outreach efforts necessary to ensure federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and international partners are enabled to support the WMD detection mission.

The President’s Budget recognizes that homeland security is central to economic security. It would provide funding to ensure DHS components are able to facilitate lawful trade and travel, mitigate threats, hold violators accountable, counter foreign economic aggression, and advance America’s economic interests. For instance, the Department is focused on maintaining a level playing field for the $2.4 trillion dollars of imports crossing our border each year, which is why the President’s Budget includes funding to enhance the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and to put more attention on high-risk imports while facilitating smaller, legitimate shipments more quickly. The request also includes funding for additional attorneys, trade specialists, and financial specialists to provide adequate support for trade facilitation and enforcement activities.

The men and women of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) also protect our Nation’s financial infrastructure, and the FY 2019 Budget supports the USSS in its use of advanced technologies and task force partnerships to enforce counterfeiting laws and to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States from financial and computer-based crimes. The agency also protects our highest elected officials, visiting foreign dignitaries, select Federal facilities, and major events. The request would allow for an additional 450 USSS agents, officers, and professional staff and would fund critical protective infrastructure and technology upgrades.
Last year our country experienced one of the most costly and damaging seasons for natural disasters in recent history. DHS is committed to helping our communities in the wake of these catastrophic events, and FEMA will devote the resources and attention needed—in cooperation with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments across the country—to ensure we recover. The President’s Budget supports the DRF, which sustains FEMA’s response and recovery efforts and funds a variety of federal assistance programs that enable state and local governments to prevent, protect, respond, and recover from incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events. The Budget also focuses on other efforts that will help create a “culture of preparedness” nationwide and make our nation more resilient to disasters.

The 2019 President’s Budget is committed to ensuring that every American dollar is spent wisely, and DHS continues to identify efficiencies to meet this goal. The Budget funds the construction of a new headquarters building for FEMA at the St. Elizabeths campus, which will consolidate a wide range of DHS entities in a common location when complete. This will not only foster integrated decision making and collaboration, but it will provide for more efficient use of shared resources across the Department, while also reducing the Department’s rent costs.

Ultimately, the President’s FY 2019 Budget request recognizes current fiscal realities, as well as the persistent and evolving dangers we face. We have outstanding men and women working at DHS committed to protecting our homeland and the American people. You have my commitment to work tirelessly to ensure that they are equipped and empowered to do their jobs. And I appreciate your support in doing so.

Thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you today and for your continued support of DHS. I remain committed to working with Congress, and I look forward to forging a strong and productive relationship to secure our homeland.

I am pleased to answer any questions.

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/05/08/...ittee-homeland

That doesn't leave any doubt.

Yoder Admits Catch-and-Release Problem, But Hides Cheap-Labor Visas

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Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images2 Aug 201867Embattled GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder is suggesting he will fix the catch-and-release language which he inserted into the 2019 appropriations bill — but he is not offering any details or offering to fix several other cheap-labor provisions which he added to the spending bill.

“Should the bill come to the House floor for consideration, we plan to offer a manager’s amendment to address the asylum language,” said an August 2 statement to Breitbart News from Yoder’s office.


The vague offer from the Kansas Representative was dismissed by Jessica Vaughan, policy director of the Center for Immigration Studies:

The asylum provision is not the only problem with the spending bill that Yoder put together. It sounds like he’s trying to figure out where the line in the sand is … to address the minimum number of concerns needed to get the bill over the finishing line.

Nearly all of the 30 GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee are backing Yoder’s catch-and-release plan, chiefly by allowing a voice vote of the catch-and-release amendment. The only opposition came from Rep. John Carter, a Texas Republican who was chairman of Yoder’s DHS appropriations subcommittee in 2017.


Advocates for immigration-reform are concerned that GOP leaders will are backing Yoder’s giveaways, and will delay a fight over the border-spending bill until after the election. Once the election is over, reformers fear House Speaker Paul Ryan will unite with Democratic leaders to force President Donald Trump to either shut down the government or else sign a bill that defunds the wall and immigration-enforcement, revives migration by restoring Obama’s catch-and-release policies, and freezes American wages by opening up several cheap-labor visa-programs for college graduates and blue-collar workers.


On July 25, Yoder endorsed an amendment to the 2019 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The amendment was drafted by a Democrat, Rep. David Price, and would revive former President Barack Obama’s catch-and-release policies by barring government officials from spending any time or money implementing the successful July asylum reform implemented by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.



Yoder’s revival of Obama’s catch-and-release policies would allow a huge number of migrants to live and work in the United States if they bring a child to the border and merely ask for asylum because they have a “credible fear” of persecution by criminal gangs or of abuse by a spouse.


