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How to use the word amnesty in a Sentence?

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Starting on day one in office, President Biden and his administration rolled back deterrent focused policies, halted the construction of the border wall, gutted interior enforcement, pushed amnesty for illegal immigrants – all of which have made it difficult for US Border Patrol agents to secure the border.

James Comer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

House Homeland Security Committee’s pretty simple : mass amnesty will not pass a House committee or the House floor.

Mark Green

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There are many issues I think we can work cooperatively with President-elect President Biden, but a blanket amnesty for people who are here unlawfully is n’t going to be one of them.

Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This is not amnesty, this is not immunity, this is not a path to citizenship. It's not a permanent fix.This is a temporary stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people.

Barack Obama

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We must be very clear : Nothing we documented Ukrainian forces doing in any way justifies Russian violations, russia alone is responsible for the violations it has committed against Ukrainian civilians. Amnesty's work over the last six months and our multiple briefings and reports on Russia's violations and war crimes reflect their scale and the gravity of their impact on civilians.

Amnesty International

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Since the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, Amnesty International has documented crimes under international law, like summary killings of captives by Russia-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces.

Marie Struthers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This horrific assault is yet another apparent example of complete disregard for human life and dignity in Ukraine committed by Russian forces. All those suspected of criminal responsibility must be investigated, since the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, Amnesty International has documented crimes under international law, like summary killings of captives by Russia-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine and extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces.

Marie Struthers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whenever Democrats think that in order to win Hispanic voters, all they have to do is maybe, you know, play a little salsa music, talk about tacos and promise amnesty. That message no longer works with Hispanics.

Giancarlo Sopo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Title 42 is not consistent with our values, and it doesn't keep us safer, the President Biden administration is putting plans in place to deal with people who are asking for amnesty and humanitarian relief at the border, but keep in mind, we need comprehensive immigration reform and that's something all the Democrats are on board for.

Elizabeth Warren

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There’s criticism, there’s work that needs to be done. There is, however, a lot of progress but unfortunately that has not been captured in reports such as Amnesty, Human Rights Watch.

Al Khater

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do not espouse violence or harm towards any Member of Congress or Mr. Biden, the video depicts the fight taking place next week on the House floor and symbolizes the battle for the soul of America when Congress takes up Mr. Biden’s massive $4 trillion spending bill that includes amnesty for millions of illegal aliens already in our country and was not meant to depict any harm or violence against anyone portrayed in the anime.

Paul Gosar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As the Republican Leader in the House of Representatives, I am opposed to any mass amnesty provisions as part of the reconciliation bill currently being debated among members of your party, by passing amnesty and other federal benefits for illegal immigrants into law, you will be incentivizing even larger numbers of illegal migration. This policy would make the border crisis even worse.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s a very easy way to get amnesty, to merely state that you have witnessed a crime, the only people who would benefit from this - since illegal aliens are largely already shielded - are people who they themselves have committed serious criminal offenses or fraud.

Stephen Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're constantly told by political left that illegal aliens are essential to the function of our society, but according to the administration's position, they aren’t willing to cooperate with investigations of serious crimes unless granted amnesty, that’s a remarkable declaration from the Biden administration.

Stephen Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The phone of his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, was successfully infected during the days after his murder ... and (his) wife, Hanan Elatr, whose phone was targeted by someone using Pegasus in the months before his killing. Amnesty was unable to determine whether the hack was successful.

Washington Post

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Talk of amnesty is both an insult to current American citizens and only going to fuel President Biden’s manufactured mess at the United States-Mexico border, i would urge all congressional Republicans to make it clear to congressional Democrats that amnesty is D.O.A. and that our citizens and our security are the priority.

Mike Howell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

President Biden created this crisis by announcing to the world he wants to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants and by rolling back deterrent policies aimed at curbing illegal immigration, it’s past time Oversight Democrats hold this administration accountable for the humanitarian and national security crisis unfolding at the border.

James Comer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You know, there's no reason for him to ignore the families. You know, our families are in the cemetery. At the same time, he's rewarding illegal aliens with amnesty. You know, it's just not fair. It is not right? And I don't know how they can justify it.

Pedro Espinoza

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

America should always welcome immigrants who want to become Americans. But we need laws that decide who and how many people can come here, and those laws must be followed and enforced, there are many issues I think we can work cooperatively with President-elect Biden, but a blanket amnesty for people who are here unlawfully isn’t going to be one of them.

Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There are many issues I think we can work cooperatively with President-elect Biden, but a blanket amnesty for people who are here unlawfully isn’t going to be one of them.

Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Secure the border to stop the illegal flow before you reward illegal behavior. Talk of amnesty is just enticing more people to come illegally.

Tom Homan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In what can only be described as a chilling, Orwellian effort now has emerged to silence, cancel, erase any opposition voices, now, couple this with the most radical, big government Socialist agenda that’s ever been proposed in American history, and a commitment to implementing it, and, of course, starting with this radical environmental Green New Deal and regulations canceling the Keystone XL pipeline, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and so much more – everything we warned you so much about.

Sean Hannitysaid

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

That would have a much more significant end result of telling Republicans finally that they can no longer rely on the idea that illegal immigration is a critical idea to us or placating the idea that we just want amnesty or comprehensive immigration reform, at 40 %, that philosophy is dead.

Reymundo Torres

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's a salutary decision since he was arbitrarily imprisoned, but the fight is not over. We want an amnesty.

Khalifa Sall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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