Thread: Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Funding Bill

Price is a Democrat, he's the one who had the amendment on Asylum expansion and Aguilar is a Democrat who had the amendment on not removing DACA's.

Originally Posted by Judy

Price is a Democrat, he's the one who had the amendment on Asylum expansion and Aguilar is a Democrat who had the amendment on not removing DACA's.

Doesn't matter who had the amendment.

As you can see there are more R's than D's on the Committee and it passed, with only 1 R actually speaking out against.

Republicans 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 Democrats Nita M. Lowey, New York Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana José E. Serrano, New York Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut David E. Price, North Carolina Lucille Roybal-Allard, California Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia Barbara Lee, California Betty McCollum, Minnesota Tim Ryan, Ohio C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Henry Cuellar, Texas Chellie Pingree, Maine Mike Quigley, Illinois Derek Kilmer, Washington Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania Grace Meng, New York Mark Pocan, Wisconsin Katherine M. Clark, Massachusetts Pete Aguilar, California

Kevin Yoder Republican Kansas---- SUPPORTS the price amendment. He spoke of deep compassion for domestic violence victims

I understand that, they do it to get the bill approved and moved on out of the Committee. Plus, not all the Republicans on the committee are anti-DACA or anti-Asylum like we are. They're all anti-illegal immigration but some have reasons for supporting some things that we oppose because of their religion or the make-up of their districts or their kids grew up with the people we want to deport, or donors, etc., etc., so some aren't "hard-liners" like we are. The Full Committee will get more flack about it and will hopefully clean it up. But maybe not.

Rep. Newhouse – The amendment adds bill language changing the H-2A seasonal agriculture worker program from seasonal to year-round. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.

Rep. Harris – The amendment adds language restoring a two-year “look back” within the H-2B seasonal guest worker visa program, exempting a certain number of return workers from the overall cap. It also sets up a system to allow a proportional number of visas for businesses, instead of all or none, when there is a higher demand for visas than the total number authorized. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.

Rep. Yoder – The amendment provides additional flexibility related to the country cap on high-skilled workers under the H1-B visa program. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote

Looks like they're pushing for an expansion of guest worker visas too.

Originally Posted by Judy

I understand that, they do it to get the bill approved and moved on out of the Committee. Plus, not all the Republicans on the committee are anti-DACA or anti-Asylum like we are. They're all anti-illegal immigration but some have reasons for supporting some things that we oppose because of their religion or the make-up of their districts or their kids grew up with the people we want to deport, or donors, etc., etc., so some aren't "hard-liners" like we are. The Full Committee will get more flack about it and will hopefully clean it up. But maybe not.

I don't know exactly what you mean by they are all anti-illegal immigration. But if you're implying none of them support amnesty for illegal aliens, you would be wrong. For example, I know for a fact Mario Diaz-Balart supports a path to citizenship (amnesty) for illegal aliens. I'm sure there are probably others.

Originally Posted by Judy

. but some have reasons for supporting some things that we oppose because of their religion or the make-up of their districts or their kids grew up with the people we want to deport, or donors,

and therein lies the problem

Originally Posted by Judy

They're all anti-illegal immigration

How can someone possibly be anti-illegal immigration but vote to make domestic violence in Central America a reason for asylum in the USA?

The answer is they can not be.

Originally Posted by MW

I don't know exactly what you mean by they are all anti-illegal immigration. But if you're implying none of them support amnesty for illegal aliens, you would be wrong. For example, I know for a fact Mario Diaz-Balart supports a path to citizenship (amnesty) for illegal aliens. I'm sure there are probably others.

LOL!!! No I'm not implying they do not support amnesty. I said they are all anti-illegal immigration, which means they are not open borders, they generally want to deport illegal aliens, and they want border security to keep them out. Not all are hard-liners who want to deport people who have been allowed to be here so long that they've taken root, built lives, have children, have entire huge illegal alien families here, they belong to churches, they work jobs, often the same job for years. Some people who are anti-illegal immigration just do not think that it is fair or proper to deport those people, so they want to give them amnesty. We're hard-liners who want to deport them no matter what the circumstance is, how long they've been here, regardless of their roots, and want to kick the whole kit and caboodle of their large families out of here including their minor citizen children.

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

How can someone possibly be anti-illegal immigration but vote to make domestic violence in Central America a reason for asylum in the USA?

The answer is they can not be.

They're lost in words and definitions. They think "asylum" means they're desperate people in need of sanctuary, not scoundrels violating our laws. They don't see them as the lying thieving drug running con artists we know they are abusing our asylum laws.