“This is all a joke on the American people,” said a Department of Homeland Security official who works along the U.S.-Mexico border. “If we don’t follow the laws we have on the books now, what good are new laws? It’s all about votes and politics. See who these congressmen hang out with you’ll know why they’re so interested in immigration reform at the expense of national security.”
A group of conservative lawmakers will challenge House leadership by presenting their own set of guidelines to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws before senior House members unveil their own next week at the Republican retreat, TheBlaze has learned.
“Congress is working on a counter proposal that would make its first priority helping out-of-work Americans find jobs instead of helping Obama’s corporate pals hire more foreign workers,” said a Republican congressional aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “Another tenet is that enforcement must be accomplished before drafting or moving any form of amnesty.”
Republican opponents argue that a current proposal by Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has already received his committee’s approval for a bill that would allow the hospitality industry to hire 500,000 guest workers a year.
In an interview with Telemundo earlier this month he said there should be “no reason” illegal immigrants shouldn’t have a way to gain legal status as long as tougher border security measures are enacted by Congress.
Federal law enforcement officials who spoke with TheBlaze said, however, that current border security laws are not being enforced and the administration has tied the hands of officers and agents working along the nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico.
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