FOX 1: Republicans seek to block welfare and other benefits for illegal immigrants paroled into the U.S., bypassing the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster to pass the budget reconciliation process. I’m planning.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) plans to introduce the “America First Act” on Wednesday. The bill would change the requirements outlined in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to explicitly exclude people who have been granted asylum and illegal immigrants, including refugees. People who entered the country on parole or whose deportation is pending.
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Prime Minister Lee hopes to pass this bill through budget adjustment. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
These individuals are eligible to receive benefits, including participation in programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or certain housing benefits. there is no.
“For years, Americans have been told that undocumented immigrants are barred from receiving federal benefits in order to distract from the U.S. government’s complete failures in border security,” Lee said in a statement. I’ve come,” he said. “This is a lie. Millions of illegal immigrants who have been ‘paroled’ into the United States, many with fraudulent asylum claims, have been given access to welfare and assistance programs originally designed to help families in the United States. But the America First Act, which was not meant to attract and support large numbers of foreigners, was the result of this criminal redistribution plan forced on Americans by Joe Biden and generations of dishonest politicians. This is to prevent ”
The bill has also been introduced in the House by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Rep. Jody Arrington (R-Texas).
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Border Patrol agents pick up a group of asylum seekers from a relief camp on the U.S.-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Justin Hummel/Getty Images)
Many bills are destined to fail in the Senate as a result of the legislative filibuster, which can block any bill that doesn’t reach 60 votes on a closing motion.
But if the policy is passed through budget reconciliation, which Republicans plan to use in the new Congress to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s key priorities, it could pass with just a simple majority.
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In this way, Lee, Roy and Arrington hope to get the bill across the finish line. Utah senators are currently negotiating to include the policy in the next budget reconciliation package as a “compensation” for other items, such as border security.
Lee’s office pointed to a July Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on “the impact of the immigration surge on the federal budget and economy.” As the senator’s team highlighted, CBO revealed that “the immigration surge will increase net spending on federally mandated programs and debt interest by $0.3 trillion from 2024 to 2034, in CBO’s projections.” did.
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Roy and Arrington are introducing the bill in the House. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
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The Republican bill would also disqualify these noncitizens from various education, health care, housing benefits, disaster assistance, and tax credits.
The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital for comment in time for publication.
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, where she leads coverage of the U.S. Senate. She previously served as a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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