Rep. Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Luis CurbeloHouse adjusts format for dinner with new members after criticism Former GOP congressman calls for Biden to receive presidential briefings Former GOP lawmakers call on Trump to accept election results MORE (R-Fla.) lashed out Friday at the Republican immigration proposal at the center of an agreement that allowed the House to pass a spending bill.
Curbelo, a vocal proponent of immigration reform and a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, said on Twitter the bill introduced by Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Robert (Bob) William GoodlatteBottom line No documents? Hoping for legalization? Be wary of Joe Biden Press: Trump's final presidential pardon: himself MORE (R-Va.) "reads as if it was drafted by [former White House chief strategist] Steve Bannon
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In his tweet, Curbelo said the bill "is deeply flawed, provides an insufficient solution for those in the #DACA program & threatens to destroy American agriculture. NO to the #BannonBill."
This bill, which reads as if it was drafted by Steve Bannon, is deeply flawed, provides an insufficient solution for those in the #DACA program & threatens to destroy American agriculture. NO to the #BannonBill https://t.co/jkkUiFFQjN
— Carlos Curbelo (@carloslcurbelo) January 19, 2018
Goodlatte, along with Reps. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), Michael McCaul
Michael Thomas McCaulOvernight Defense: Pentagon prepping for Trump order to draw down in Afghanistan, Iraq | Questions swirl after DOD purge | 10th service member killed by COVID-19 Former VOA producer sues US global media agency over termination Record number of women to serve in the next Congress MORE (R-Texas) and Martha McSally
Martha Elizabeth McSallyMark Kelly reflects on using McCain's old desk: 'He was a hero of mine' McSally concedes Arizona Senate race Five takeaways from the battle for the Senate MORE (R-Ariz.) earlier this month introduced the proposal, which was labeled a nonstarter by Curbelo and other pro-immigration lawmakers.
But the enforcement-heavy proposal was embraced by the conservative Freedom Caucus, which cut a deal with Republican leadership Thursday to vote for a continuing resolution to keep the government open in exchange for help in whipping the Goodlatte bill and a vote on defense spending.
The short-term funding bill passed the House but is stuck in the Senate where the DACA debate has intensified.
Unlike other proposals to replace DACA, which allows immigrants who arrived in the country as minors to live and work in the U.S., the Goodlatte bill doesn't provide a special path to citizenship for beneficiaries, is restricted to only DACA recipients and has a host of measures to penalize the hiring of undocumented workers.
Its proponents say those measures are necessary to prevent further waves of illegal immigration.
Opponents say it's heavy-handed on enforcement, doesn't provide solutions for businesses short on domestic labor and fails to provide an adequate solution for so-called Dreamers.
Bannon was ousted from the White House in August and has been at the center of controversy following comments he made in the controversial bestseller "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."
Curbelo is one of the more vulnerable members of the House in the 2018 midterm elections. He won reelection in 2016, but his district went for Hillary Clinton
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