introduced a bill Monday that prevents the president from dictating any immigration law or 'granting' amnesty. Specifically, it prevents the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing a presidential executive order as immigration law.
Prevent the president from dictating immigration law by stopping the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing a presidential executive order as immigration law and barring amnesty through that order.
Occurrences
Evidence
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This bill has the status Passed House. It was passed/agreed to in the House on 2014-08-01 by recorded vote 216-192, 1 Present, and the passed-House text prohibited use of federal funding or resources to consider or adjudicate new or previously denied DACA applications, newly authorize deferred action for any class of unlawfully present aliens, or authorize work for unlawfully present aliens.
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The CRS sidebar says that on January 21, 2025 DHS announced an expansion of expedited removal 'to the fullest extent authorized by Congress' and that the action 'has since been subject to legal challenges seeking to stop its implementation.'
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DHS proposed changes responsive to E.O. 14159 and stated it will continue to use deferred action on a case-by-case basis; employment authorization for deferred-action recipients remains grounded in the Secretary's discretionary authority.
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The House Clerk records H.R. 5272 as a recorded vote on passage to prohibit actions respecting deferred action for aliens not lawfully present; the vote passed 216-192, and Schweikert voted Aye.
Assessments
Schweikert took a concrete same-term legislative step by voting for H.R. 5272 in 2014, which would have restricted deferred action and related work authorization for unlawfully present aliens. But the bill only passed the House and did not become law, so it did not stop DHS from enforcing presidential immigration directives or bar deferred-action-based relief. Later DHS actions and rulemaking continued to rely on executive and agency discretion in immigration enforcement, confirming the promised outcome was not delivered.
Schweikert made a concrete same-term legislative attempt against deferred action/DACA-style executive immigration authority, but Congress.gov shows it passed the House only and never became law. Later-term DHS actions in 2025 still relied on presidential immigration directives and were litigated, so the promised lasting bar on executive immigration enforcement was not delivered.
Schweikert made a serious same-term legislative effort aligned with the promise: H.R. 5272 passed the House in 2014 and would have restricted funding and authority for deferred-action immigration measures, including DACA-related adjudications and new deferred-action classes. But the measure did not become law, so it did not actually stop DHS or the president from enforcing executive immigration policy or bar amnesty through such orders. Later DHS executive immigration actions and litigation further show no lasting federal bar was secured. Under the campaign/office context, this counts as a failed but serious effort, not delivery.