(1) Ryan’s Omnibus Fully
Funds DACA
Though much of the public
attention has surrounded the President’s 2014 executive amnesty, the
President’s 2012 amnesty quietly continues to churn out work permits and
federal benefits for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. Paul Ryan’s bill
funds entirely this 2012 executive amnesty for “DREAMers”—or illegal immigrants
who came to the country as minors.
Specifically, Division F
of Ryan’s omnibus bill contains no language that would prohibit the use of
funds to continue the President’s unconstitutional program. Obama’s executive
action, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), has granted around
700,000 illegal aliens with work permits, as well as the ability to receive tax
credits and federal entitlement programs. A recent GAO report documented
how this illegal amnesty program for alien youth is, in large part, responsible
for the illegal alien minor surge on our southern border.
In 2013, Paul Ryan said that it is his job as a U.S. lawmaker to put
himself in the shoes of “the DREAMer who is waiting” and work to find
legislative solutions to his or her problems.
(2) Ryan’s Omnibus
Funds Sanctuary Cities
Five months ago, 32-year-old
Kate Steinle was bleeding to death in her father’s arms. She was
gunned down in broad daylight by a five-time deported criminal alien whose
presence in the country was the direct result of San Francisco’s refusal to
comply with U.S. immigration law—yet Paul Ryan’s omnibus rewards these lawless
Sanctuary Cities with federal grants. Division B Title II of Ryan’s omnibus
funds various grant programs for the Department of Justice (pages 167, 168, and
169) and contains no language that would restrict the provision of such grants
to sanctuary jurisdictions.
In a Congressional
hearing, Steinle’s father demanded Congressional action and recalled his daughter’s dying words: “Help me,
Dad.”
(3) Ryan’s Omnibus Funds All
Refugee Programs
Despite broad support
amongst Republican lawmakers for a proposal introduced by Brian Babin to halt
all refugee resettlement, Ryan’s appropriations bill will fund President
Obama’s refugee resettlement operation and will allow for the admission of tens
of thousands of refugees with access to federal benefits. Division H Title II
of Ryan’s bill contains appropriations of the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) and contains no language that would restrict the program. Nor
are there any restrictions for the program in Division K of Ryan’s bill, which
provides funding for the Department of State, which oversees refugee
admissions.
Ryan is not one of
the 84 cosponsors of Babin’s bill to halt the
refugee operation, and he told Sean Hannity that he does not
support halting resettlement because, “We’re a compassionate country.
The refugees laws are important laws.” Similarly, this outcome represents
a legislative win for Marco Rubio, who told Sean Hannity he’d “hate to use”
Congress’s power of the purse to deny funding for Obama’s resettlement
operation.
(4) Ryan’s Omnibus
Funds All of the Mideast Immigration Programs That Have Been Exploited by
Terrorists in Recent Years
Although multiple immigrant and
visa programs in recent years have been exploited by terrorists (such as the
F-1 “student” visa, the K-1 “fiancée” visa, and our green card and refugee
programs), Ryan’s proposal does nothing to limit admissions from jihadist-prone
regions. As Senators Shelby and Sessions of Alabama noted in a joint statement: “The omnibus would put
the U.S. on a path to approve admission for hundreds of thousands of migrants
from a broad range of countries with jihadists movements over the next 12
months, on top of all the other autopilot annual immigration.”
(5) Ryan’s Omnibus
Funds Illegal Alien Resettlement
On page 917 of Ryan’s
omnibus a section titled “Refugee and
Entrant Assistance” funds the President’s resettlement of illegal immigrant
border crossers.
(6) Ryan’s Omnibus Funds the
Release of Criminal Aliens
Senior legislative aides
tell Breitbart News that Ryan’s bill does not do anything to
change the enforcement priorities that Jeh Johnson established a little over a
year ago that would shield entire categories of criminal aliens from immigration
law, nor does it include language recommended by Sessions and Shelby to “deny the expenditure of funds to issue visas to countries that
refuse to repatriate criminal aliens.”
(7) Ryan’s Omnibus
Quadruples H-2B Foreign Worker Visas
Despite Ryan’s pledge not to move an
immigration compromise with President Obama, tucked 700 pages into
Ryan’s spending bill is language that would resuscitate and expand a
controversial provision of the Schumer-Rubio Gang of Eight plan to increase the
H-2B visa program.
The provision “would
quadruple the number of H-2B visas for unskilled guest workers, for a total of
more than 250,000,” writes immigration attorney Ian Smith. The Americans who fill these jobs are typically “society’s most
vulnerable — including single women, the disabled, the elderly, minorities,
teenagers, students, and first-generation immigrants,” Smith explains.
A recent BuzzFeed exposé revealed how this program allows
businesses to discriminate against American workers and “deliberately den[y]
jobs to American workers so they can hire foreign workers on H-2 visas
instead.” As one GOP aide told Breitbart News, “This provision is a knife in
the heart of the working class, and African Americans.”
(8) Ryan’s Omnibus
Funds Tax Credits for Illegal Aliens
Ryan’s bill preserves the expansion of the President’s
expiring child tax credits without any accompanying language to prevent illegal
aliens from receiving those tax credits. While Sen. Sessions attempted
to include language in the bill that would prevent illegal immigrants
from receiving tax credits, his recommendation was rejected.
(9) Ryan’s Omnibus Locks-In
Huge Spending Increases
The bill funds the
Obama-Boehner budget deal, which eliminated spending caps, and will increase both defense and non-defense spending
next year by $25 billion more each.
(10) Ryan’s Omnibus
Fails to Allocate Funds to Complete the 700-Mile Double-Layer Border Fence
That Congress Promised the American People
Nearly a decade ago with
the passage of the 2006 Secure Fence Act, the American people were promised a
700-mile double-layer border fence. However, funding for the fence was later
gutted and, as a result, its construction was never completed. Despite
heightened media focus over the past six months about Americans’ desire for
this barrier to illegal entry, Ryan’s bill does not require that funds be
allocated to finish the construction of the 700-mile double-layer fence.
What may prove most
discouraging of all to Americans is that recent reports reveal that
conservatives in the so-called House Freedom Caucus are praising Ryan even
as he permanently locks in these irreversible and anti-American immigration
policies. According to Politico, the House
Freedom Caucus will “gave Ryan a pass” even as he funds disastrous
policies that prioritize the interests of foreign nationals and
global corporatists above the needs of the American people whom lawmakers
are supposed to represent.
Ninety-five Republicans split with House GOP leadership to vote
against the spending bill. Another 150 Republicans supported it,
while just 18 Democrats opposed it.
Here is the full list of the
Republicans who voted against the spending bill (see the complete roll
call vote here):
Here is a list of senators and how they voted:
