Worst Thing GOP Could Do For Midterms Is Embrace Amnesty, So Of Course They’re Doing That
Shawn Fleetwood Visit on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
America is either a nation with defined borders and laws, or it’s not. There is no in-between.
You almost have to admire how far some Republicans are willing to go to lose the 2026 midterms — and ultimately, the country.
Throughout their recent two-week vacation, several GOP lawmakers have been making the media rounds to tout “bipartisan” legislation they claim will finally solve America’s broken immigration system. There’s just one teensy-weensy important detail that somehow gets brushed aside: The bill would allow millions of illegal aliens to continue living in the United States.
Sponsored by Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and other lawmakers, the so-called DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act permits “certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship” so that foreign nationals who broke U.S. immigration law can have an “opportunity,” according to a Salazar press release. The measure would notably create a “Dignity Program,” which the Florida congresswoman’s office described as a “7-year earned legal status program allowing undocumented immigrants to live and work legally, with renewable status based on good conduct and restitution.”
The revived push to pass the bill appears to be part of sponsors’ recently announced “Dignity Tour” to rally support for the measure and get it through Congress.
It’s bad enough that the legislation’s sponsors felt compelled to give it a deceptive (and dumb) name like the “DIGNIDAD Act.” But it’s even worse that its promoters like Salazar are trying to gaslight Republican voters into thinking that the measure is anything but one giant amnesty package.
America is either a nation with defined borders and laws, or it’s not. There is no in-between. But rather than fulfill their 2024 campaign pledges to ensure the former, it’s clear some Republicans are content with handing out amnesty to foreign lawbreakers like candy on Halloween.