Mr. President. the solution to this immediate crisis along our Nations border and our longer term immigration needs necessarily need to begin with the President finally enforcing the lawthat set of laws already on the books. There is no amount of money Congress can spend. there is no new law that could solve this crisis. if the President and the leadership of his party continue down their lawless path. There are several steps the President can takeand he can take those steps immediatelythat do not require any action by Congress or another dime from the American people. The most important action he could take would be to stop abusing his "prosecutorial discretion" and end the DACA Program which provides administrative amnesty and work permits to those who have entered the United States illegally as minors. He also needs to resist the temptation to further expand DACA to millions of additional adults and send a strong message to respond quickly by returning those who enter the United States illegally back to their home countries. By announcing to the world that he will not enforce our Nations laws by requiring the Department of Homeland Security to process and return those who have already come here unlawfully. the President of the United States is encouraging hundreds of thousands of children and adults to make a very dangerous journey to the United States illegally. He is encouraging families to pay coyotes controlled by drug cartels thousands of dollars to smuggle their children into this country. That is truly the humanitarian crisis we now face. This continuing resolutionthe continuing resolution now before the Senateprovides funds for the DACA Program and any other Executive amnesty the President may choose to implement illegally. I. along with my friends and colleagues from Alabama and from Texas. wish to offer an amendment prohibiting funding to process prospective applications. but the majority has objected. so we will attempt to table the Reid amendment in order to allow that vote. The Presidents threat to widen the scope of DACA is only going to make matters worsematters in this pronounced humanitarian crisis we are facing along our borderwhich is why I agree with my friends. Senators SESSIONS and CRUZ. that. at the very least. we must take steps to prevent the President from providing any more executive amnesty. Isis Now I wish to speak about some other issues related to the continuing resolution and. in so doing.
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