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Rep Mike Lawler on Laura Ingram last night about his Amnesty bill

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During his appearance on The Ingraham Angle on April 8, 2026, Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY) defended his support for the DIGNIDAD Act, pushing back against the "amnesty" label frequently applied by conservative critics [2, 7]. Lawler argued that the bill offers a pragmatic, bipartisan solution to the border crisis by requiring undocumented immigrants to complete a rigorous seven-year "Dignity Program" involving restitution payments and mandatory background checks [3, 5]. He emphasized that the legislation prioritizes national security and border enforcement while providing an earned legal status—not a direct path to citizenship—which he frames as a necessary step to resolve the status of millions already in the country [1, 4]. Despite his defense, Laura Ingraham challenged the Representative on whether the bill's provisions would incentivize further illegal immigration, a central point of contention as the House GOP remains deeply divided over the proposal [6, 8].

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00:00 You know how I tell you all the time there's a unit party? It is the Democrat party and about 15-20 % of the Republican party who are sleeper cells for border erasure and open borders. And you're seeing it now come into the light with this amnesty bill. Unbelievable butting of heads last night between the lying Mike Lawler telling the same lies that they did 20 years ago under George W. Bush to try to get this through. 00:30 lying about how wonderful his amnesty bill will be. In the process, new horrors in it were revealed that I didn't even catch. You know how they're running around saying, well, we're gonna only let the ones stay who are the good ones, the ones without criminal records. We would never let anybody else stay. Laura Ingraham busts Republican Congressman Mike Lawler on this. 01:00 The DHS under this legislation, and yes I've read it before you ask me, can waive any of these rules for eligibility, including an alien's criminal history. How can you possibly look in the face of the American people and say, that's dignity? 01:19 So a few things, Laura. Number one, under current law, the Department of Homeland Security is doing that. They are absolutely allowing people who are in this country illegally uh to ultimately get on a pathway to citizenship. It has happened for 40 years. He goes on for another two minutes lying, never answers the question. Why'd you put that thing in there? What you're running around on all the television channels, CNN, 01:46 Fox everywhere saying, hey, if they're a criminal, they can't stay. But what you're not telling them is there's a provision in there that lets the processors, they're called USCIS, waive criminal history. Wait, just waive it? Yeah. But you can't have committed a felony. True. Unless they waive it. Wait, if you committed murder, you can stay? If they waive it, what do you think is gonna happen under Democrats? They'll waive it. 02:16 gonna waive it. He's lying. They will do anything to keep these illegals. Anything. I've never seen anything like it. 02:31 It's like catnip. It's crack to these people. And that's because these Republicans are paid with these very deep dollar, um by these very deep dollar lobbyists who need these bodies physically in the country to suppress wages, particularly for lower and working classes. They do not want to pay the bill and they don't care if there's just a few quarters of profit before we end the country. Here's Ingram busting him. 02:58 But this idea that they're already given amnesty, they're not already given amnesty. Why not come on television and say that? The president has been trying to remove people from this country. The only reason they're not being removed is because we don't have strong Democrats and Republicans to support it. Yeah, they don't get amnesty. If they did, Lawler wouldn't be pimping this bill, would he? They're going to let... Folks, this lets every last one stay. And by the way, when he says if they have criminal history, they can't stay. 03:28 He means in this country. If you're a four time serial rapist from Guatemala and you're on the run, you can stay if you don't have criminal history here. If you killed two guys in Guatemala and you don't have criminal history here, you can stay. 03:49 This is what they're pushing, bipartisan bill, 20 Republican sponsors so far.

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