A colleague from Arizona said on this floor just yesterdaya colleague from across the aislethat "to attempt to use a spending bill in order to poke a finger in the Presidents eye is not a good move." Another colleague from across the aisle. from Illinois. said. "The American people are pretty alarmed. as they should be. about security . . . the way to go forward is just fund DHS." the Department of Homeland Security. He continued. "We ought to strip the bill of extraneous issues and make it about homeland security." That is the path forward. to have a funding bill for Homeland Security. stripped of political riders designed to take on one issue or another when those issues can be addressed in separate bills. If someone really wants to prioritize the deportation of children who came here through no fault of their own and know no country other than the United States. our DREAMers. then they should write that bill. put it through committee. and then the majority should bring the debate to the floor of this Chamber. I can tell you that I would be voting against that bill. but we would have the debate on that issue separate from the conversation about funding Homeland Security. I found it interesting to read the Wall Street Journal the other day. It refers to immigration restrictionists who want a larger brawl and have browbeat GOP leaders into adding needless policy amendments. That is coming from the Wall Street Journal. They proceed to say in regard to the fight over prioritizing the deportation of folks who are here without legal credentials and who have criminal backgrounds. that the President is "prioritizing" those deportations of those with criminal backgrounds. The Wall Street Journal says: That is legitimate prosecutorial discretion. and in opposing it Republicans are undermining their crimefighting credentials. So if some of my colleagues want to argue that the President should not prioritize deporting individuals with criminal backgrounds. which I think should be prioritized. have that debate. but do not hold the Homeland Security bill hostage to that particular fight. In this mornings paper. there was an article about the funding of the Department of Homeland Security. This is in the Washington Post.
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