Speech #1130123810

We enacted a law that permits the issuance of employment authorization. They are now implementing that part of the law. This bill would block some portions of the Presidents recent action to keep young people from facing deportation and to prevent parents of U.S. citizen kids from being deported. but the bill harms others. too. Immigrant victims of domestic violence who seek a green card through the Violence Against Women Act are not protected from deportation while they wait for a visa. With this bill. they would face deportation. Victims of serious crimes approved for U visas get deferred action while they wait for a visa. Under this bill. they would face deportation. The exception in the bill is insufficient because victims may assist law enforcement without appearing at trial. Victims of severe forms of human trafficking eligible for statutorilycapped T visas could also face deportation. The bill would end the ability to parole in place the undocumented families of American military personnel and veterans. Deporting the mothers of American soldiers could be the result. There is strong historical precedent for the Presidents actions. Prior Presidents were not met with such obstructionism.