Rep. Matt Rosendale Introduces FAIR-Supported SECURE America Act

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) launched the SECURE America Act, a invoice that may finish the mechanism which permits the secretary of the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) to amnesty unlawful aliens by means of using “administrative parole.” The invoice additionally makes wanted modifications to the way in which the U.S. administers its refugee admission and resettlement course of.

The invoice proposes many modifications to our
immigration system. First, the invoice offers Congress – not the president – the
authority to set refugee ceilings. Rep. Rosendale’s laws makes it so
that the manager department can not admit refugees till Congress units the annual
cap. The founders envisioned Congress performing as the first establishment by means of
which nationwide coverage flowed. One thing as impactful because the ceiling for refugee
admissions deserves to return from settlement in Congress, relatively than by means of the
private coverage preferences of 1 particular person. That is according to the intent
of the founders and would forestall disparate modifications between totally different
administrations.

Second, Rep. Rosendale’s laws would
require better consent from the states. At present, states have little say in
whether or not the federal authorities resettles refugees of their borders. Beneath the
SECURE America Act, the federal authorities should notify state governors 30 days
earlier than any resettlement happens. Governors may reject any proposed placement,
giving states a say within the refugee resettlement course of.

Third, the invoice establishes new screening necessities to guage whether or not refugees will assimilate into American society and tradition. This reinforces the common sense different method to refugee resettlement, the place the U.S. would assist resettlement efforts in-region to make sure that refugees dwell in international locations that share their very own language, cultural beliefs, and societal outlook. Analysis reveals that the price of resettling a single refugee from the Center East within the U.S. is “12 instances what the UN estimates it prices to look after one refugee in neighboring Center Japanese international locations.” In different phrases, we may help 12 instances as many Center Japanese refugees by resettling them in neighboring international locations which might be nearer linguistically, geographically, and culturally, relatively than resettling them in america.

Lastly, the invoice would rescind using administrative parole to amnesty unlawful aliens who don’t qualify as refugees or are in any other case inadmissible to america. Already, the Biden administration is investigating using parole to provide tens of 1000’s of Afghans a pathway to citizenship. Opposite to well-liked perception, not the entire Afghans who fled Kabul labored with the U.S. authorities and army. In reality, virtually none of those that arrived within the U.S. ever did. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that solely three p.c of Afghan evacuees had particular immigrant visas (SIVs). The SIV is the visa program the U.S. used to reward Afghans who assisted the U.S. army in Afghanistan. The Biden administration is investigating the legality of utilizing its parole authority to amnesty mass numbers of Afghan evacuees, though they didn’t help the U.S. in any documented method.

Talking in assist of the laws, FAIR president Dan Stein remarked that:

Rep. Rosendale’s SECURE America Act makes desperately wanted modifications to
our damaged refugee and parole methods. The Biden administration has made clear
that they may use each device of their arsenal to protect unlawful aliens from
elimination – together with blanket parole. Rep. Rosendale’s invoice would finish the
misguided use of administrative parole to grant 1000’s of unlawful aliens a
pathway to citizenship. FAIR helps this invoice as a vital step wanted within the
combat to revive integrity to our immigration system.

Rep. Rosendale additionally appeared for an interview with FAIR president Dan Stein, the place the 2 mentioned the laws and analyzed the state of the American refugee program in mild of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Watch this video under: