[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       STOPPING EXECUTIVE AMNESTY

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about my amendment 
that is going to be offered to the Department of Homeland Security 
appropriations bill. It is part of our effort to stop President Obama's 
executive amnesty.
  The amendment would freeze the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 
Program by prohibiting any Federal funds or resources from being used 
to consider or adjudicate any new renewal or previously denied 
application for any alien requesting consideration for the deferral. 
Individuals currently in the program would be allowed to continue 
through the remainder of their deferral period.
  Last year, I had the opportunity to visit the UAC facility at Fort 
Sill and also to spend some time on the southern border, where agents 
briefed me. The visits confirmed what we have known all along: DACA is 
the magnet for drawing Central American children here. Unaccompanied 
alien children believe they are going to receive amnesty. That is a 
false hope. There are also problems with the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, with physical abuse of these children, and we know that 
the American people want us to take this action. Seventy-five percent 
reject executive amnesty.
  I encourage the body to join me today in passing the Blackburn 
amendment.

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