{"id":25166,"date":"2021-11-01T04:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25166"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:29:39","slug":"manchin-should-oppose-amnesty-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/01\/manchin-should-oppose-amnesty-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Manchin Should Note GOP Immigration Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The West Virginia Republican Party recently enacted a resolution<\/a> against illegal immigration, including many of the open-borders policies initiated by the Biden administration. These policies resulted in more than 1.7 million illegal aliens who were \u201cencountered\u201d crossing the southern border illegally in FY 2021, and countless more who entered without being detected. The resolution\u2019s aim is to demand that the administration secure our borders, shore up the rule of law, and strengthen national security so that America can remain \u201ca beacon of hope for millions across the globe in search of liberty.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The resolution proposes commonsense measures needed to get the border under control, including completion of the border wall, preventing human trafficking and drug smuggling, elimination of sanctuary policies, and stopping asylum fraud. It also calls for a merit-based legal immigration policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As he considers his vote on the upcoming $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation bill<\/a>, which potentially includes mass amnesty for millions, Senator Joe Manchin, who is the only Democrat holding statewide office in West Virginia, should heed the resolution\u2019s policy recommendations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The budget reconciliation bill has been branded as a\n\u201chuman infrastructure bill\u201d by the Biden administration and many media outlets\nbecause it contains a progressive wish-list of health care programs, a Medicaid\nexpansion, family medical leave, climate change programs. Senate Democrats are\nalso seeking to include a mass amnesty in the bill. Unlike most legislation requiring\n60 votes in the Senate in order to reach the floor for a final vote, the budget\nreconciliation bill needs only 50 votes plus Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019\ntie-breaking vote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus far, Manchin\u2019s objections to the reconciliation bill have focused on lowering<\/a> the initially-proposed cost of $3.5 trillion, along with some cuts to Medicaid expansion<\/a>. According to The Hill<\/a>, Manchin supported the 2013 Senate-passed Gang of Eight amnesty bill claiming it was \u201ca great bill\u201d and he is supportive of including some amnesty provisions in this year\u2019s budget reconciliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Including amnesty provisions in the Senate budget reconciliation is not assured. The Senate Parliamentarian has already ruled against two previous attempts to include an illegal alien amnesty in the bill stating that the claimed budgetary benefits are merely incidental. (In reality, the long-term impact would be significantly harmful.) Rather, she noted that supporters of the amendments were attempting to enact sweeping immigration policy changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n