Posted on 11/18/2014 8:29:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
According to one Democratic lawmaker in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama has "attempted" to work with the Republican Party on comprehensive immigration reform.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., during an appearance on ABC's "This Week," said the immigration reform executive action should occur now than wait for the new Congress in January. Gutierrez said the GOP were told Democrats wanted to work with them on handling immigration but also Obama had attempted to work with Republicans. According to Gutierrez, Republicans continued to refuse to compromise despite concessions on behalf of the Democrats.
"We passed a Senate bill," said Gutierrez. "When the Republicans said, 'can't include gay people,' it was hard for us, but we said okay. When they said there couldn't be citizenship for everyone right away, we said okay. When they said, 'hey, we have to do it in bits and pieces,' we said okay. Each and every time we said okay, they refused to act on the issue."
According to Gutierrez, Obama has to act immediately because "millions" of American families are relying on the president to address and fix the broken immigration system.
"I know that my colleagues are tired of seeing U.S. servicemen being called to be deployed in defense of our nation and at the same time when they receive that deployment notice, they are receiving a notice that their wife should be deported, because there are four million American citizens who want to live with their moms and dads," said Gutierrez.
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said Obama has been "political and cynical" on the issue of immigration reform. Cole noted Obama could have addressed immigration reform when the Democrats had control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during the first two years of his presidential term.
"It's been a political weapon rather than a problem to be solved," said Cole, on how Obama has handled the issue. Cole recommended Obama waiting until the 114th Congress is sworn in on January.
Gutierrez's support of Obama's executive action on immigration has been echoed by 115 Democrats in the House of Representatives. In a letter obtained by Latin Post for Obama, the House Democrats acknowledged the House Republicans' refusal to debate and vote on the Senate's immigration legislation.
"We hope that your actions will prevent the separation of undocumented family members of U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) beneficiaries and offer protection to others who have long worked in the United States and have established strong ties with our communities," the 116 House Democrats wrote, noting they were disappointed with the president's delay but were encouraged with his "reaffirmed" promise to act before the end of the year.
116 House Democrats Letter to Obama Supporting Immigration Reform Executive Action:
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Luis Gutierrez is a racist.
Il Douche does a 180 after stating numerous times that he can’t do this. Par for the course for this loser (not that he has ever come close to shooting par).
Its hard for Barry to work with the GOP sitting in the backseat, where Barry and (Nuclear Option)Harry put them.
Elections have conseqences !!
Luis Gutierrez should be thrown out of office for putting illegals ahead of American citizens.
Luis Gutierrez can rot along with Obama.
They didn’t attempt to work with republicans. They’re telling republicans what they have to do. There are no options.
I call BS. The Republican House has passed many immigration bills that languished on Reid's desk, as have so did many other House bills into the hundreds.
For certain values of “attempted”...
“Obama attempted to work with the GOP”
Wish I had a dollar for every similar story I’ve heard:
“I tried to be reasonable, but that SOB: he kept refusing!
Of course, finally I had to shoot him.”
They say they don’t think many Americans are following this issue; nevertheless, they keep playing to the cheap seats.
I don’t like O’Reilly, but tonight he made Gutierrez look like an idiot trying to justify executive amnesty.
He is an idiot also. This is very bad for everybody in the long run.
...and a liar
Is this satire? Please, tell me this is satire.
The only immigration bill I want to see is one that Secures our borders and denies any type of monetary or public assistance.
When that is done a large part of these people,allegedly living in the shadows will return from where they came.
They should Never be given citizenship or the right to vote in any election as well.
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