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Some are pushing for House Republicans to write their own immigration bill — something they've been unable to do in the past two years —.

That's an odd statement from the ap?

I seem to remember a bill was passed,let me think,yea,here it is.

House passes $694 million border bill By Deirdre Walsh, CNN updated 1:14 PM EDT, Sat August 2, 2014

Washington (CNN) -- In a late-night vote after a bitterly partisan debate, the House of Representatives passed a $694 million border bill Friday, but the measure has no chance of becoming law.

The vote was almost entirely on party lines, 223-189, with just one Democrat, Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, voting for it. Four Republicans opposed the legislation.

The bill proposes to give the Department of Homeland Security more than $400 million for additional border security and law enforcement measures. It would allocate more than $20 million to speed up the deportation process by accelerating the judicial process, and also would set aside millions for National Guard border efforts and temporary housing for unaccompanied minors, among other things.

The measure that passed Friday also included a change to a 2008 anti-trafficking law to make it easier to send home the unaccompanied children from Central American countries.p> The Democratic-led Senate had already left Washington to start a five-week summer recess after it was unable to pass its own legislation to give President Barack Obama some of the money he's requested to address the massive influx of migrants at the nation's southwestern border.

At a news conference Friday, President Barack Obama dismissed the House GOP measure as "a message bill" and vowed to veto if it came across his desk.

1 posted on 11/14/2014 3:49:21 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

I can write an immigration bill in 3 words:

Enforce
Existing
Law


2 posted on 11/14/2014 3:51:03 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Measure with a micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with an axe)
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Yes, we again gave them more seats in Congress so they can mull.

Oh, but “it’s better than Reid” and “we have to stop Obama”.


3 posted on 11/14/2014 3:54:11 PM PST by Fledermaus (REPEAL OBAMACARE!! Hold the feet of the GOPe to the fire!)
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0bama will do what he want UNTIL the government is shut down.

So, the GOPe is preemptively declaring defeat.

Idiots.


5 posted on 11/14/2014 4:03:00 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ('The HERO of the (0bamacare) story is Mitt Romney' - "Stupid" Jonathan Gruber)
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To: mdittmar

GOP: The UN of politics.


10 posted on 11/14/2014 4:38:41 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (NO COMPROMISE! NO BIPARTISANSHIP! STOP OBAMA NOW!)
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Pass only a short term clean CR through January, then defund the effort next year!


11 posted on 11/14/2014 4:40:54 PM PST by JSDude1
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The AP - We will continue to run shotgun for Obama the dictator untill our bones are rotten. The AP, battenning down in the Berlin bunker with King Obola, the absolute ruler of America.


12 posted on 11/14/2014 4:43:37 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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BTTT!


13 posted on 11/14/2014 4:44:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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I guess this means the “GOP is chewing cud” while the mad cow is setting fire to the pasture.


14 posted on 11/14/2014 4:47:19 PM PST by dforest
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Quote from a person who posted an earlier message here: The schools have no choice when it comes to providing K-12 education. SCOTUS made that mandatory with Plyler vs Doe in 1982. Here in Fairfax County, Virginia we pay $104 million a year for ESOL instruction for 31,000 students.

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My post: That 1982 Supreme Court ruling is the reason we need Constitutional amendments like the following to try to control illegal immigration:

1. "School attendance: Only citizens, legal residents, those with special student visas can attend elementary, high school, and colleges in the United States."

2. "One parent must be a citizen before a newborn child is given automatic citizenship."

3. Felony: We must finally get very serious and declare that crossing the border illegally is a felony. It sounds mean to call it a felony, but we must do it, if we will ever have any chance of controlling our borders. Having the same illegals crossing our borders over and over is wrong,wrong, and wrong.

Illegal immigrant parents come to the United States for the wonderful benefits that their children can receive, like a quality education and great health care. Can you blame them for making the dangerous, long trip with their young children, or sending their children by themselves with the hope that the United States will automatically let them stay?

I don't understand how a child can illegally cross the southern border one day and automatically be eligible to enroll in public school the next day. That is wrong.

15 posted on 11/14/2014 4:53:21 PM PST by john mirse
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Impeach the bastard!


16 posted on 11/14/2014 5:47:11 PM PST by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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Time to knock off all of the “mulling”. Impeach the SOB!


17 posted on 11/14/2014 6:15:34 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ('Provisional ballots'. When legal votes just aren't getting the job done. - The DemocRATS.)
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The headline should read GOP readying for surrender, deciding who will carry the white flag.


18 posted on 11/14/2014 8:27:08 PM PST by SCHROLL
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Just as we never believed the claims of Obamacare which would somehow lower costs, none of us believe that making all these illegals legal will be cheaper in the long run. Adding in 5 million (and who believes it stops there?) to our social safety net cannot possibly be a savings. The left throws around numbers telling us how amnesty will save social security, will add jobs.
Are there “Gruber’s” behind those studies? Theres no single (laughing) comprehensive bill to target here but rather numerous studies. Who are the authors? Do we have the same sort of time bombs out there in their own words which indict their work?
I personally don’t have the skills to locate the information. It seems to me however we have plenty of savvy people on our side who do.


19 posted on 11/15/2014 3:19:38 AM PST by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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