Almost 200 House Dems vote against deporting people who commit welfare fraud

FNC ^ | 18/3/26 | Adam Pack, Elizabeth Elkin

[Eleutheria5]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to crack down on illegal immigrants participating in welfare fraud despite fierce objections from most Democrats.

Lawmakers voted 231-186 to approve the Deporting Fraudsters Act, with 186 Democrats opposing the measure.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Taylor, R-Ohio, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly define fraud as a deportable offense. Republicans said the legislation is necessary to ensure that noncitizens who steal taxpayer dollars are no longer eligible for immigration relief services or legal protections.

"If you admit to or you’re convicted of fraudulently receiving public benefits, you are out of here on the next plane and can never return," Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., said Wednesday on the House floor.

Taylor said of the bill's passage, "It's a no-brainer — if an illegal alien defrauds the United States or steals benefits from our nation's most vulnerable, they should be permanently removed from our country."

Democratic lawmakers largely opposed the GOP-authored bill, arguing that noncitizens convicted of fraud are already eligible for deportation.

"Another week, another redundant and completely unnecessary immigration crime bill," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said during debate on the measure.

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KEYWORDS: 200dems; aliens; crime; davetaylor; democrats; deport; domesticenemies; welfarefraud

[Eleutheria5]

Not the Bee, not even a modern version of Pirates of Penzans! This is just too good to be false.

[Eleutheria5]

This won’t get the illegal immigrant vote in the midterms;^E)

[Signalman]

Will it pass in the Senate with RINOs like Murkowski etc,?

[Vigilanteman]

Democratic lawmakers largely opposed the GOP-authored bill, arguing that noncitizens convicted of fraud are already eligible for deportation.

And exactly zero of them have ever been accordingly deported?