The Putting American Students First Act is responsible legislation that will prevent spending for federal college preparatory programs for low-income students from going to illegal immigrants, Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., the bill’s co-author, told Newsmax on Wednesday.

Houchin explained to “Wake Up America” that “this bill puts American students first. It says we are not going to spend our precious little resources for college prep programs on illegal immigrants. We are going to spend them on our own citizens. I think that’s responsible and is what 77 million American people voted for in November.”

Houchin added, “The bill is targeted at these blue states who did not abide by what federal law had said, and the Biden administration had a loophole for them to allow for these precious resources to go to illegal immigrants and not American students.”

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