Mr. Speaker. the primary responsibility of the President of the United States is to faithfully carry out the laws sent to him by Congress. Unfortunately. this President. over the past several years. has chosen time and time again to ignore our immigration laws in order to achieve his executive amnesty objectives. His actions continue to fundamentally threaten the separation of powers set forth by the Constitution that was read on this floor last Friday. and it needs to stop. This rule will provide the House with the opportunity to completely defund and end this executive amnesty. With the adoption of the amendments made in order under this rule. H.R. 240 will responsibly fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year and ensure the protection of our borders. while. at the same time. restoring the boundaries between the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government. In addition to defunding this power grab by the President. we will also consider an amendment that will express the sense of Congress that we should stop putting the interests of illegal immigrants above legal immigrants. who are being punished for simply obeying the law. Mr. Speaker.
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