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Judiciary Chair's Bill Would Secure Nation's Future

Judiciary Chair's Bill Would Secure Nation's Future
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., speaks about immigration, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The news conference was on Goodlatte's immigration bill that would impact recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Frank Gaffney By Thursday, 18 January 2018 04:25 PM EST Current | Bio | Archive

Finally, Congress has an opportunity to enact legislation that would effect the most comprehensive — and sound — reform of America’s immigration policies in a generation.

A bill by House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., is called the Securing America’s Future Act. It would authorize: the funding needed for the "wall" on our southern border; 10,000 more agents enforcing our immigration laws; and ending "chain migration" and the "visa lottery" debacles. It would also require the E-Verify system be used by all businesses to deter the hiring of illegal immigrants.

As part of such needed reforms, some so-called DACA individuals — but not others, notably criminal gang members — would be given three-year renewable legal status. Provided the rest of the Goodlatte package is enacted, such an arrangement should not prove to be a magnet for more illegal immigration — something a Senate alternative bill would certainly and unacceptably create.

Frank Gaffney, Jr. is president of the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a columnist for The Washington Times, and host of the nationally syndicated program, Secure Freedom Radio. Read more reports from Frank Gaffney, Jr. — Click Here Now.

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It would authorize: the funding needed for the wall on our southern border; 10,000 more agents enforcing our immigration laws; and ending chain migration and the visa lottery debacles.
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