{"id":2632969,"date":"2026-07-21T07:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:48:30","slug":"republicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Will Do Anything To Illegals Except Deport Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frepublicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them%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=2632969&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>In the 2024 election cycle, President Donald Trump campaigned on promises of mass deportations, appealing to americans frustrated by illegal immigration under President Joe Biden and the Democrats. Despite securing a Republican congress and Senate, efforts to enforce strict immigration policies have faced resistance within the party. Many republicans have supported measures that grant legal status or protections to illegal aliens, including legislation that expands work authorizations and legal pathways, often without explicitly labeling these as amnesty. Key proposals include the H.R.9535 bill to allow undocumented agricultural workers to stay longer,the DIGNIDAD Act offering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-backed-amnesty-bill-is-a-middle-finger-to-republican-voters\/\" title=\"GOP-Backed ... Bill Is A Middle Finger To Republican Voters\">7-year earned legal status<\/a>,and efforts to protect DACA recipients and those under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Some Republicans have also collaborated with Democrats on bills that would provide amnesty or pathways to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants. Historically, bipartisan initiatives like the 2013 Gang of Eight bill sought similar goals, granting millions legal status. many GOP efforts appear to undermine the enforcement of immigration laws voters expected them to uphold, leading critics to view these moves as betrayals of the electorate&#8217;s mandate for stricter immigration enforcement.  <\/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>\n<p>President Donald Trump galvanized Americans in 2024 in part by promising \u201cmass deportations.\u201d It was a message that resonated with millions of Americans who were frustrated that the country had been overrun by tens of millions of illegal aliens thanks to then-President Joe Biden and the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>In order to get the job done, voters also elected a Republican Congress and Senate. Yet, while the president has had to fight Democrats, activist judges, and violent agitators, members of his own party continue to work to undermine his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans will seemingly do anything for illegal aliens except deport them. They\u2019ll vote to grant them work authorization, protect them from deportations, waive the consequences of breaking the law, and even create new statuses just so that illegals can find a reason to stay. They\u2019ll go so far as to insist none of this is amnesty since they\u2019ve avoided explicitly using that word. <\/p>\n<p>The latest example comes from 47 House Republicans supporting legislation that would allow some illegal aliens working in agriculture to obtain legal status. <\/p>\n<p>H.R. 9535, introduced by Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson, would overhaul the current H-2A temporary agricultural worker program by expanding the time frame so that it permits illegals to stay all year in three-year time increments and \u201cwaiv[es] some immigration violations like illegally obtaining an agriculture job,\u201d as The Federalist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/20\/47-republicans-are-pushing-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agriculture-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breccan Thies<\/a> explained.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans\u2019 eagerness to protect illegal aliens instead of doing what voters <em>actually<\/em> asked leaders to do didn\u2019t begin with Thompson\u2019s agricultural bill. <\/p>\n<h2>DIGNIDAD Act<\/h2>\n<p>Another recent fight over illegal immigration stems from Republicans\u2019 efforts to pass a mass amnesty proposal known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/salazar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-salazar-introduces-historic-bipartisan-dignity-act-finally-fix-americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DIGNIDAD Act<\/a> (or, if you\u2019re American, the DIGNITY Act). According to a press release from Florida GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar\u2019s office, the legislation \u201callows certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship\u201d so that illegal aliens who broke the law can have an \u201copportunity.\u201d The bill would create a \u201c7-year earned legal status program allowing\u201d illegal aliens \u201cto live and work legally, with renewable status based on good conduct and restitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com\/immigration-and-compliance\/the-dignidad-dignity-act-of-2025-seeks-to-transform-u-s-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> currently <a href=\"https:\/\/salazar.house.gov\/dignity-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> the DIGNIDAD Act.<\/p>\n<h2>American Dream and Promise Act<\/h2>\n<p>A Democrat-controlled Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/202191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first passed<\/a> this legislation in March of 2021 with nine Republicans voting in favor, but it died at the end of that term. Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/american-dream-and-promise-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reintroduced<\/a> the legislation in February of 2025, though it has not moved through any processes.