Senate parliamentarian foils Dems' plan to include green cards (and path to citizenship) for 8 million illegals in reconciliation legislation

American Thinker ^ | 09/20/2021 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

The Democrats are trying to alter the basic nature of our Republic with the slimmest of congressional majorities.  This alone violates the long held understanding that serious long-term changes properly ought to be supported by both parties.  But, in trying to bypass Senate filibuster rules by including extraneous legislation under the rubric of "budget reconciliation," they have run into an obstacle from the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, who did not buy their argument that legalizing 8 million people is mostly about the budget.  Marianne Levine writes in Politico:

The Senate parliamentarian on Sunday rejected Democrats' push to include a pathway to legal status in their social spending plan, a blow to the party's efforts to enact immigration reform.

In the decision, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO, the parliamentarian determined that the Democrats' proposal is "by any standard a broad, new immigration policy" and that the policy change "substantially outweighs the budgetary impact of that change." (snip)

In their arguments before the Senate parliamentarian, a former immigration attorney, Democrats made the case that providing green cards to an estimated 8 million Dreamers, farmworkers, Temporary Protected Status recipients and essential workers during the pandemic had a budgetary impact because it would make more people eligible for certain federal benefits. That, in turn, would increase the deficit by more than $130 billion, according to Democratic estimates.

But the parliamentarian stated in her ruling that providing legal status through reconciliation would also lead to "other, life-changing federal, state and societal benefits" that can't be meaningfully reflected in the budget.

The Parliamentarian's name is Elizabeth McDonough, and she has done her duty without fear or favor.  Via The Hill:

MacDonough, in her guidance, warned that the Democratic plan doesn't meet the strict rules on what can be in the spending bill"

[SeekAndFind]

So, Once again, a last-minute reprieve has at least temporarily foiled an evil plan of the Democrats, in this case to flood the voting rolls with new voters who they believe will favor their permanent power.

It's not a permanent victory, but then again, the defense of liberty is a full-time job with no extended vacations.

[1Old Pro]

Dems sure are evil. Hopefully we can hold our breath another 1.5 years.

[Ann Archy]

8 MILLION my ass.....I bet there’s 40 MILLION ....

[Wilhelm Tell]

Yes, add on the inevitable chain migration and it could easily be 40 million Democrat voters.

[Ann Archy]

I think we have 40 MILLION TODAY!! EVERYWHERE I go I hear Spanish.

[Bon of Babble]

Schumer is working mightily on a work-around right now.

I'm sure he'd love to grand citizenship to each of the 15,000 Haitians waiting under the bridge in Texas.

Omar calls on Schumer, White House to ‘ignore’ Senate parliamentarian on path to citizenship

-- Fox News.

[PIF]

We probably had 40 million 40 years ago. Half of Mexico came some decades ago ; now we are getting the populations of 160 other countries.

[I want the USA back]

Full citizenship, voting, driving, money for non-citizens and vaccine “passport”, repression and suppression for the people whose money is being taken to pay the way for the new arrivals.

[j.havenfarm]

The purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the nations vital business, passage and enactment of the budget, to be subject to the minority will via filibuster. It ough to go without saying that this is a process in serious need of reform

[kabar]

Escape hatch for the Dems. Many would not have voted for it if amnesty was in the bill. Kelly and Sinema among them. Happy amnesty not in the bill, but ironically, it could be a plus in getting the rest of the bill passed.

[elpadre]

As soon as the Republicans take control of Congress (with veto-proof majority) there needs to be two laws enacted asap:

1. No person who enters the country illegally will ever be granted citizenship.

2. Children born to two citizens of a foreign countries are citizens of the birth mother’s country. (No more anchor babies).

[Vaduz]

The Democrats are trying to alter the basic nature of our Republic.

It’s why the American Marxism book was wrote a must read.