well what were the four victories on?
“Four immigration-reduction amendments”
I think this is really stupid strategy from NumbersUSA as they are now using the same tactic pro-illegal groups are using, ie labeling these issues as “immigration issues” rather than “illegal alien issue”.
Earth to NumbersUSA:
THIS IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ISSUE, NOT IMMIGRATION ISSUE.
This does not help anti-alien issue one bit. Besides, 97% of the foreigners here are illegals, the remaining 3% are legal (and if there are some breaking the law they should of course be deported).
Vast majority of the country is willing to support the cause of fight against illegal immigration. It is also logical to fight crime. Once you label all “immigrants” bad you lose a lot of support and you also get the accusations of racism (yes this is baseless, but happening anyway). It would make much more sense to state these issues “anti illegal immigration reduction”
While the victories really do represent great progress for our side, we also can be 95% sure that Senate Leader Reid, House Speaker Pelosi and Pres. Obama have every intention of killing these amendments in a backroom deal, just like they killed House-passed enforcement in March. But you can keep that from happening...
These four amendments have only passed the Senate. Still a long way to go before they might become law.
ping
Revised Immigration Plan Limits Officers’ Powers
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The Department of Homeland Security said it was revising a program that authorized local police to enforce federal immigration law - a controversial aspect of U.S. border policy.
Opponents said the program, known as 287g, was intended to identify criminal aliens but instead has led to racial profiling; it allowed local police to identify and arrest illegal immigrants for such minor infractions as a broken tail light. Program supporters said it has been an effective tool for combating illegal immigration.
The new guidelines sharply reduce the ability of local law enforcement to arrest and screen suspected illegal immigrants. They are intended to prevent sheriff and police departments from arresting people “for minor offenses as a guise to initiate removal proceedings,” according to Homeland Security. The program will instead focus on more serious criminals.
“In a world of limited resources, our view is that we need to focus first and foremost on people committing crimes in our community who should not be here,” said John Morton, Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Morton said his agency would sign new contracts with local law enforcement that would bolster federal oversight.
In the past two years, more than 120,000 suspected illegal immigrants were identified through the program, and most ended up in deportation proceedings. By comparison, ICE removed 356,739 illegal immigrants from the U.S. during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2008 - a 23.5% increase over the 2007 total.
The most active local enforcer has been Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County. He said Friday he would continue pursuing illegal immigrants, arguing that state laws allow neighborhood crime sweeps and worksite raids.
“If I’m told not to enforce immigration law except if the alien is a violent criminal, my answer to that is we are still going to do the same thing, 287g or not,” said Arpaio. His deputies have identified in jail or picked up on the streets more than 30,000 illegal immigrants in the Phoenix area. “We have been very successful,” said the five-term sheriff.
The Department of Justice is investigating whether Arpaio’s deputies have used skin color as a pretense to stop Latinos suspected of being illegal immigrants.
Obama’s policy change is expected to bolster his standing with Latinos and some Democratic legislators. The administration is seeking to set the stage for a sweeping overhaul of immigration legislation that could put millions of illegal workers on the path to U.S. citizenship.
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