Hearing Wrap Up: Abuse of U.S. Immigration System Creates Financial Burdens on American Taxpayers
WASHINGTON—Today, the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held a hearing titled “Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy.” During the hearing, members examined how prior presidential administrations and the amnesty lobby have weaponized the U.S. immigration system against Americans, pushed reckless open borders policies and engaged in frivolous litigation to stall enforcement of the law. Members also analyzed current tactics the radical left uses to undermine the Trump Administration’s efforts to strengthen the immigration system and keep Americans safe.
Key Takeaways:
The Biden Administration opened the border and allowed millions of illegal aliens to enter the country, paroled them en masse using a smartphone app, and granted backdoor amnesty by abusing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations.
Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, testified that “The two programs are immigration, parole and Temporary Protected Status. Presidents have used parole to allow in foreigners who have no right to be here in any number, anyone they want, for any reason, for as long as they want. And the presidents have used TPS to let people who have already illegally entered the country stay indefinitely. And the key in both cases is that the point is to get work permits and social security numbers into the hands of illegal immigrants, so it’s harder to deport them in the future. Those two programs are the pillars of a shadow immigration system operated across administrations to circumvent immigration limits enacted by Congress.”
Matt O’Brien, Deputy Executive Director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), testified that “For decades, administrations of both parties have selectively ignored portions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, when those provisions were viewed as politically inconvenient. As a result, the agencies charged with enforcing our immigration laws have too often relied on inconsistent regulations, shifting policy memoranda and operational guidance that depart from the text and the intent of the laws enacted by Congress. To put it plainly, the executive branch has repeatedly substituted policy preferences for statutory requirements.”
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-abuse-of-u-s-immigration-system-creates-financial-burdens-on-american-taxpayers/
