Author John Daniel Davidson profileA group of congressional Republicans have joined Democrats in an effort to push through an amnesty bill by performing two cheap tricks: repeat the tired trope that we’re a “nation of immigrants” and redefine “amnesty” as “dignity.”

The bipartisan bill, dubbed the DIGNITY Act, was introduced this week by Republican Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, who has lately been on a media tour to promote what she calls, falsely, “a revolutionary bill that offers the solution to our immigration crisis.”

But of course Salazar’s bill isn’t “revolutionary,” and it doesn’t offer a solution to our immigration crisis. It offers amnesty wrapped in platitudes. The key part of the bill is an “earned opportunity for long-term immigrants to stay here and work.” How long-term? Five years. That means people who illegally snuck across our border as recently as 2020 would be allowed to remain in the United States forever — without any of the obligations and responsibilities that come with full citizenship. That’s amnesty, no matter what Salazar says. …

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