"Drain the swamp," we were told. Well.
The full text of the so-called "compromise deal" — which takes the form of an 1,169-page, massive omnibus spending bill — has been released by the ad hoc congressional committee tasked with avoiding a second government shutdown in as many months.
And...it's a doozy.
Mark Krikorian
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Lots of bad but swallowable stuff in $ bill. But Sec.224 is a poison pill: Gives deportation immunity to any sponsor—or POTENTIAL sponsor—of an "unaccompanied" alien child. Creates incentive for illegals already here to order up kids from Central America (or anywhere). Outrageous
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10:05 AM - Feb 14, 2019
Chip Roy
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This “deal†provides de facto amnesty for anyone claiming to be even in the household of a potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien minor AND is thus the “Child Trafficking Promotion Act†cc: @realDonaldTrump
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12:29 PM - Feb 14, 2019
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Congressional leaders are already pushing for an immediate vote, less than 24 hours after the release of the bill's precise contents. Indeed, minutes ago, the Senate passed the bill by a 83-16 margin; it now heads to the House. Without either a long-term funding bill or short-term continuing resolution signed by tomorrow night at midnight, the federal government will enter into a shutdown for the second time in as many months.
President Trump is poised to sign this bill. He has consistently tested the waters this week by indicating his inclination toward signing it, and the basic truth is that there is approximately zero interest right now by the leaders of either party for another shutdown standoff. And Trump knows, notwithstanding the fact this amnesty capitulation reveals the shallowness of this White House's alleged commitment to enacting its immigration priorities, that he will be able to fire off a few tweets blaming Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and thereby keep his base mostly in line.
Indeed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) now says that Trump will sign the deal at the same time he declares a national emergency.
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But under no circumstances should Trump sign this bill. He should immediately state that he will veto the bill and push for a two-week continuing resolution during which he can pound the airwaves from the Oval Office and then visit hundreds of local towns across the country to make the comprehensive case that the current border crisis is best described as a full-on invasion for which every town in America suffers as a de facto border town.
This bill is, frankly, a disaster. And, holding aside the noxious optics — which Trump himself, merely a year ago, had pleged to never engage in again — of signing yet another last-minute, massive omnibus boondoggle, the substance of the bill is so bad that it is not even remotely obvious how a concomitant declaration of a national emergency might sufficiently negate it. In fact, it almost assuredly could never counter this bill's bad provisions.
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None of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the components funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien child ( as defined in section 462 (g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on information shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/43495/hammer-amnesty-omnibus-deal-exact-boondoggle-trump-josh-hammer
