And they have nothing to do with keeping Americans safe from lonewolf terrorists or other radicalized individuals. Rather. the amendments are being considered to satisfy the farright fringe contingency of the Republican Party who have amassed disproportionate influence over the past few years. The Amendments we are considering today could force DHS to use its limited resources to remove lawabiding children brought to the country through no fault of their own before deporting those who pose a threat to our safety or security. Similarly. the Blackburn Amendment would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. setting in motion the deportation of those who have already come forward. paid the relevant fees and submitted to background checks. from Americathe only home most of them have ever known. In light of global terrorist events that occurred in recent months. the notion that we would remove individualswho are known to. and have been vetted by. DHSbefore focusing on those who may do us harm runs counter to commonsense and contradicts our riskbased approach to homeland security. I urge my colleagues to reject the antiimmigration amendments that will be considered later this afternoon. Instead. we should be voting on a clean DHS funding bill.
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