Political Quotes

“I urge my colleagues to support this amendment by Representatives Salmon and Thompson. The amendment expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. workers should not be harmed by President Obama's unilateral executive action programs. These programs absurdly give American employers a financial incentive to hire unlawful aliens over American citizens and legal immigrants. The fact is, in many cases, a business now has a $3,000 incentive to hire an unlawful immigrant who benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This is because, under ObamaCare, many businesses face a $3,000 per employee penalty if they do not provide health insurance to their workers. However, unlawful immigrants granted DACA relief and, most likely, those benefiting from President Obama's new deferred action program are not eligible for ObamaCare. Thus, in many cases, employers will not have to pay this penalty if they hire deferred action recipients rather than legal workers. It is simply indefensible public policy for the Obama administration to give unlawful aliens a leg up over legal workers. Yet, that is the result of the President's unilateral actions. I urge my colleagues to support this good amendment.”