EXCLUSIVE: GOP Congressman Has Plan To End A Major Amnesty Maneuver Once And For All

Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy is proposing to end a massive amnesty authority that has shielded thousands of foreign nationals from deportation for over three decades.

Deferred Enforced Departure, a temporary stay of administrative removal of which any president can use at their discretion, has protected thousands of foreign nationals — including illegal migrants — from repatriation since it was created in 1990. Roy, a longtime border hawk, is calling on lawmakers to effectively abolish this program by cutting off taxpayer funding, according to legislation obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

If passed by Congress and signed into law, Roy’s “End DED Act” would prohibit the president or any other federal agency from using federal taxpayer funds to enforce the program, according to text of the legislation.

“Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) is a fabrication of the executive branch that allows the president to shield foreign nationals, including illegal aliens, from deportation based on vague ‘foreign relations power,’” Roy said in a statement to the DCNF. “DED has no statutory basis.”

“It bypassed Congress’ jurisdiction over 🛂Immigration policymaking, such as determining which 🛂Immigration programs should be deliberated and passed into law and to what extent they should be utilized,” the Texas lawmaker continued. “It’s long past time for Congress to reassert its role in regulating