Sen. Jeff Sessions: McCaul Bill Breaks Republican Promise to Voters on Immigration

breitbart.com ^ | 1/20/15 | Matthew Boyle

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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), arguably the intellectual leader of the national movement against immigration amnesty, has come out swinging against a new border bill proposed by House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX).

Sessions issued a lengthy and blistering statement detailing the reasons he thinks McCaul’s bill would be a mistake for any Republican who supports stopping President Obama’s executive amnesty and other “lawlessness” on immigration. The senator writes:

Republicans won a historic midterm vote on the promise to take real action—not symbolic gestures—to end the immigration lawlessness. It is essential that any immigration measures moved by the Republican Congress actually do the job. Too often, Congress will pass anything on immigration except that which will actually work. Indeed, the repudiated Gang of Eight bill was touted as the ‘toughest border security [and] enforcement measures in U.S. history.’ Unfortunately, border legislation being marked-up on Wednesday in the House Homeland Security Committee again fails to include the measures necessary to fulfill its promises.

Sessions writes that McCaul’s bill does nothing to stop Obama’s catch-and-release immigration policies. In recent months, immigration agents from Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been prevented from actually apprehending and deporting illegal aliens when they’re caught. Instead, the illegal aliens are allowed to stay. While they’re waiting for adjudication proceedings (that few actually even show up at) they can take job opportunities away from struggling Americans. Sessions adds:

[itsahoot]

Obamacare, Jobs, taxes, spending, Obamacare, Jobs were the issues that won the election and won it big.

You lie! Sorry Joe.

[jmaroneps37]

Tom Donahue is the real Speaker, lets face it.

[GOPJ]

Republicans won a historic midterm vote on the promise to take real action—not symbolic gestures—to end the immigration lawlessness.

Those 'Republicans' who want open borders need to RUN on that issue. They won't get elected if they tell the truth... and that solves the problem...

[Nuc 1.1]

If the senate gets any immigration bill it is over. The senate will change the house bill, resulting in a Senate/House Conference Committee changes to the bill.the house and senate leadership proscribes the committee membership and I would bet every one of the members would be libtards.