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would provide amnesty for illegal aliens who claim to have been brought to the U.S. as children as well as certain Temporary Protected Status recipients. The legislation would protect these illegals and noncitizens from deportations and create a pathway to citizenship.<\/p>\n<h2>DACA<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/immigration\/commentary\/daca-unconstitutional-obama-admitted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegally established<\/a> the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (despite admitting that he was \u201cnot king\u201d and couldn\u2019t \u201cjust bypass Congress and change the [immigration] law [himself]\u201d). The program protects illegal aliens brought here as children from deportation. The legislation also gives them work authorization. Approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2017\/09\/01\/unauthorized-immigrants-covered-by-daca-face-uncertain-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">800,000 illegal aliens<\/a> have benefitted from the legislation. Trump attempted to end it but was partially blocked by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwd.us\/news\/icymi-dream-promise-act-h-r-6-passes-in-bipartisan-manner-nine-republican-members-vote-in-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> have signed onto legislation or proposals to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/28\/nx-s1-5534436\/daca-dream-act-congress-republicans-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protect<\/a> DACA recipients. <\/p>\n<h2>Temporary Protected Status<\/h2>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/26\/dems-call-for-court-packing-after-scotus-rules-temporary-really-means-temporary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secured a legal victory<\/a> in his quest to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations after the Supreme Court upheld his efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status for foreigners in the country. Congress created the TPS designation in 1990 and billed it as short-term humanitarian relief legislation for nationals of foreign countries undergoing crisis. But TPS almost never ends in the short term, and hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals have remained in the country under this status long after the supposed emergencies that sent them here ended. Trump tried to end TPS for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the country as well as thousands of Venezuelans but was met with Democrat lawfare.<\/p>\n<p>Yet as Trump was fighting to end the temporary program in the courts,<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/16\/6-house-republicans-vote-to-block-trump-from-enforcing-immigration-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> six RINOs<\/a> (Reps. Mike Lawler, Don Bacon, Brian Fitzpatrick, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gimenez, and Nicole Malliotakis) voted alongside Democrats to advance legislation that would extend TPS for Haitians.<\/p>\n<p>Malliotakis explained her vote by arguing America is merely an economic opportunity zone and that Haitians \u201care working, paying taxes and contributing to our economy and fulfilling a healthcare need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said stripping them of a temporary status would be \u201cuncompassionate and misguided.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tillis Partners With Dems for Amnesty<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis, working alongside Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/07\/will-thom-tilliss-plan-to-give-amnesty-to-illegal-aliens-be-senate-republicans-next-act-of-betrayal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a> an \u201cimmigration reform\u201d proposal in 2022 that would provide mass amnesty to millions of illegals. The proposal would have created a \u201cpathway to citizenship\u201d for roughly 2 million illegal aliens who were brought to the United States as minors and are considered \u201cDACA\u201d recipients.<\/p>\n<h2>Gang of Eight Bill<\/h2>\n<p>In 2013 Democrat Sens. Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Bob Menendez, and Michael Bennet joined forces with Republicans John McCain, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, and Jeff Flake to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/report\/guide-s744-understanding-2013-senate-immigration-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/gwtoday.gwu.edu\/look-gang-eights-immigration-reform-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposal<\/a> created a pathway to citizenship for roughly 11 million illegal aliens who had been in the U.S. prior to Dec. 31, 2011. The legislation first provided protection from deportation and granted work authorization so long as the aliens paid a fine and provided proof of work and presence in the country. After 10 years, the bill would have made them eligible to apply for green cards and eventually citizenship. The House did not take the legislation up, so it ultimately failed.<\/p>\n<p>More than a decade later, the Republican Party is <em>still<\/em> doing the same thing: promising enforcement of the law, trying to provide legal status to illegal aliens, but then assuring Americans that <em>this time<\/em> will be the last time.<\/p>\n<p>Americans didn\u2019t elect Republicans in 2024 to devise new ways to keep illegal aliens here. They elected Republicans to <em>remove<\/em> the illegal aliens here. Anything less is mass betrayal of voters and this country. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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