Congressman Barry Loudermilk, a Constitutional Conservative, represents northwest Georgia’s 11th Congressional District.
In the 117th Congress, Congressman Loudermilk serves as a member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, the Committee on House Administration, and the Joint Committee on the Library. He also serves as a member of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a conservative caucus of House Republicans.
Before being elected to Congress in 2014, he was a small business owner for over 20 years. He also served in the Georgia State legislature for nine years.
Our Immigration system should benefit America while protecting American workers and wages. In order to support a system that works across all states and in varying terrains, we must employ a multi-faceted approach to securing our borders. This includes the use of specialized technology and other time-tested methods, such as increasing the presence of law enforcement and reinforcing the fences and walls along the U.S. border.
Once the borders are secured, we must focus our attention toward reforming our interior enforcement and legal immigration systems. Currently, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Catch and Release policies are demoralizing for the men and women who continually put their lives on the line defending our country at its borders, and for the immigrants who came to our country legally.
As a former member of the Committee on Homeland Security and one who’s witnessed firsthand the situation along our southernmost borders, I am opposed to blanket legalization for those who have illegally entered or illegally reside in this country. We need to make our immigration system more efficient and workable in order to avoid 10-15 year waiting periods and $15,000 legal bills for people who desire to become a U.S. citizen legally. This is the dream of so many around the world, and it is our duty to take our immigration policies seriously.
Barry Loudermilk is a passionate representative of the people, who fights daily to ensure our children have a nation that is free, safe and full of opportunity. Barry believes that the best days for America are ahead of us, but only if we return to the basic values of hard work, honesty, individual liberty and respect for each other.
Barry’s father, a World War II veteran and a construction worker, impressed upon his children the idea you can change things if you stand up for what is right. “If there is something you don’t like,” his father said, “you have two choices…do something to change the situation, or just accept the status quo and go on with your life, but never just complain.” These words of wisdom inspired Barry to public service, and they’re what drives him to work to change the culture in Washington, DC.