Washington– Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3009, the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act. Currently, there are nearly 300 jurisdictions have designated themselves as “Sanctuary Cities,” and are refusing to enforce our nation’s immigration laws. This bill preventsthose cities from receiving specific federal grants until they begin enforcing the law. “Sanctuary cities are endangering the lives of American citizens by not following the law,” said Congressman Mike Conaway. “Th...
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Washington–Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) joined 112 Members of the House and Senate to sign an amicus brief in the lawsuit brought against the Obama Administration by the State of Texas challenging the constitutionality of the President’s illegal amnesty plan. “The President disregarded the Constitution when he implemented his illegal amnesty plan last year,” said Congressman Conaway. “As a result, the State of Texas stepped up to lead a lawsuit against the Administration to stop the Preside...
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Washington– Today, Congress passed a bill that will fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year, but does nothing to address President Obama’s illegal amnesty plan. Congressman Mike Conaway released the following statement in response to his vote against this legislation: “Earlier in the year, I supported the legislation passed by the House of Representatives to fund the Department of Homeland Security and prevent the President’s illegal amnesty plan from being...
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Washington – Last night, a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked President Obama's executive action on immigration. This decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed by 26 states against the President challenging the constitutionality of his amnesty plan. "It's no surprise that a federal judge placed a preliminary injunction on this executive action, because the President himself said over 20 times that he did not have the authority to act on immigration in the manner that he did. Presiden...
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Washington – In January, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 240, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which will fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the remainder of the fiscal year as well as defund the President’s illegal amnesty plan. However, the Senate has not yet passed similar legislation, and DHS funding is set to run out in just two weeks. “The Senate must now act to keep the Department of Homeland Security open and functional past February 28th,” said Congress...
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Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 240, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, by a vote of 236-191. This legislation funds the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the fiscal year, and defunds the President’s illegal amnesty plan. “Last November, President Obama wrongly granted amnesty to as many as five million illegal immigrants through an unlawful executive action,” said Congressman Conaway. “His decision to circumvent the proper legislative process was n...
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Congressman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding his vote against the Fiscal Year 2015 Spending Bill: “This was a flawed bill which I opposed for a multitude of reasons including the fact that it did not include restrictive language that would have hindered the President’s amnesty plan. I look forward to continuing the House’s fight against the plan. I have a commitment from our Republican leadership that this process will begin in mid-January. By that time, we w...
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Congressman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) Statement on President Obama’s Unconstitutional Executive Order: “After the election, President Obama said he wanted to work with Republicans to do what is in the country’s best interest. With today’s decision, he is picking a fight with my fellow Republicans and me and pushing a policy that is not in America’s best interest. If the American public had wanted him to do this, they would have voted differently earlier this month. He told the American publi...
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Congressman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) issued the followed statement regarding passage of the border security bills: “The bills provide Border Patrol agents the immediate tools they need to address the crisis at our border. We have done this in a fiscally responsible way by making cuts in other areas to pay for this, rather than adding to our national debt. The bills include a provision amending a 2008 law that the Administration has used to slow the process of returning children from Central...
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Congressman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) issued the followed statement regarding Gov. Perry’s announcement that he will activate the Texas National Guard to help stop the flow of illegal migrants: “President Obama should follow Gov. Perry’s example and send National Guard members down to Texas’s border with Mexico to help stem the tide of illegal immigration. While I was meeting with Border Patrol agents near McAllen on July 18th, the agents said if Guard members could take care of some tasks, t...
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