Mr. Speaker. that just 2 weeks into this new Congress. Republicans have turned a bipartisan issue. funding our Department of Homeland Security. into a cesspool of despicable amendments that cater to the most extremist antiimmigrant fringe. There is the Blackburn amendment mandating that we deport thousands of students who are as American in their hearts as you or I. There is the Aderholt amendment prohibiting DHS from prioritizing whether we deport hardworking parents or hardened criminals. And there is the Schock amendment decrying the legal immigration backlog but doing nothing. absolutely nothing. to fix it. Guess whose amendment wasnt accepted? The DeutchFoster amendment. which would save taxpayers over $1 billion a year by ending the detention bed mandate. effectively an earmark that requires 34.000 beds be filled by immigrants every single day inside forprofit detention centers.
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