2 Responses to “GOP Senators Introduce “WALL Act” — Request $25 Billion for Trump Border Wall”

1. Paula Hoehn
   December 6th, 2018 @ 3:18 pm

   Dear Orly,

   https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3713

   S.3713 – A bill to appropriate $25,000,000,000 for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.

   Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] (Introduced 12/05/2018)

   Committees: Senate – Finance

   Latest Action:
   Senate – 12/05/2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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   https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-rounds-kennedy-cruz-introduce-bill-to-fully-fund-border-wall

   Inhofe, Rounds, Kennedy, Cruz Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Border Wall
   Wednesday, December 5, 2018
   Excerpt:
   “U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the WALL Act, legislation that would fully fund the border wall along the southern border. Their legislation is also the first bill that will fund the wall by identifying specific funding sources.”

   Excerpt:
   “This legislation will fully fund the President’s $25 billion border wall while providing specific ways to pay for it:

   Require a work-authorized Social Security Number (SSN) to claim refundable tax credits, like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or the Child Tax Credit:
   •Currently only the child needs a SSN, not the parent benefiting from the refundable child tax credit. The WALL Act would require the parent to have a valid work-eligible social security number.
   •Before 2003, the Social Security Agency did not distinguish between work-eligible and non-work eligible SSNs. Therefore, there are individuals benefiting from the EITC they are not authorized to receive because they are non-work eligible.”

   Require welfare applicants (food stamps, TANF, HUD, etc) to verify citizenship:
   •Currently someone only needs to “declare” citizenship and provide a SSN to receive some of these benefits.
   •The WALL Act enhances citizenship verification prior to granting benefits using E-verify and require a work-authorized SSN for eligibility.

   Increasing the minimum fines on illegal border crossers and establishes minimum penalty for visa overstays.

   This legislation is designed to complement the Asylum Abuse Reduction Act that Sen. Inhofe introduced in August, legislation that will address immigration loopholes to improve the integrity of the asylum process. The United States experienced a 234 percent increase in asylum applications from 2014 to 2016, generating a backlog in our immigration courts. That number is expected to increase.”

   Excerpt:
   “Create a criminal bench warrant for immigrants that have failed to appear for immigration court:
   •Currently, when illegal immigrants fail to show up for court, their information is not entered into police databases.
   •With the WALL Act, if migrants don’t appear for court, they will be given a bench warrant so if they are stopped for an unrelated offense, like speeding, there will be a warrant for them in the system for violating immigration law.”

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   Paula Hoehn

2. taino21
   December 7th, 2018 @ 6:01 am

   Why in hell are they going to waste their time? This wall is already law, passed during Bush Jr. and democraps have stopped it at any turn! What they need to do is grow a pair and enforce the law! The GOP cried they needed the Senate and was given to them, then they cried they needed the House and it was given to them and then, we gave them the presidency, just to have them turn around and betray us! They spit in everyone of our faces and gave us the middle finger showing their true colors.

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