This Issue: Will Democrats ignore Senate Parliamentarian's ruling?

Fri, Sep. 24^th

Democrats haven't given up on their effort to grant amnesty to more than 8 million illegal aliens through the budget reconciliation process even after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled last weekend that it would violate decades-old Senate rules.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has already submitted at least one alternative amnesty plan to MacDonough, hoping to get her to agree to something. Meanwhile, instead of accepting the Parliamentarian's ruling, the White House said it remained committed to including an amnesty in the budget reconciliation bill.

House Democrats are also urging their Senate counterparts to ignore the Parliamentarian's ruling. House Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) reportedly broke down in tears while discussing the issue with Pres. Biden earlier this week.

Should MacDonough reject Durbin's alternative plans as well, Senate Democrats could simply go "nuclear" by ignoring the Parliamentarian's ruling -- or -- fire the Parliamentarian. NumbersUSA's Legal Analyst Jared Culver breaks down how Democrats could bypass the Senate Parliamentarian in his recent blog.

SOME PROGRESS ON RECONCILIATION

Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced yesterday that they've agreed to a blueprint on how to pay for the ambitious $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. The House Budget Committee will meet this weekend to begin marking up the blueprint, and Pelosi signaled this afternoon that a House vote on the entire budget reconciliation bill could occur next week.

However, Congress must also pass a spending bill by next Friday to avoid a government shutdown. While the House has already passed an extension for government funding (including $6.3 billion for resettling Afghan refugees), the short-term spending bill is expected to fail in the Senate because it would also raise the debt ceiling.

Additionally, the House will hold a vote next week on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Please continue to check your Action Board for messages you can send to your Members of Congress, urging them to reject amnesty and immigration increases from being included in the budget reconciliation bill.

Chris Chmielenski
NumbersUSA Deputy Director

Click on the image below to watch our most recent television ad that explains the chain migration multiplier with every amnesty.

Our TV ad makes clear in unsettling detail that each amnesty is not about just one person. Each amnestied illegal alien can start a process to get lifetime U.S. work permits:
-- for their brothers and sisters in other countries,
-- for their adult children in other countries,
-- for their parents.

And each of the siblings and adult children can immediately bring in their spouse and children. Each of those spouses can eventually petition for their parents and siblings. Etc. etc. etc. etc.!!!!!!!!

When immigration enthusiasts talk today about giving amnesty to 8 million illegal aliens, just think how many of their relatives will eventually also get lifetime work permits and a path to U.S. citizenship.

What is Going On in Del Rio? Nobody Seems Certain.

Thu, Sep. 23^rd

Last week, what appeared to be an unending, exceptionally organized migrant caravan composed mainly of Haitians and some other Caribbean aliens crossed the Rio Grande and set up a sprawling tent city under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. With as many as 14,000 aliens in the camp later last week, there are now reportedly approx. 7,000 aliens remaining, raising the question, where did the other 7K go?

Senate Parliamentarian Upholds the Rules of the Senate, but Will the Senators Do the Same?

JARED CULVER

Wed, Sep. 22^nd

Sunday night the Senate Parliamentarian upheld the common sense proposition that immigration legislation providing amnesty to at least 8 million people is not primarily a budgetary matter ripe for budget reconciliation. Immediately, the outcry from the proponents for declaring immigration simply a budgetary matter was to either ignore the decision or offer alternative immigration provisions that would reach the same goal. Unfortunately, the option more likely to succeed is ripping up the rules of the Senate once and for all.

Biden Hopes to Welcome 125,000 Refugees Next Fiscal Year

Tue, Sep. 21^st

On Monday, the Biden Administration informed Congress that it hopes to welcome 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2022, furthering their political mission of admitting as many foreign nationals as possible in the U.S., regardless of existing law, public opinion, or the national interest.

Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against Budget Reconciliation Amnesty

Mon, Sep. 20^th

Late Sunday, Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate Parliamentarian, issued a decision on the viability of an adjustment of status amnesty for 8 million illegal aliens in the massive $3,500,000,000,000 Budget Reconciliation package, which Dems hope to pass with a slim majority in the House, and just 50 Senators.

U.S. District Judge - DHS Must End Title 42 Expulsions

Fri, Sep. 17^th

On Thursday, a District Judge for the District of Columbia issued a national injunction ordering the Biden Administration to stop using the CDC's Title 42 to expel migrants who illegally crossed the border, despite the public health risk they pose to local communities, and the new magnet left by ending the program.