If Democrats want to fund an illegal amnesty, then let them offer amendments to that effect. Any Senator who votes not to begin debate on Tuesday is voting to sacrifice this institution—and their constituents—to imperial command.

Who does Congress work for? The President’s action unlawfully gives work permits and benefits to 5 million individuals who are not legally entitled to them, allowing them to take jobs and benefits directly from our constituents. This is a policy explicitly rejected by Congress. These unlawful workers will be able to take good jobs at the coal mine, the timber mill, the park service, the oil fields, the retail outlet, or the county office. There are already too few jobs and too many applicants.

Congress must resist the dangerous accumulation of executive power, fund DHS, and serve the interests of the American people. That is what the House bill does. We should move to it and have this debate before the whole nation.