Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment, which prohibits funding from being used to implement the DHS 2022 rule that allows illegal aliens to receive more government subsidies. Under our immigration law, one ground of inadmissibility for aliens is if they are likely to become a public charge. That is in the statute. That is to say, if they are going to be a financial burden to the American people due to the likelihood that they will rely on public assistance programs, they are inadmissible. However, in 2022, the DHS weakened this rule by excluding a whole host of government benefit programs, including Medicaid. What does this mean? First, it gives the Biden administration more excuses to allow millions of illegal aliens into the country by doing away with one standard that would legally disqualify many people. Second, it allows the Biden administration to explicitly pay illegal aliens to be in the country with taxpayer dollars, which has always been their plan. Third, it creates a major pull factor or incentive for people who are thinking of crossing the border to actually cross the border illegally. There is evidence of this. Just talk to the people crossing the border. I have. I have gone down to the border many times. I take people with me, Members of Congress, all the time. When you ask people, they will say they heard the U.S. Government was going to pay them to be here--I have actually had people say this--and that they will take me where I want to go.…”