Trending News|December 08, 2014 05:02 EST
Immigration Reform News 2014: Republicans Expected to Make Major Changes to Obama's Plan in 2015
U.S Immigration Reform will face additional changes in 2015, as Republicans ensure that something in that regard would happen. They plan to strengthen the U.S-Mexican border to counter President Obama's new regulation that gives a lenient tone toward immigration laws and ceases the deportation of a great deal of residents.
The leadership aides of the House of Republicans said, the new immigration law will run its course early next year.
Immigration issues, which have divided the legislative house many times are not just going to go away, said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican who has penned laborious immigration regulations.
On November 20, U.S President Barack Obama took an executive action on the immigration law, by lifting deportation threats of millions of immigrants, as well as those who are undocumented community members.
While this move is an answered prayer for a great deal of immigrants in the United States, many are also protesting it, including the legislators themselves.
The plans of the Republicans to pass a bill to fix the immigration law are not certain at the moment. It has not been defined which bills they will want to push through, aside from better security of the U.S borders.
On that note, they hold most of the seats in both Congressional chambers for the first time since 2006, and they are hopeful to gain ground with regard to immigration reform. The Republican Party may try to seek public opinion, especially among the Hispanic-American voters while they are trying to secure the White House come 2016 in the elections.
Former presidential candidate from the Republican Party, Sen. John McCain suggests the establishment of online systems first. This system is intended to check the employees' immigration status, expansion of visa allocations for foreign citizens who have "high-tech" skills, as well as improve the overall border security.
In order to stop or delay the new immigration reforms, the Grand Old Party plans to let Congress pass a funding bill until September 2015. Such will hopefully cause the Department of Homeland Security to slow down as it relies on a resolution that will delay its funding until March.
The Republicans can then buy time and pressure Obama to somehow lighten up on the executive action. By the time they take control of the Senate and the House, they could stop the funds which the DHS needs to implement the new executive order.