Graham, Republicans Promote Amnesty for Illegals Amid Border Crisis

Sen. Lindsey Graham, along with a group of House Republicans led by Rep. Maria Salazar, is promoting an amnesty plan for illegal aliens living in the United States as border crossings skyrocket at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Specifically, the amnesty - dubbed the "Dignity Proposal" - would give legal resident status to anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 million illegal aliens who are enrolled and eligible for DACA. Eventually, these illegal aliens can apply for green cards and obtain American citizenship.

RJ Hauman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform told Breitbart News that the amnesty is a "Poorly-timed proposal with even worse marketing" considering there were almost 100,000 border crossers apprehended by federal immigration officials last month - an increase of 170 percent compared to the same time last year - and nearly 17 million Americans unemployed but all wanting full-time work.

Now is the time for Republicans in both chambers to unify against amnesty bills rather than introducing their own proposals.

A large-scale amnesty for illegal aliens would be bad policy even under the best of circumstances.

Amnesty under the guise of 'dignity' in the midst of a full-blown border crisis is an affront to commonsense and not just Republican voters, but the American people as a whole.

In the Senate, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Sen. Rick Scott has proposed a similar amnesty where potentially 1.5 million illegal aliens would be able to obtain American citizenship.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/17/lindsey-graham-house-republicans-promote-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-amid-border-crisis/