House GOP Bill Would Bar Illegal Entrants to US From Ever Getting Citizenship

House Republican lawmakers are looking to ban illegal immigrants from ever obtaining citizenship, saying the drastic measure is the best way to deter unlawful entrance into the US.

On Thursday, Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) introduced the “No Citizenship for Alien Invaders Act” which amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to state that “No alien who enters the United States unlawfully shall be eligible for naturalization.”

“Under the Biden administration, we saw more than 10 million encounters at our borders, a crisis exacerbated by reckless catch-and-release policies that allowed criminals who broke our laws to remain in the United States,” Mills told The Post.

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Mills, 44, who was married to a refugee from Iraq who became a US citizen, argued that the privilege of citizenship should be “reserved for those who respect our laws.”

The measure is co-sponsored by Reps. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Andy Harris (R-Md.), the last of whom chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

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“Time and time again, Congress refuses to enforce our immigration laws, complains about it being broken, promises to ‘fix it for good’ in exchange for amnesty programs, and then never actually enforces the law like they promised,” added Luna.

“We need to draw a line in the sand for the sake of the American people: there can be NO citizenship for the nearly 20 MILLION people who live here illegally.”

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