Marjorie Taylor Greene announces bill to put a four-year moratorium on immigration and completely revoke the DACA and DAPA programs to shield migrants

  • Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls her bill the Protect America First Act
  • In addition to the aforementioned measures it also calls for a halt to all funds to US sanctuary cities and countries where illegal migrants are coming from
  • Greene also calls for the US to 'build the wall' and name it after Donald Trump
  • It comes amid reports that Democrats may mount a push to pass bipartisan immigration reform after the November midterm elections 
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene unveiled an extreme immigration bill on Thursday called the Protect America First Act

Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a complete four-year pause on immigration to the United States in a new bill the Georgia lawmaker announced on Thursday.

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The legislation also aims to end programs that grant legal residency to people who came to the US illegally. 

'My Protect America First Act revokes DACA and DAPA, which both are unconstitutional, and a plan must be developed,' Greene wrote on Twitter Thursday.

'It also enacts a 4 year moratorium on immigration which is much needed since 5 million people have flooded into our country since Democrats took control.'

The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program, known as DAPA, was rolled out under Barack Obama but never was implemented due to legal challenges and later opposition from the Trump administration.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, DACA, grants temporary legal status to young adults and youth who were brought to the US under the age of 16.

That policy, which protects more than half a million young Americans, was recently ruled illegal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

In a statement, President Joe Biden blamed 'continued efforts by Republican state officials' for the conservative court's decision.

'I am disappointed in today's Fifth Circuit decision holding that DACA is unlawful. The court’s stay provides a temporary reprieve for DACA recipients, but one thing remains clear: the lives of Dreamers remain in limbo,' he also said.

It calls for the complete stop of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA
DACA recently faced another legal roadblock when a conservative-leaning appellate court ruled it was illegal

Some of the other measures in Greene's bill include blocking US aid dollars and other funds from going to countries in Central and South America where migrants to the southwestern border are coming from.

Greene's bill would block cash from going to 'sanctuary cities' as well. 

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She also called to 'Build the Wall' and name it after Donald Trump in a continuation of his signature 2016 campaign promise on immigration.

The extreme measures have close to zero chances of passing the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.

However, Biden's party has reportedly been eyeing the possibility of passing immigration reform in a final big legislative push before the year ends.

The White House is already hatching plans for how to move an immigration bill through Congress after the midterms wrap in just over a month, according to NBC News.

Greene's anti-immigration bill also includes measures like building a border wall and naming it after Donald Trump

Democrats have gained electoral ground in recent weeks, but the majority of public opinion polls as well as historical data suggest Republicans are poised to at least win the House in November - if not claim the Senate too.

Republicans have continuously hammered Democrats over their handling of the southwestern border, amid a record-breaking number of asylum-seekers attempting to cross since Biden took office.

More than 2.3 million migrants were encountered at the southern border in the 2022 fiscal year, which ran through the end of September.

GOP lawmakers are mounting a bid to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they hold largely responsible for the border crisis, if they retake the Congressional majority in November. 

Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina sent Mayorkas a letter on Tuesday telling him that the state of the border was 'grounds for impeachment' of his role.

'These astronomically high numbers are due in no small part to the political decision to rescind a number of President Trump’s policies that were stemming the flow of illegal aliens and illicit drugs across the southern border,' the letter stated. 

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