Survey Question of the Week Should Congress limit the immigration of individuals from known hot-spots of terrorism? Every day we are seeing more and more news reports on the growing threat of terrorism. The threat of terrorist attacks have become the new norm for many European countries, especially those who practice open-border immigration policies. I recently took action to combat radical Islamist terrorism and illegal immigration in the United States. These bills are important steps towards p...
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Congress is slowly coming around to the need to enhance national security, according to Virginia Rep. Dave Brat, which makes him optimistic about four bills he proposed this month that would tighten immigration controls and cut off funding for terrorist groups. "Even Paul Ryan is messaging this week that we have to crack down on illegal immigration, as he's running his own race," Brat told the Washington Examiner, referring to the primary election campaign Speaker Ryan is waging against conserva...
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Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) introduced two bills last week, H.R. 5826, the Detain and Deport Act, and H.R. 5825, the Illegal Alien Criminal Notification Act.
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In the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in Nice, Rep. Dave Brat introduced two bills in order to better protect the U.S. homeland from the threat of radical Islamist terrorism.
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Survey Question of the Week Do you support measures to secure the southern border including the construction of a wall? This week I cosponsored H.R. 4034, the Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015, which would require the entire southwest border fence to be completed by no later than December 31, 2017. This bill also prohibits the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture from restricting the activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Federal land and authorizes CBP to conduct search...
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“Today was a victory for the American people and our founding document, the Constitution. President Obama’s executive actions on amnesty were illegal. The Supreme Court decision today reiterates the separation of powers and highlights that only Congress writes law - the executive branch does not.”
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Survey Question of the Week Do you support legislation to deport illegal aliens with a felony criminal conviction? Recently, the House Judiciary Committee heard from families on the lasting impacts of illegal immigration on their communities. The House Judiciary Committee also released disturbing information showing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released 19,723 criminal aliens with a total of 64,197 convictions in fiscal year 2015. Do you support legislation to deport illeg...
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Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) says that “a gaping hole in our national security apparatus” means that Syrian refugees “have not been vetted” before they are resettled in the United States.
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