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Immigration Overhaul Bill Unveiled In House [12M Illegals: Called "Most Generous" Legislation!]
LATimes ^ | December 15th 2009

Posted on 12/15/2009 8:46:45 PM PST by Steelfish

Immigration Overhaul Bill Unveiled In House The legislation, which includes a path to legalization, is met with criticism from conservatives and liberals.

By Antonio Olivo and Teresa Watanabe December 15, 2009

Reporting from Los Angeles and Chicago - Raising the curtain on a new round of debate over immigration reform, a group of Democratic congressional lawmakers introduced a comprehensive bill today that, among other provisions, would offer a path to legalization for the country's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

The bill, championed by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) was decidedly more pro-immigrant than the bipartisan legislation House lawmakers defeated two years ago. And the latest version drew immediate fire from the left as well as the right. Groups opposed to legalization derided it as a form of amnesty, and more-liberal factions complained that it relied too heavily on enforcement.

In Los Angeles, immigration activists hailed the measure at a news conference before heading to local lawmakers' offices -- aboard a yellow school bus festooned with banners -- to urge their support.

"This is a big day for us," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. "Our community has been awaiting this bill for a long time."

Cabrera called Gutierrez's bill the most generous immigration legislation in more than two decades, citing provisions that would allow migrants to legalize their status without returning to their home countries, prohibit separation of families, offer more visas for workers and relatives and eliminate local enforcement of federal immigration law.

The bill also calls for beefing up border security and overhauling the federal detention system for jailed immigrants to provide for better medical treatment and other services.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; byebyeusa; immigrantlist; population
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1 posted on 12/15/2009 8:46:48 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
No such thing as an "illegal immigrant". You must have an immigration visa to be an immigrant.

The people targeted in the story are actually illegal entrants into the United States, not immigrants.

2 posted on 12/15/2009 8:48:29 PM PST by muawiyah (Git Out The Way)
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To: Steelfish

I’m honestly curious to see which way McCain will go on this one, what with the election coming up. Will he follow his heart and support this, or will he once again try to play a conservative and go against it.


3 posted on 12/15/2009 8:49:52 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (A good Blue Dog is an unelected Blue Dog. Ditto Rino's!)
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To: Steelfish

12 million my ass.

More like 30 million. Then, if this crap passes, the former illegals will be allowed to bring in their relatives, for a total of 100 million from south of the border.

Time for revolution!


4 posted on 12/15/2009 8:50:03 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (A Jimmy Carter got us a Ronald Reagan.....a Barack Obama will get us a Sarah Palin)
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To: Steelfish

Are they trying to pass the trifecta of Health Care, Cap and Trade and Amnesty all in the same week before the end of the year? Just wondering.


5 posted on 12/15/2009 8:51:18 PM PST by Pantera
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To: ABQHispConservative

I have always preferred the term “illegal alien.”


6 posted on 12/15/2009 8:51:39 PM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: Steelfish

Liberals drunk with power.


7 posted on 12/15/2009 8:52:16 PM PST by Rosemont
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To: Pantera
Yes, yes, and yes.

They're trying to finish us off in one quick stroke.
8 posted on 12/15/2009 8:53:40 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Steelfish

Look around your home, see your children peacefully sleeping.

And resolve to call your Congressman tomorrow and tell them that if so much as nod yes in the general direction of this bill they are fired in November—no ifs, ands, or buts.

I made my call today.

It’s your children’s future you are fighting for.


9 posted on 12/15/2009 8:55:44 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: Thommas

Yup, me too. Thanks to Jimmuh Cahtah for his obsession with “Undocumented Workers” terminology. He couldn’t stand the term “Illegal Aliens”, so he made sure it was changed.


10 posted on 12/15/2009 8:58:34 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
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this will bankrupt blue states quicker


11 posted on 12/15/2009 9:01:14 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: Pantera; All
Democrats/Marxists want to legalize illegals so that they can create millions of new Democrat voters.

After the elected Democrats/Marxists/liberals ram through government healthcare then Democrats will ram this Amnesty for illegals down the American people's throat.

The Democrats/Marxists know that elected democrats are 60% of the Senate so they know that there is nothing Republicans can do to stop them.

The fix is in . All this “debate” between “moderate” and liberal democrats is all an act. Democrats are all Marxists. All elected Democrats always knew they were going to vote for government healthcare. So they know they will all vote for Amnesty as that guarantees democrats to get tens of millions of new voters, the illegals and their families back in the third world.

Then Democrats/Marxists/liberals will cripple the private sector further with Cap and trade. Also Democrats will silence Rush, Hannity, Levin with the Fairness doctrine, and silence the Internet with Net Neutrality.

They , all elected Democrats/Marxists, know this script.And they know that there is not a thing that Republicans, conservatives, or the American people can do to stop them.

Then the private sector which is the engine of wealth,jobs, high living standards and freedom will be crippled. And the Marxist/communist/Democrat takeover will be complete without firing a shot.

And millions of liberals are cheering this destruction of the golden goose , the private sector, and of America. But it is they, the liberals who will be starving in the street in the new Communist People's Republic of the United States.

Liberals in the media and liberals everywhere, Enjoy your sick "social justice" and few meager scraps you will steal from the productive for now as tomorrow you will starve in the streets and you will be slaves of the government.

12 posted on 12/15/2009 9:02:19 PM PST by Democrat_media (Democrats are the threat , they all voted for socialism on 11/21/09)
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To: Steelfish
Yet another massive piece of $#!+ legislation? As if we didn't already have enough to worry about, with the HealthsCare bill and Cap & Trade! Will this be the last straw, the one that finally makes the average taxpayer lay down his plough and scream
ENOUGH!!!?
13 posted on 12/15/2009 9:05:39 PM PST by giotto
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To: ABQHispConservative

I attended the press conference. McCain’s name was mentioned favorably, but it was said that they disagreed with McCain’s approach but he shared their objective.


14 posted on 12/15/2009 9:08:38 PM PST by kabar
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To: Steelfish

Here we go again !...


15 posted on 12/15/2009 9:09:39 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Steelfish

Democrats think AMNESTY IS THEIR PATHWAY TO REELECTION.

Amnesty and redistricting as per the 2010 census.


16 posted on 12/15/2009 9:10:35 PM PST by onyx
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To: Democrat_media
Democrats/Marxists want to legalize illegals so that they can create millions of new Democrat voters.

I attended the press conference. It was well orchestrated including having about 20 children wearing white tee shirts saying "Future Voter."

17 posted on 12/15/2009 9:10:49 PM PST by kabar
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To: Steelfish
America doesn't want the Health Care Bill.

And America doesn't want this Immigration Demographic Warfare Bill. It is hardly a "reform" bill.

We need border control, not Immigration Demographic warfare.

18 posted on 12/15/2009 9:11:17 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , and truth (.Member NRA))
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To: muawiyah
The people targeted in the story are actually illegal entrants into the United States, not immigrants.

Invaders

Invasion

19 posted on 12/15/2009 9:12:48 PM PST by DirtyHarryY2K (The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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To: muawiyah

I prefer the term “Alien Invaders” because then we have the Constitutional Justification to, quite bluntly, kill them. {One of the stated purposes of the Army.}


20 posted on 12/15/2009 9:13:47 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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