Chet Edwards For Congress

Securing our Borders & Stopping Illegal Immigration

Chet believes our nation's first priority is to secure our borders and to protect our homeland and he strongly opposes amnesty in any form. While others have talked about securing our borders, Chet has done something about it.

• Chet helped write the law that added 1500 additional border patrol agents and has supported legislation that would add 6000 more, to better police our borders and stop the influx of illegal immigration.
  




• Chet secured $16 million for Waco's L-3 to build P-3 aircraft, a surveillance tool for securing our borders, catching drug smugglers and stopping illegal immigration.
  




• Chet opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants and wants strict enforcement of our illegal immigration laws.
  




• Chet voted to end the practice of “catch and release”, instead requiring all undocumented aliens to be detained until they are removed from the United States.
  




• Chet voted for the Welfare Reform Act in 1996 that prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving any form of welfare benefits.
  




• Chet supports building physical barriers along strategic portions of the U.S./Mexican border.
  




• Chet supported legislation to implement a new mandatory employer verification system, which requires employers to check a job applicant's legal status and tough new penalties on employers who continue to hire illegal immigrants.
  




• Chet opposes earned citizenship for illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes while in the United States.