The asylum-seeker does not have to prove his or her case to be allowed to file a claim, but once the claim is filed, officials are forced to release the migrants if they bring a child with them because a California judge insists they cannot keep a child in detention for more than 20 days. Officials prefer to keep the migrants in detention because few released migrants actually file their cases, attend hearings and go home once their asylum claim is denied. Since 2001, this policy has allowed more than 400,000 migrants into the United States to work in the nation’s cheap-labor industries.


Yoder also pushed a green-card amendment that opens the door to more outsourcing of college-graduate jobs, amendments to expand the blue-collar H-2A and H-2B visa-worker programs, and an amendment to block detention of migrant families.

Mickey Kaus@kausmickey








Republican DHS Funding Bill Includes Quasi-Amnesty for DACA Illegal Aliens http://bit.ly/2Kh60Qc

4:53 PM - Aug 2, 2018






Republican DHS Funding Bill Includes Quasi-Amnesty for DACA Illegal Aliens

The Republican-approved DHS Appropriations bill includes a quasi-amnesty for illegal aliens who are currently enrolled in DACA.
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Yoder did not seek any pro-American concessions from Democrats or business groups when he pushed these cheap-labor amendments.


Those cheap-labor measures have gotten far less exposure from the establishment media that Yoder’s promise of $5 billion for the border wall, largely because most reporters prefer to focus on migrants’ concerns rather than Americans’ priorities.


Yoder’s July 25 giveaway bill can be altered by the rules committee — which is controlled by House Speaker Paul Ryan — and will then may be sent to the floor for a vote. However, the bill may be delayed until it is rolled into an end-of-year omnibus bill after the November election.


Vaughan highlighted several concerns about the brief statement by Yoder’s office that “we plan to offer a manager’s amendment to address the asylum language.”


Yoder is ignoring his obligation to not try to legislation or change policy in the funding bill, said Vaughan. Yoder’s green-card changes and catch-and-release asylum reversals “don’t belong in the spending bill,” she said.


Yoder’s statement does not include any details about Yoder’s corrective language, not any promise to reveal it early enough so that it can be studied and debated, said Vaughan. “He is trying to get people to agree to changes that are sight-unseen — it is pretty unrealistic,” said Vaughan.


Yoder’s promised manager’s amendment may not fix the catch-and-release problem, but the GOP “leadership will pressure people to vote for because it is in must-pass legislation,” she said. “They hitch [unpopular] provisions like this to these kinds of bills so that people have no opportunity to discuss … the garbage.”


Yoder, said Vaughan, also “does address all of these guest-worker provisions and the [green card] country caps [in the bill] — he’s not making any effort to address the concerns about those [and] they are just as big a problem as the asylum amendment because it is a direct hit on Americans’ jobs.”

Neil Munro

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American corps. are outsourcing healthcare jobs to Indians via the H-1B progam. Rep. Kevin Yoder's 'country caps' amendment will let them turbocharge healthcare outsourcing by offering green cards to Indians (& Filipinos) who will work the L-1 visa program http://bit.ly/2M95dSR

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“I think he has drunk the [pro-migrant] cool-aid completely on the [green-card] visa,” issue, Vaughan said about Yoder’s green-card plan. That plan would put at least 400,000 Indians visa-workers and family members on a fast-track to green cards and citizenship, and likely expand the outsourcing programs that have transferred many hundreds of thousands of college-graduate jobs to Indian visa-workers:

I think he really thinks he is doing the right and noble thing. He’s not looking for face-saving way out – he thinks he’s a hero and he wants to be a hero [and] he’s trying to dupe his fellow members into agreeing with it.

Yoder is running for election in a Kansas district which voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2016.


Breitbart News asked all 30 of the GOP members on the committee if they opposed Yoder’s giveaways:

• Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey, Chairman
• Harold Rogers, Kentucky
• Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
• Kay Granger, Texas
• Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
• John Abney Culberson, Texas
• John R. Carter, Texas
• Ken Calvert, California
• Tom Cole, Oklahoma
• Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
• Tom Graves, Georgia
• Kevin Yoder, Kansas
• Steve Womack, Arkansas
• Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska
• Thomas J. Rooney, Florida
• Charles J. Fleischmann, Tennessee
• Jaime Herrera Beutler, Washington
• David P. Joyce, Ohio
• David G. Valadao, California
• Andy Harris, MD, Maryland
• Martha Roby, Alabama
• Mark E. Amodei, Nevada
• Chris Stewart, Utah
• David Young, Iowa
• Evan H. Jenkins, West Virginia
• Steven Palazzo, Mississippi
• Dan Newhouse, Washington
• John R. Moolenaar, Michigan
• Scott Taylor, Virginia
• John Rutherford, Florida

Yoder’s response is cited above.

