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Top Democrat Warns Others Not to Use Term “Illegal Immigrants”, Calls Them “Citizens” (Conyers)
Stand With Arizona ^ | 02-05-2013 | John Hill

Posted on 02/05/2013 2:25:25 PM PST by montag813

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by John Hill
Stand With Arizona

Perhaps the most visible argument in favor of term limits in Congress, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) - who has served in Congress since 1965 - and known for uttering bizarre and offensive statements, has done it yet again.

The Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Immigration subcommittee, Conyers before today's hearing on potential "reform" legislation scolded other members in advance for calling illegal aliens "illegal immigrants" - calling them "out of  status". Perhaps even more bizarrely, Conyers - twice - refers to illegals as "citizens":

I hope no one uses the term ‘illegal immigrants’ here today, Conyers said.  Our citizens are not–” he said, breaking off to correct himself.  “Our, the people in this country are not illegal.  They are out of status.  They are new Americans that are immigrants, and I think that we can forge a path to citizenship that will be able to pass muster.”
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; conyers; house; immigration
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To: montag813

Whenever a moron like conyers runs into common sense, it’s always a violent collision.


21 posted on 02/05/2013 3:38:42 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: montag813

Whenever a moron like conyers runs into common sense, it’s always a violent collision.


22 posted on 02/05/2013 3:38:51 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: montag813
I hear the Ranking Member.No more "illegal immigrants" from *my* lips.From now on,from me it's....

WETBACKS!


23 posted on 02/05/2013 3:45:04 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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To: cripplecreek

Criminal INVADERS...

They are not here to assimilate they are here to destroy


24 posted on 02/05/2013 3:50:07 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Obama has turned America into an aristocracy of the unaccomplished.)
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To: Bratch

These word shenanigans are practiced by both sides of the aisle. Over at the GOP Elite rationalization website (i.e., hughhewitt.com) the latest attempt is to change “amnesty” for illegal aliens to “regularization” of the lawbreakers.


25 posted on 02/05/2013 3:58:12 PM PST by glennaro
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Top Democrat Warns Others Not to Use Term “Illegal Immigrants”(Conyers)

Hey ya Marxist Dirtbag...

I've never used that term. They are thieving Mexicans.

They steal our charity and services, they steal our jobs.

26 posted on 02/05/2013 3:58:17 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATS! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Land Lampreys


27 posted on 02/05/2013 4:06:27 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: montag813

Call them by their REAL name; “Election Fraud Pawns.”


28 posted on 02/05/2013 5:59:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Call this pinheaded conyer’s by his real name: anti-American loser.


29 posted on 02/05/2013 6:17:08 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: montag813

Throwing up.


30 posted on 02/05/2013 6:19:26 PM PST by fanfan ("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: montag813

If they are “citizens” and not “illegal” why are we holding hearings and discussing passing laws on making these “illegals” “citizens”?


31 posted on 02/05/2013 6:20:42 PM PST by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: yoe

“John Conyers calls for border laws to be broken”

I agree, at the same time these clowns are calling for an expansion of laws that will be punitive to current citizens that are not breaking any current laws! What do you get when you have no consistency in law? You get a banana republic!

Yet the average citizen is happy discussing Beyonce and the superdome power outage!


32 posted on 02/06/2013 8:44:11 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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