Crapo, Risch, Lankford Urge Biden to Immediately Rescind Amnesty Executive Order

Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), along with several colleagues, sent a letter to President Joe Biden to express concerns regarding his Executive Order that would offer amnesty to illegal aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States. 

“We have previously challenged the legality of your Administration’s parole authority and have sought to reform this authority to ensure that decisions regarding parole are restored to Congress’ original intent – ‘on a case-by-case basis’ to aliens who are not already present in the US.  Under your Administration, the parole authority has been unlawfully used to circumvent screening and vetting, mass parole of illegal aliens after the cartels surge caravans at the border, and to circumvent normal refugee processing.  These actions undermine the immigration laws Congress has passed, and they have eroded the rule of law at our southern border,” the Senators wrote.

“Border security is national security, and our adversaries will continue to take advantage of the chaos your Administration created by announcing this policy.  We urge you to rescind this policy immediately and focus your efforts on securing our border against the cartels and adversaries who will welcome this chaos,” the Senators concluded. 

U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Mike Rounds (R-South Daktoa), Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virgnia), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) joined Crapo, Risch and Lankford in sending the letter.

The full letter can be read here.