“Military service is a high calling, and a noble career, and
is most certainly not a job Americans won’t do.”
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a statement today concerning the
President’s new effort to recruit illegal immigrants and visa overstays into the
U.S. military. Sessions also detailed the actions the President should be
taking, instead of pursuing an illegal executive amnesty:
“With an unprecedented illegal immigration crisis raging,
the President announces not enforcement actions to reduce illegality, but yet
one more in an endless series of executive actions to further undermine
immigration law. Once more, he has taken unilateral executive action that
signals to the world that our borders are not being enforced.
The President is launching a new effort to recruit illegal
immigrants and visa overstays for the military at a time when thousands of
career military personnel are facing layoffs—meaning that the President’s
recruitment program will directly displace American military personnel. Military
service is a high calling, and a noble career, and is most certainly not a job
Americans won’t do.
The President has further pledged that, following the
midterm elections, he will issue a sweeping executive amnesty for 5–6 million
illegal immigrants and visa overstays. This executive amnesty will include work
authorization, taking precious jobs directly from American workers at a time
when 28.9 million Americans in their prime working years (25–54) don’t have a
job.
In our economy, like our military, we have a shortage of
jobs—not a shortage of workers.
Instead of circumventing the law to eliminate our
immigration controls, any President who cares about the rule of law would
instead be taking lawful, constitutional executive actions to restore those laws
and end the illegality. Here are just a few of the concrete, lawful steps the
President is duty-bound to undertake:
Complete the border fence that Congress has previously
passed into law;
Create the exit-entry system to track foreign visa-holders,
which Congress has repeatedly mandated;
Cancel visas to any country that won’t take back its own
citizens;
Stop the improper issuance of billions of dollars in child
tax credits to illegal immigrants,
Enforce the currently un-enforced public charge rule for
immigrants to the U.S., both legal and illegal;
Crack down on abuse of the H-1B guest worker program that is
displacing U.S. workers;
Increase, don’t reduce, prosecutions under the proven
Operation Streamline;
Instead of suing states that are trying to enforce the law,
target sanctuary cities that are defying the law; and
Cancel all meetings with pro-amnesty groups to plot
executive amnesty, and instead meet with Chris Crane, Ken Palinkas, and Chris
Cabrera (of ICE, USCIS, and Border Patrol). Instead of ordering them not to do
their jobs, sit down with them ask what they need to end the lawlessness and
restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system.”
BACKGROUND:
According
Military.com<http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/13/military-forced-to-get-picky-in-recruiting.html?comp=7000023435630&rank=2>,
the U.S. must “get picky” in military recruiting due to force reductions.
ICE officers requested a meeting with President Obama over
one-and-half years ago. The President refused the meeting, but invited illegal
immigrants to meet in the Oval Office.
<http://iceunion.org/news/click-read-press-release-ice-officers-renew-call-white-house-meeting-after-six-weeks-without-re>
Source: U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) serves on four
Senate committees: Armed Services, Judiciary, Environment and Public Works, and
as Ranking Member of the Budget Committee. Visit Sessions online at his
website<http://sessions.senate.gov/public/> or via
YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorSessions>, Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Sessions/23444159584?ref=search>,
and Twitter<http://twitter.com/SenatorSessions>. Note: Please do not
reply to this email. For further information, contact Sen. Sessions’ Press
Office at (202) 224-4124.
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