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Republicans Will Do Anything To Illegals Except Deport Them

Americans didn’t elect Republicans in 2024 to devise new ways to keep illegal aliens here.

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President Donald Trump galvanized Americans in 2024 in part by promising “mass deportations.” It was a message that resonated with millions of Americans who were frustrated that the country had been overrun by tens of millions of illegal aliens thanks to then-President Joe Biden and the Democrats.

In order to get the job done, voters also elected a Republican Congress and Senate. Yet, while the president has had to fight Democrats, activist judges, and violent agitators, members of his own party continue to work to undermine his efforts.

Republicans will seemingly do anything for illegal aliens except deport them. They’ll vote to grant them work authorization, protect them from deportations, waive the consequences of breaking the law, and even create new statuses just so that illegals can find a reason to stay. They’ll go so far as to insist none of this is amnesty since they’ve avoided explicitly using that word.

The latest example comes from 47 House Republicans supporting legislation that would allow some illegal aliens working in agriculture to obtain legal status.

H.R. 9535, introduced by Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson, would overhaul the current H-2A temporary agricultural worker program by expanding the time frame so that it permits illegals to stay all year in three-year time increments and “waiv[es] some immigration violations like illegally obtaining an agriculture job,” as The Federalist’s Breccan Thies explained.

But Republicans’ eagerness to protect illegal aliens instead of doing what voters actually asked leaders to do didn’t begin with Thompson’s agricultural bill.

Another recent fight over illegal immigration stems from Republicans’ efforts to pass a mass amnesty proposal known as the DIGNIDAD Act (or, if you’re American, the DIGNITY Act). According to a press release from Florida GOP Rep. Maria........

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