Rep. Ashley Hinson, an Iowa Republican, introduced a bill Friday to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding flights taking migrants from the southern border into the country.
The legislation, The Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022, would forbid agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security from using federal funding to fly illegal immigrants into the country, according to a report.
The bill would not bar federal dollars from being used to deport illegal immigrants, transport unaccompanied minors to Health and Human Services locations, or assist in enforcing federal law, the report noted
“It is infuriating that the Biden administration is flying illegal immigrants into the U.S. in the dead of night, on the taxpayers’ dime — they have zero regard for the safety of our communities,” Hinson said. “Instead of securing our border by enforcing the Remain in Mexico policy, giving border patrol agents the resources they need, and completing the wall — the administration is pursuing a ‘catch and release’ policy and secretly flying illegal immigrants into the country with no way to track to them.”
The legislation comes in the wake of released footage that shows migrants being flown into New York via chartered flights.
“I will be introducing legislation to prevent your paycheck from funding these secret flights transporting illegal immigrants into the U.S.,” she said.
Under the Biden administration, the federal government has stripped away many of the policies introduced by former President Donald Trump.
Those policies had a goal of ending “catch and release,” and their removal, coupled with mass amnesty and weaker interior enforcement, has led to a growing number of migrants needing to be relocated, according to the report.
*story by The Washington Examiner
