Posted on 02/11/2013 1:33:20 AM PST by DangerZone
A top U.S. Republican lawmaker said on Sunday he would support granting citizenship to children who are in the country illegally in a sign that conservatives who oppose immigration amnesty will be playing defense as Congress takes on immigration reform in the coming months.
Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, said Congress could make quick progress on immigration if lawmakers agreed to give citizenship to children - an idea he opposed when it came up for a vote in 2010 as the DREAM Act.
"The best place to begin, I think, is with the children. Let's go ahead and get that under our belt, put a win on the board," Cantor said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Cantor is leading an effort to improve his party's image as many Republicans worry they will be consigned to irrelevancy in coming years if they do not reach out to the fast-growing Latino electorate, which strongly supports immigration reform.
President Barack Obama has made immigration reform a top priority of his second term in office and a bipartisan group of senators is working to draft legislation that would tackle the issue in a comprehensive manner, rather than the piecemeal approach that Cantor suggested.
Republican Senator John McCain, who is involved in that effort, said his group aims to provide a path to citizenship for all of those who are in the United States illegally, not just children, as long as border security is tightened.
"There are 11 million people living in the shadows. I believe that they deserve to come out of the shadows," McCain said on "Fox News Sunday."
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Swing vote doesn’t exist anymore. It’s all the brown vote now. Politicians would sell their mothers if the public wouldn’t find out. Of course the MSM would sugarcoat it and lie about it for the RATs
Proud supporter of gays being allowed to be in the Boy Scouts
Proud supporter of NAMBLA
Proud supporter of illegal amnesty
After you look at his pic you’ll get it . He’s no Republican but a a wolf in sheep’s clothing RHINO
What GOP???
They have decided they will buy Hispanic votes with this crap.
They are dead wrong, they will lose their base.
What part of ILLEGAL isn’t clear.
The parents are illegal immigrants, that makes the spawn, illegal bastard immigrants.
They’ve done nothing to advance our country. They don’t like our country. They snub the culture of our country. They don’t even want to speak the language of our country, English.
Why should they share in the privileges and benefits of citizenship?
When did Rand Paul sell out? I knew the other 4 (Rubio, Ryan, McCain and Graham) were sell outs, but Rand? Say it ain’t so... What a way to start a work week...of making money for the moochers and now another sell out....
Shiite, I might as well stay home and reload. Forget about going out on the streets..
POS! A "win". Yep, for the bastardization of the U.S. and destruction of her society. Yep, a win.
I have to stop now.
This country is dead but too dumb to drop over.
“There are 11 million people living in the shadows. I believe that they deserve to come out of the shadows,”
I wonder if both Democrats and Republicans alike really expect that somehow 11 million people (if that is the actual number) will suddenly obey the laws of the land and become model tax-paying citizens. They won’t. Why should they?
If amnesty is granted, they will simply become non-taxpaying, welfare-state draining citizens. If anything it will encourage more people to join them - having found the way to prosper in a big-government environment.
What is he going to do with their parents? GOP = Dims
You nailed it. Short & to the point, however, your statement makes too much sense for a politician to comprehend.
“After you look at his pic you’ll get it . He’s no Republican but a a wolf in sheep’s clothing RHINO”
No he’s GOP Leadership. He is a Republican. This is what the party is now.
Citizenship??? aka voting. More Dem voters?
Children of illegals already get automatic citizenship.
Its illegals here not born here that dont.
Cantor is slippery as a eel and he gives me the creeps. Dems on the same show complained that it was not enough to just give it to the kids.
I saw a Republican on one of the Sunday shows (Carly Fiorina , didnt she lose?) responding to a democrat with "Obama is stealing Rubio's immigration ideas',
That's the new GOP plan to win hispanics: 'We were for amnesty first and Democats are following us', think Hispanics will believe that?
He is just a democrap plant and is showing his true colors like the rest of the republicrat leadership.FH
Looks like the political equivalent of "penis envy" (cackle).
"Priapic Bob Menendez" is getting it on regularly w/ kiddies in the Dominican Republic. Tolerant and compassionate Dems knows, "Amnesty is for the children" (sob). Hobama and them pols are hot (excuse the expression) to amnestize the millions now living in the US.....many of them just "kids."
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Have you asked your Senator/Cong/legislator if THEY'VE ever spent time at Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic?
The beltway class knows what’s best for you ignorant rubes out there in flyover land.
The GOP wants to lose the next election so bad
I know someone who probably fits this picture.... I believe her folks are illegal and she has been here most of her 15 year long life. It is truly terrible that her folks have done this to her.... but it is not my responsibility to fix the stupidity of her family.
If the House Republicans continue to refuse to dethrone Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy, there will be no congressional opposition to Zero for the rest of his term.
Sheldon Adelson, the Casino biz needs a lot of CHEEP LABOR aka 3rd worlders. Adelson provided Cantor and Boehner with $5M as a tasty reminder of what the future holds if they manage to get the Amnesty through. Check out this perv’s other donations to the Repub Amnesty crowd. Adelson also gave the Mittster campaign big $$s, $100M I think and the effect was to soften up Mittster’s Immigration positions....I don’t doubt this had a lot to do with Mittster losing the white working class votes in the MW swing states. Of course Adelson would never recommend open borders for Israel would he? Someone sould ask this gazillionaire that question!
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