It sounds obvious on its face, you cannot consider immigration reform as a spending bill, but that’s what the Democrats were attempting to do regardless of the constitutional limits. Immigration reform is not a spending issue, and the Senate parliamentarian has denied the scheme by Senate Democrats in their $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” bill. (pic: migrant caravan)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs for their plan to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate’s parliamentarian said late Sunday, a crushing blow to what was the party’s clearest pathway in years to attaining that long-sought goal.
The decision by Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate’s nonpartisan interpreter of its often enigmatic rules, is a damaging and disheartening setback for President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats and their allies in the pro-immigration and progressive communities. It badly wounds Democrats’ hopes of unilaterally enacting — over Republican opposition — changes letting several categories of immigrants gain permanent residence and possibly citizenship.
The parliamentarian opinion is crucial because it means the immigration provisions could not be included in an immense $3.5 trillion measure that’s been shielded from GOP filibusters. Left vulnerable to those bill-killing delays, which require 60 Senate votes to defuse, the immigration language has virtually no chance in the 50-50 Senate.
In a three-page memo to senators obtained by The Associated Press, MacDonough noted that under Senate rules, provisions are not allowed in such bills if their budget effect is “merely incidental” to their overall policy impact. (read more)
That’s OK, just heard on Fox yesterday that part of the humanitarian crisis at the 15k person logjam under the overpass in Texas is that the invaders are popping out new US citizens.
Foreign Invasion. Let’s call it what it is.
“undocumented persons”should be called “criminals”.
plural noun: criminals
Amen this has been an invasion for decades.
We need a full moratorium on all immigration
Reduce our Green House Gases and protect our environment, deport them all asap!
John McCain is spinning in his grave.
Now the invading force is called “Human Infrastructure”.
IMO Their human infrastructure needs an A-10 Warthog come and clear things up.
They say we’re a country of laws, but I’m not seeing it.
if LT COL Scheller speaks before PDJT – then PDJT is done.
https://swagggirlicious.com/2021/09/16/afghan-refugees-are-headed-to-46-states-how-many-are-coming-to-your-state/
Best way to reduce those dreadful Green House Gases and protect the environment is to stop immigration and deport all illegals and past amnestied who have criminal records, but of course the Demoshevik would be tyrants do not really care about the environment, just like they do not care about American peoples dying from a Demoshevik/Chinese wuhan flu jabs………………..
I’ll be the first to say it: Elizabeth McDonough did not kill herself.
Sounds like all they need to do is get a new Senate Parliamentarian. Shouldn’t be difficult. I wonder why they were allowed to make that ruling. Maybe Schumer needs something in return for such a big ask.
Wasn’t this the second time the Parliamentarian has ruled against something of
a similar attempt by Dems to add into a bill?
I have met some great immigrants in the last year from a number of countries all the way down to Brazil. This because I am involved in a lot of contract work for my house lately and still I work with companies that all have American owners. That’s how it goes these days.
These people want to work hard and make a difference. Most are trying to get contractors licenses, and in my state that takes 5-years of working in apprenticeships before they can even take the state test. They are smart and they do excellent work.
That said, by far the number of immigrants at the border are looking for the Federal Government handout. They have few, if any skills. Big difference.
There is a distinct difference between the two groups The First group mentioned, all the hard workers, have legal visas. I ask them before they do work at my house. I am assuming the state of the border immigrants because I have no real data for that.