[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 34 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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   IMMIGRATION POLICY MEMORANDA ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, the actions the Senate took today to 
fund the Department of Homeland Security should not be construed to 
accept, endorse, affirm or acquiesce in the memoranda issued by the 
Department related to immigration policy. A majority of the Senate has 
voted repeatedly over the last few weeks to advance legislation that 
would, if enacted, prohibit the Department from implementing the 
policies reflected in those memoranda. I and my colleagues in the 
majority who voted to fund the Department today did so to avoid a 
shutdown of its operations, many of which are necessary to safeguard 
our Nation. In voting to fund the Department, we were also mindful of 
the fact that the policies and directives that are embodied in these 
memoranda, and to which we object, are the subject of a preliminary 
injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District 
of Texas, which is preventing the Department from implementing them.

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