Aderholt (R-AL), Mulvaney (R-SC), Barletta (R-PA) – Amendment No. 1 – Prevents any funds from whatever source to be used to carry-out (1) the Executive actions announced on November 20, 2014 to grant deferred action to certain unlawful aliens and for other purposes, and (2) four of the “Morton Memos” on prosecutorial discretion and immigration enforcement priorities issued in 2011 and 2012 that effectively prevent certain classes of unlawful aliens from being removed from the country. 2) Declares that no funds may be used to carry-out any substantially similar policies to those defunded. 3) Declares that the policies defunded and any substantially similar policies have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore no legal effect. 4) Provides that no funds may be used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien as a result of the policies defunded. (20 minutes)
Y 237
N 190
Blackburn (R-TN) – Amendment No. 2 – Provides that no funds, including fees, may be used by the Department of Homeland Security to consider new, renewal or previously denied DACA applications. (10 minutes)
Y 218
N 209
DeSantis (R-FL), Roby (R-AL) – Amendment No. 3 – Ensures that aliens convicted of sex offenses and domestic violence are top priorities for removal by DHS. (10 minutes)
Y 278
N 149
Salmon, (R-AZ), Thompson, Glenn (R-PA) – Amendment No. 4 – Expresses a sense of Congress that the Executive Branch should not pursue policies that disadvantage the hiring of U.S. citizens and those lawfully present in the United States by making it economically advantageous to hire workers who came to the country illegally. (10 minutes)
Y 253
N 171
Schock (R-IL) – Amendment No. 5 – Sense of Congress that the Administration should stop putting the interest of immigrants who worked within the legal framework to come to the US behind those who came here illegally. (10 minutes)
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