{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206034234/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-obamas-unconstitutional-executive-amnesty-is-horrible-policy", "Vitter: Obamas Unconstitutional Executive Amnesty is Horrible Policy", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter: Obama\u2019s Unconstitutional Executive Amnesty is Horrible Policy\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 20, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.), Chair of the Senate Border Security Caucus, made the following statement regarding President Obama\u2019s plan to grant executive amnesty by providing legal status and work permits to five million illegal immigrants.\n\u201cPresident Obama\u2019s executive amnesty is illegitimate, unconstitutional, and flat out horrible policy. This will only encourage more immigrants to come here illegally, completely undercutting the many immigrants who do follow our law. In fact, it will probably make it harder to legally become a citizen than just come here illegally. We must start with effective enforcement, both at the border and the workplace. I'm absolutely going to do everything I can to push back on Obama\u2019s illegal actions \u2013 starting with working to take away any funding for amnesty,\u201d Vitter said.\nVitter has long been an advocate for targeted reforms to fix the immigration crisis, starting with border security and enforcing the immigration laws that already exist.\nEnforcement Bills introduced by Vitter:\nDeportation of UACs \u2013 implements mandatory detention and expedited removal of the unaccompanied alien children (UAC).\nStop DACA \u2013 prevents the federal government from spending money to process new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA would allow the Administration from protecting people from being deported. This bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Vitter is an original co-sponsor.\nUS-VISIT \u2013 prevents any adjustment in legal status for those in the country illegally until the Department of Homeland Security entry-exit biometric visa system (US-VISIT) is fully implemented at every land, sea, and airport. The system was required by Congress in 1996 to be implemented in 2005 but has yet to be implemented.\nChild Tax Credit \u2013 prevents illegal aliens from receiving the Child Tax Credit intended for American citizens and legal residents by closing a loophole with Internal Revenue System. This would save $4.2 billion each year.\nWIRE Act \u2013 requires a fee on remittances for customers who wire money to another country but cannot prove that they are in the United States legally. The fee would be used to enhance border security.\nCensus \u2013 requires questions in the census regarding citizenship and immigration status. This would also prevent states from counting illegal aliens for the purposes of determining population levels and other data associated with the census.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141206034234/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-obamas-unconstitutional-executive-amnesty-is-horrible-policy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1175009422004223, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}