FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
June 4,
2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.
–
Today, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats passed H.R. 6, providing a massive
amnesty for illegal aliens. Congressman Biggs voted against this legislation and
issued the following statement:
“Our border is
being overrun. Our nation is being invaded. Our Border Patrol agents are
outnumbered. And yet Democrats just passed an amnesty bill to reward and
incentivize the lawlessness besieging our country – without any measures to
address the humanitarian and security emergency at the border.
“Democrats took a
short break from their witch hunts against President Trump to ram this
disastrous amnesty bill through the House. Democrats opposed every substantive
amendment aimed at fixing true flaws in their legislation during committee
consideration, then prevented any amendments from being offered on the floor.
Both Democrats and Republicans should be furious with this form of consideration
as it prevents Members from truly representing our constituents. As a border
state Congressman, I have a duty to ensure legislation will not negatively
impact Arizona communities, and I was prevented from doing that
today.
“If enacted into
law, this bill would permanently exacerbate the crisis at our southern border.
This legislation legalizes millions of illegal aliens, incentivizes fraudulent
applications, provides green cards to criminals and gang members, gives
taxpayer-funded dollars for green card assistance, and adds tens of billions of
dollars to our national debt. This is irresponsible governance. The American
people should be outraged at the Democrats’ partisan maneuvers around the rule
of law. I call on my colleagues to stop their attempts to reward illegal aliens
with amnesty and access to taxpayer dollars. Let’s secure the border and address
the humanitarian first and foremost. Let’s protect the American
people.”
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Congressman Andy Biggs is a
second-term Representative from Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District,
representing parts of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Queen Creek. Congressman
Biggs is a member of the House Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology
committees. He lives with his wife, Cindy, in Gilbert.
CONTACT:
Daniel
Stefanski
Communications
Director | Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
C: (202)
870-4973 | O: (202) 225-2635
