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

Originally Posted by MW

To the shock of observers, Price's amendment passed. This was a surprise in large part because Republicans have a majority on that committee — and every committee, as they control the House— and rejected several other Democrat-proposed amendments during that same meeting. But Price's passed via a voice vote, and as such, it will be included in the final DHS funding bill when the full House votes on it.

This says it all!


Where is the President? never-mind, he is too busy telling another lie about health plans already generating record business , when they won't even be available for another 5 weeks.

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

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Where is the President? never-mind, he is too busy telling another lie about health plans already generating record business , when they won't even be available for another 5 weeks.

Perhaps he's afraid of losing the 5 billion dollars? I too am surprised he hasn't sent out a tweet or said anything about Price's amendment.

Originally Posted by MW

But no members could be heard saying “nay” when the amendment was put to a voice vote.

Guess we don't need a recorded vote after all. Now, we know.

Originally Posted by MW

The last time President Donald Trump wrote the world “asylum” on Twitter was nearly five years ago.

Not surprising!

Republicans Voted to Block Jeff Sessions’ Attacks on Asylum-Seekers Fleeing Domestic Violence

This should warm Judy's heart. Vote for these "R"s!

Laura Ingraham is talking about the Price amendment right now (Fox channel).

Asylum Rules Would Allow Migrating Foreign Populations to Fill Half of Midwest

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Getty News26 Jul 2018302New asylum rules approved by the GOP majority and Democrat minority House Appropriations Committee would give the right to migrate to the United States to a foreign population at least half the size of the American Midwest.

Two asylum rules pushed by Rep. David Price (D-NC) as well as Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and approved by the GOP-majority House Appropriations Committee would allow foreign nationals seeking refuge in the U.S. to migrate based on claims that they are fleeing domestic abuse or gang violence.


The asylum standards would be a direct rebuke of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ efforts to strengthen the country’s lax asylum system. He made clear in a memo that claiming to be fleeing domestic abuse or gang violence are not legitimate claims for asylum in the U.S.


The Republican establishment and Democrats’ reversal of Sessions’ memo would give the full populations of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras the right to migrate and seek asylum in the U.S., as all three Central American countries have been crippled for years by gangs.


As Breitbart News noted, this translates to about 32 million Central Americans being given the right to migrate. This would mean a foreign population about half the size of the American Midwest — where 67 million Americans live — would have the right to come to the country and permanently resettle.


That foreign population given the right to migrate to the U.S. would at least be 12 times the population of Chicago, Illinois, and more than 35 times the population of Columbus, Ohio.

(Statistical Atlas)

Kansas Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach told Breitbart News he “can’t believe” any Republican lawmakers would support such a plan to expand asylum and essentially give foreign nationals the right to migrate to the U.S.


“This completely destroys the normal definition of asylum,” Kobach said. “Asylum is for people being persecuted.”


“Asylum would become meaningless and rampant with fraud because anyone can say that they live in fear of gang violence,” Kobach continued. “This would be a colossal mistake for Republicans to support this.”


The Republican establishment strategically tied the mass immigration plan to $5 billion worth of border wall funding that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the ability to begin constructing a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.


Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) said she is “proud” to support the appropriations bill, touting the wall funding but failing to mention the weakened asylum rules that would allow entire foreign populations the right to migrate.

Rep. Martha Roby

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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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In 88 percent of cases, Breitbart News reported, foreign nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. evade immediate deportation after claiming credible fear, according to the Department of Justice. Only half of the foreign nationals who evade immediate deportation by claiming credible fear, however, end up filing for asylum status after they are released into the U.S.


“We need Congress to deal with the immigration question,” Sessions said on Thursday during a press conference. “There are loopholes in our laws that are being exploited and we need to get them focused and we’re pleading with them to do so. Our job and our enforcement officers’ job are far more difficult than they need to be. Common sense legislation can make a difference.”


Currently, the U.S. admits more than 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants every year. In 2016, the legal and illegal immigrant population reached a record high of 44 million. By 2023, the legal and illegal immigrant population is expected to make up nearly 15 percent of the entire U.S. population if current immigration levels continue.

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/26/asylum-rules-would-allow-migrating-foreign-populations-to-fill-half-of-midwest/

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) said she is “proud” to support the appropriations bill, touting the wall funding but failing to mention the weakened asylum rules that would allow entire foreign populations the right to migrate.

Rep. Martha Roby

✔@RepMarthaRoby


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.

Where is our President?

Why is he always MIA when the subject is immigration, that is MIA unless the illegal invaders need a helping hand.

Originally Posted by jtdc

This should warm Judy's heart. Vote for these "R"s!

It doesn't "warm" my heart. I oppose it, I also oppose the one no one is talking about except me, which is the Aguilar amendment that gives DACA Amnesty. And it will be the "R's" who fix it so hell yes vote "R" in November or say "Hello, North American Socialist Union!" Are you under the inept illusion that "D's" will fix this? "D's" are the ones responsible for introducing the amendments we're upset about.

Originally Posted by Judy

"D's" are the ones responsible for introducing the amendments we're upset about.

R's are responsible ---they are the majority and did not vote it down.

Not only did they not vote it down, if this report is correct -----
But no members could be heard saying “nay” when the amendment was put to a voice vote.
not a single R voted "nay".