Hannah Shea, a spokeswoman at Rep. Steve Womack’s office responded, saying “the amendments, as you noted, passed by voice. Any concerns would have been raised in committee debate.”
The Yoder giveaways were not cited by the committee when it touted the committee’s work:

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The FY19 #HomelandSecurity funding bill provides $58.1B in discretionary funds for @DHSgov to secure our borders, enhance national security, and prepare for and respond to disasters.

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Other highlights of the bill:
- Funding for @USCoastguard to improve readiness through training and equipment
- $1.9B to detect and prevent dangerous cyber attacks and foreign espionage
- $7.3B for @tsa to keep us safer as we travel and expedite the airport security process

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- Increased support for rescue beacons in border crossing areas
- New funding for mental health care for children in @CBP custody and language to prioritize family reunification
- Full funding for @USCIS, which handles the 8M+ individuals each year who enter this country legally
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Breitbart News checked the members’ Twitter accounts to see if they voiced any concerns or opposition to Yoder’s cheap-labor giveaways. None Tweeted any opposition, and only two acknowledged the cheap-labor visa programs.
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Culberson Amendment to the FY19 #HomelandSecurity Funding Bill to Detain Convicted Criminal Aliens Adopted: http://bit.ly/2mHydGl @HouseAppropsGOP #tx07

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Today the @HouseAppropsGOP passed its 12th and final appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2019, the Homeland Security funding bill. The bill includes $5 billion for new border wall construction and security. I am proud to help @POTUS keep his promise to build the Wall.

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With the passage of this year’s NDAA, our military is poised to be at its highest readiness level in more than a decade. It's our fundamental commitment to ensure that our armed forces have the adequate resources they need to meet the demands of today’s missions.

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Building off the $1.6B down-payment we made last year, this year's Homeland Security Appropriations bill includes another $5B to continue construction of the border wall, which is a key part of @POTUS plan to secure the border. https://tomgraves.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398969 …

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Rep. Graves Supports Funding for President Trump’s Border Wall

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Border issues were a key part of the debate during yesterday’s Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. https://bit.ly/2uQaSqC

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Temperatures continue rising in the Valley this week. Be sure to stay cool, drink plenty of water, and check on your neighbors! Visit http://bit.ly/CA21Cool to find a cooling center near you!

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Yesterday, in @HouseAppropsGOP, we passed the Homeland Security funding bill - our 12th & final appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2019. The bill includes a number of important measures, such as $5 billion for border security & wall construction. I was proud to support it.

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Headed down to a @HouseAppropsGOP full Committee markup of the FY 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, legislation that provides critical funding for the programs and agencies that protect our citizens. Tune in live at 10 AM ET (7 AM PT): https://bit.ly/2LLAdYV

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4.1% growth in the 2nd quarter is great news for the American economy, and the companies and people that fuel it! It's also the fastest rate of growth since the 3rd quarter of 2014 and the third-best growth rate since the Great Recession.

Let's keep it going!

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BIG NEWS: Dates for the 2018 red snapper season have been announced! http://rutherford.house.gov/media/press-releases/rutherford-announces-dates-2018-red-snapper-season …

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Jacksonville, FL – Congressman John Rutherford (FL-04) announces the dates for a limited opening of recreational and commercial red snapper seasons in South Atlantic federal waters. This season is a...
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Two of the committee members lauded the cheap-labor bills they won by expanding the H-2A labor visa to include year-round farmers and to dairy farms, and the H-2B program for companies that do seasonal work, such as landscaping and forest maintenance.

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Farmers facing a shortage of ag labor have not been well-served by the current H2A legal guest worker program. House Appropriations Committee approved a bipartisan amendment I introduced w/ @RepCuellar to apply H2A to all of ag. #WA04 Via @The_CBH http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/local_news/20180726/house_adopts_newhouse_cuellar_h-2a_reforms …

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House adopts Newhouse, Cuellar H-2A reforms

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Today, ⁦@HouseAppropsGOP⁩ passed my amendment to repair the #H2B visa program. The seafood processing industry and other employers on the Eastern Shore depend on H-2B workers when they are unable to hire Americans, and this year’s shortage is hurting small businesses.

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A few days later, after Breitbart News, spotlighted Yoder’s revival of catch-and-release, Yoder issued a statement suggesting he would walk away from his support for the Obama’s policy:

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Three quick things on my DHS Funding bill that passed this week: https://www.facebook.com/yoderforcongress/posts/10156689671907806 …

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GOP Rep. Yoder retreats partway on restoring Obama's catch & release pro-migration policies. But no backtracking yet on his votes to widen three other cheap-labor loopholes -- H-2A, H-2B, H-1B/L-1 -- in the nation's immigration laws. Wages too damn high. http://bit.ly/2OpSahr

4:40 PM - Jul 28, 2018






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'Let me be Clear ... There Have Been Concerns About Amendments'
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https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/02/yoder-admits-catch-release-problem-hides-cheap-labor-visas/