{"id":2462946,"date":"2025-07-17T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-bill-will-allow-illegals-to-keep-using-u-s-as-a-piggy-bank\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:06:52","slug":"amnesty-bill-will-allow-illegals-to-keep-using-u-s-as-a-piggy-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-bill-will-allow-illegals-to-keep-using-u-s-as-a-piggy-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Bill Will Allow Illegals To Keep Using U.S. As A Piggy Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famnesty-bill-will-allow-illegals-to-keep-using-u-s-as-a-piggy-bank%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2462946&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the recent reintroduction of the DIGNITY Act by a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats, including Florida Rep. maria Elvira Salazar. The bill aims to grant mass amnesty to illegal immigrants living in the United States,emphasizing that many undocumented individuals seek legal work and safety rather than full citizenship. However, the article criticizes the proposal, arguing that many illegal immigrants want the benefits of living in America without fulfilling the responsibilities and obligations tied to citizenship, such as civic duty and loyalty. It warns that allowing legal status without requiring citizenship risks eroding the social contract that binds American society, reducing the nation to an economic marketplace rather than a community united by shared culture and values. The article concludes that illegal immigration is a violation of existing laws and that offering legal status to those who broke these laws undermines the principles of citizenship rooted in mutual obligation and respect for the nation&#8217;s institutions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G55KWuL6jF8\">Office of Rep. 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Maria Elvira Salazar, a so-called Republican, states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1692126344\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the bill&rsquo;s own admission, &ldquo;most&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-worksite-raid-nabs-84-illegal-immigrants-is-the-punishment-enough-to-discourage-employers\/\" title=\"ICE ...site Raid Nabs 84 ... - Is the Punishment Enough to Discourage Employers?\">illegal aliens don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want to become Americans in any real sense. They want the benefits of living here without the responsibilities of citizenship. They want access to our job market, our economy, public services, schools, hospitals &mdash; but none of the civic ties, assimilation or actual loyalty that citizens are expected to uphold, which is precisely the problem with mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>Mass migration &mdash; whether legal or illegal &mdash; treats America not as a nation with a specific culture, language, heritage and people to be protected, but merely as a global economic opportunity zone for anyone who wants to cash in. There&rsquo;s no concern for the cultural, social, or economic impacts on the communities forced to absorb this endless influx of illegal aliens. Which is precisely why Salazar&rsquo;s statement &mdash; that &ldquo;most&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-spurs-early-2026-campaign-jabs\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s \u2018big, beautiful bill\u2019 spurs early 2026 campaign jabs\">illegal immigrants don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t even seek citizenship &mdash; is so troubling. <\/p>\n<p>Citizenship is a covenant that requires civic responsibility and obligations, which is what tethers the American people to one another and creates a sense of belonging that is worth fighting for. If citizenship is reduced to being merely an option rather than a requirement for participation and reaping the privileges of our republic, then civic responsibility will also erode. Citizenship binds people together through shared duties, loyalties and sacrifices. To live indefinitely in legal twilight &mdash; enjoying the protections, privileges, and prosperity of America without accepting the obligations of citizenship &mdash; is to hollow out the very meaning of belonging to a nation and reduces the nation down to a global marketplace. <\/p>\n<p>Under Salazar&rsquo;s un-American proposal, the nation itself will dissolve because people are merely inhabitants of a land rather than citizens of a particular nation that requires some responsibilities and obligations. <\/p>\n<p>This is not to suggest, of course, that Salazar&rsquo;s proposal should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-secy-psaki-struggles-to-explain-why-illegal-aliens-treated-better-than-national-guard\/\" title=\"Press Secy. Psaki struggles to explain why ... treated better than National Guard\">place illegal aliens<\/a> on a path to citizenship. Such a move would only compound the first offense, that is, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >giving illegal aliens legal status<\/a>. Illegal aliens violated our laws when they entered and remained in the country unlawfully. The correct response to widespread lawbreaking is not to rewrite our statutes to accommodate the offenders but to double down on standing law.<\/p>\n<p>Further, one basic requirement to enter the social compact is following our already established laws. Those who illegally entered and remained are people who have demonstrated they are unfit for the responsibilities of being part of the social compact. Citizenship is grounded in mutual obligation and sacrifice, as well as respect for the norms and institutions of our republic. 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