Senate Conservatives Press Gang of 8 on Immigration Reform Entitlement Impact

Breitbart.com ^ | 4-10-13 | Matthew Boyle

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/10/Senate-conservatives-press-Gang-of-8-GOP-on-immigration-reform-s-food-stamp-welfare-impacts

Grassley, Sessions, and Roberts then asked McCain, Graham, Rubio, and Flake to commit to obtaining answers to the following seven questions “before any legislation is unveiled”:

1.Please list all federal benefits, means-tested aid, and other assistance programs explicitly denied to illegal immigrants during their probationary status.

2.Please list all federal benefits and aid programs former illegal immigrants become eligible for once granted green cards, or permanent residency.

3.Please provide an estimate of the cost to taxpayers in the first full 10-year window after illegal immigrants are granted green cards and become eligible for federal assistance.

4.Please provide an estimate of the cost to taxpayers in the first full 10 years of citizenship, including the costs of chain migration.

5.Please provide an estimate of the increase in cost to our nation’s long-term unfunded obligations, including Medicare, Social Security, and Obamacare, of a pathway to citizenship for the illegal immigrant population. This should be the recognized 75-year window.

6.Please provide the specific language your legislation includes to ensure enforcement of the currently unenforced section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

7.Please provide our offices, which have the relevant expertise to analyze fiscal effects, any legislative language concerning the aforementioned questions.

[Celtic_Storm]

The nerve of these guys! How dare they introduce relevant facts into the debate? They're supposed to just keep their mouths shut and bend over. With questions like those, the whole Amnesty scam / Scamnesty is exposed for what it is.

[GeronL]

If it does not include prison time for those who have come here illegally, worked illegally, used false papers illegally, committed identity theft, received government benefits under false names/pretenses, driving without licenses/insurance etc etc. BTW, will the bill also excuse the American citizens who violate these same laws?

then it is amnesty!!

[VerySadAmerican]

Don’t these extremists know that amnesty will reduce our debt when they all start paying taxes? In fact, this alone will pay for obamacare. sarc

[jwalsh07]

Whacko birds, one and all!

[IM2MAD]

I wish they’d asked where the jobs for the illegals will come from. How can they pay taxes if there are no jobs?

[skeeter]

I’d like Rubio to personally deliver the answers to these very good questions (since he’s the ‘conservative’ spokesperson of the Gang of Eight).

[AuntB]

THE GANG OF 8 CITIZENSHIP TEST! If you can climb it, you can vote!

[Steelfish]

What illegality? Many states now allow illegals to have driver’s licenses? Illegals march and defy US immigration law in open defiance?

Why don’t we pass a simple law, under s. 5 of the 14th A that the meaning of “under the jurisdiction of the United States.” means those who are not foreign citizens. Period. No more anchor babies and birther tourism.

http://www.federalistblog.us/2007/09/revisiting_subject_to_the_jurisdiction/

[GeronL]

bump

[Pelham]

McCain, Graham, Rubio, and Flake

Treason, it’s not just for Democrats anymore.

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“UPDATE: In a statement emailed to Breitbart News, Rubio spokesman Alex Conant responded to the three conservative senators’ request by saying:

There is no question that modernizing our immigration system will be help grow our economy and improve our nation’s finances. Senator Rubio and the other seven senators are still working on the legislation, but once it’s completed, we will ask for an in-depth, dynamic study of its long-term benefits and costs. Importantly, no illegal immigrant will receive Federal benefits under our proposal. The Democrats have already agreed to partially repeal Obamacare for illegal immigrants, which is a key concession. Any suggestion that this legislation will extend welfare to illegal immigrants is simply false.”

Another sneaky, weasely lie to try to fool people.
The FACT of the matter is that once the illegals are legalized, they will no longer be illegals and will then be able to mooch off the system. What other bs you got, Alex Conant? I’ll gladly shread whatever else you come up with.