House Border Bill

"The House took the correct action to pass an immigration bill to address the crisis on the southern border. We took the correct action to freeze a program that was put in place by executive memo of Obama. This President caused the border crisis." 

After the conservative grassroots melted the phone lines in opposition to the House GOP border bill something utterly unprecedented happened – the leadership actually started listening to conservatives and having a good faith discussion about what the border bill should look like.

Nobody, even those among their ranks, thought it could happen, but House conservatives cracked GOP leadership to get almost everything they wanted out of a supplemental appropriations immigration bill before the Congress broke officially for recess.

Like a number of the other legislative disasters that have befallen the House GOP leadership, the border package was written behind closed doors by a handful of Members and their often agenda-driven staff with no time for Members at large or the public to review it or have input into it. UPDATED: In unprecedented win for grassroots, late Friday the House passed conservative border bills.

The Capitol Switchboard has been on fire with phone calls from voters angered by the House Republican leadership's border bill. Now the House is concluding business for the week without taking a vote on legislation that would make it easier for President Obama to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. UPDATED: In unprecedented win for grassroots, late Friday the House passed conservative border bills.

By failing to secure our border, the U.S. government has enabled and empowered a criminal enterprise made of drug cartels and human traffickers that spans our continent.

"The separate House measure on executive actions fails to place effective restrictions on the President’s ability to grant unlawful amnesty and work permits. For Congress to successfully stand against the President’s nullification plans, it must adopt the language proposed by Senator Cruz.”

Several family members of victims of horrific crimes committed by illegal aliens have invited House Speaker John Boehner to visit the U.S. Border with Mexico with them in a fiery letter

The House GOP leadership bill would allow Obama to "parole" millions of illegal aliens who would then gain permanent legal resident status after a year and who could then apply for U.S. citizenship after five years. UPDATED: In unprecedented win for grassroots, late Friday the House passed conservative border bills.