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House GOP split over forging ahead on immigration this year
The Hill ^ | January 31, 2014 | Russell Berman

Posted on 01/31/2014 7:58:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Cincinatus' Wife

HOW ABOUT BLUE SLIPPING IT?


21 posted on 01/31/2014 9:40:10 AM PST by struggle
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The Rats have to laughing their asses off. They are staring into the abyss of an epic beat down in November, and the GOP is going to save them by doing THE ONE THING guaranteed to infuriate the base and make them stay home.


22 posted on 01/31/2014 9:51:59 AM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

You want enforcement? Then allow state and private prosecutions of offender.


23 posted on 01/31/2014 9:53:42 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

These people will delay a vote on this until after the elections. Don’t fall for it!


24 posted on 01/31/2014 10:09:07 AM PST by gunner03
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To: Kozak
...the GOP is going to save them by doing THE ONE THING guaranteed to infuriate the base and make them stay home.

Well, that's why they call 'em the Stupid Party. This will cause/is causing a Civil War within the GOP and will mean the end of the GOP.

25 posted on 01/31/2014 10:10:47 AM PST by Nea Wood
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To: Nea Wood
This will cause/is causing a Civil War within the GOP and will mean the end of the GOP.

So be it.

26 posted on 01/31/2014 10:11:24 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I agree!


27 posted on 01/31/2014 10:15:39 AM PST by Nea Wood
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
So the cheap labor contingent of the Republican Party is okay with having second-class residents in the US who are not citizens? That would be the 21st century update of slavery.

There's only one answer. The invaders self-deport, or they're never allowed in the US again. Unfair competition is ended with tariffs. Anyone who abets them with jobs or providing government services gets fined and given a criminal record. Let the free marketplace sort out matching US citizens with employment opportunities.

28 posted on 01/31/2014 10:19:39 AM PST by grania
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To: Nea Wood

Yeah. I can barely contain my rage.
This was the major reason I quit registering Republican in 06.
I was a little kid in Chicago handing out Goldwater literature, was a Young Republican for Nixon, voted for Ford in my first election and and voted GOP ever since. It’s getting harder and harder. I stood in the voting booth for 10 minutes before I could force myself to pull the lever for McCain. I almost stayed home last time. If they pull this crap, I will stay home, it’s pointless.


29 posted on 01/31/2014 10:35:35 AM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Boehner, Cantor and Ryan do not represent us. They represent those trying to impoverish and destroy us.

They are the enemy.


30 posted on 01/31/2014 11:31:03 AM PST by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

How many amnesties do we have to have before the immigration laws are enforced ??


31 posted on 01/31/2014 11:37:46 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Timocrat

Are work visas even issued, anymore? Or, do we just open the gate and hand out EBT cards as they’re passing through?


32 posted on 01/31/2014 11:43:14 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Sample Letter for US Representatives:

Dear Honorable US Representative ...

Sir, I am extremely upset with this latest sham amnesty immigration proposals the US House of Representatives is currently considering.

Words cannot express my anger at the utter foolishness of these proposals. Rewarding criminal behavior encourages more criminal behavior. People cannot begin their careers in America by breaking the law. Further, it hurts minimum wage American workers by causing them to compete with millions of foreign workers. I am dismayed at those in Congress who lack the understanding of this critical issue to our nation.

I like most Americans are in favor of legal immigration for those who are willing to learn our language, culture, and invest the time and money required to become a U.S. citizen - but not for those who willfully break on our laws, spit on our country, demand benefits, and are not willing to go through proper channels to become an American citizen.

What is the solution? It won’t be easy because we didn’t get into this situation overnight. I believe we need to do the following immediately:

1) Secure our borders
2) Enforce existing law
3) Not allow any amnesty provisions of any kind
4) Improve our visa system
5) Prosecute and fine those businesses which knowingly employ illegal workers
6) Give law enforcement officials the necessary resources and authority to combat illegal immigration
7) Deport illegal aliens violating the law after being fingerprinted, photographed, iris scanned, charged with a felony, and their information placed in a national database.
8) Send a bill for deportation/prison costs to the embassy of the illegal immigrant’s national origin.
9) 2nd time and thereafter repeat offenses by illegal aliens should be sent to work prison camps for a maximum of 6 months - building the southern fence/wall.
10) Seize and liquidate all assets from illegal aliens and use the proceeds for our military and local law enforcement.
11) Must not give illegal immigrants government welfare benefits of any kind, including Social Security
12) Designate English as our national language
13) Change the 14th Amendment regarding birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants
14) Mandatory proof of citizenship for voting
15) Mandatory proof of legal status for DL or ANY government issued ID or benefits card
16) Put pressure on the Mexican government and other nations to reduce illegal immigration to America.
17) Encourage only legal immigration and citizenship to for those wanting to become Americans.

These ENFORCED changes would strengthen America greatly.

Please consider voting against any illegal immigration amnesty bills should they come before the full House floor.

Sincerely and respectfully,


33 posted on 01/31/2014 11:45:47 AM PST by Lions Gate
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To: relentlessly

This news is actually interesting in the “why is the GOP doing this” perspective. The consensus, that I tend to agree with, is that immigration reform is suicidal for the GOP.

But most Americans don’t trust Obama. The issue being presented here is one of ... not trusting Obama. I wonder if the GOP is trying to thread a needle here: stop immigration reform and take it off the table in a way that neutralizes it as a political issue, by using it as a weapon to highlight Obama’s untrustfullness ...


34 posted on 01/31/2014 11:48:33 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

What will the very hated, and self-servingly EXEMPT
treasonous Congress decide this time?

SSDD


35 posted on 01/31/2014 12:52:21 PM PST by Diogenesis
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“physically accountable “ works for me. While there might not be a direct way to jail an incompetent, lying, politician when he gets back home it is indeed possible to put enough fear into his double-dealing butt so that he doesn’t want to come back home. Start off with sueing them for non-performance and work it up from there. Make their mizzerable lives absolutely difficult.


36 posted on 01/31/2014 1:04:06 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: tanknetter

Hmmmm...not trust Obama!

Well, that’s not a revelation - it’s a fact.

Anyway, the only way to structure this relates to securing the border with a non-political committee (if that is even possible) to perform the certification that the border is secure.

There are many wonderful people that I’ve meet - illegals from Mexico, but the fact remains that they need to go back home and apply to immigrate here - if that is their wish. We have already got a huge issue with low skilled workers not being able to find full-time, long term employment - adding millions to the lower end would be a disaster for them and down the line for all of us.


37 posted on 01/31/2014 3:01:37 PM PST by relentlessly
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

From the article: “But a large contingent of members stood up to urge caution and voiced concerns not so much with the substance of the principles as with the timing of pushing immigration reform in an election year and under a Democratic president they don’t trust to enforce the law.”

Or said another way, the time isn’t perfect for shoving it down our throats.


38 posted on 01/31/2014 3:33:07 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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To: TomGuy
As Rush Limbaugh warned yesterday: If the House passes amnesty this year, the GOP will lose the House.

I told my Congressman that if he caves on Amnesty, I will vote for the democrat just to make sure he gets tossed out in November. Then I will run for his seat in 2016.

39 posted on 01/31/2014 3:54:52 PM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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Distrust of President Obama was “the biggest issue” that Republicans raised.

Understandable----b/c amnesty is Obamacare w/ Spanish subtitles.

40 posted on 02/01/2014 8:50:06 AM PST by Liz
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