Posted on 04/16/2013 10:31:43 AM PDT by AuntB
@SooperMexican Remember Obama want ZERO triggers. We have tough, multiple enforcement triggers.— (@CesarConda) April 14, 2013
“@SooperMexican: .@CesarConda it better be in the final bill.” If it is not, then my boss will not support it.— (@CesarConda) April 14, 2013
Cesar Conda, Sen. Marco Rubio’s chief of staff, talks a good game.
E-Verify, an Entry-Exit system, border fence, border security. Wow!
Alas, according to Mickey Kaus, the much-ballyhooed “triggers” don’t come into play until after illegal immigrants are given the ability to obtain legal status to live and work in the United States.
If you read closely, you learn that illegal immigrants will actually be legalized immediately–given “probationary legal status,” allowing them to “live and work legally in the United States” (according to Politico). The only thing that’s delayed, pending “stricter border enforcement,” is the opening of a “path to citizenship.” As if, once legalized, the 11 million are going to be unlegalized if enforcement measures are implemented with less than 100% efficacy.
The penalty for failing to meet the enforcement “trigger,” in other words, is both insufficient and fake. Insufficient because the undocumented will already have gotten the most important thing–the ability to live and work here legally (permanently, if we’re being realistic about it). Fake because it’s silly to think these 11M will be held indefinitely in non-citizen limbo if the implementation of enforcement fails, as it did in the last big immigration reform in 1986.
But don’t worry–it looks like there’s very little chance the “enforcement” effort will be found wanting– the “trigger” itself seems as phony as the penalty it avoids. [Ed. note: Yep.]
Kaus wrote that back in January. In the latest iteration of Rubio’s bill, illegal immigrants reportedly will be able to apply for legal status six months after Rubio’s bill is signed into law. When ABC’s Jonathan Karl made that point this morning, Sen. Rubio appeared to confirm it. (Start at 1:06 in the video below.)
Read the original article here: http://twitchy.com/2013/04/14/marco-rubios-chief-of-staff-bloviates-about-immigration-enforcement-triggers/
Some tried to do away with the anchor baby situation and this is what they were met with!
[I]n recent days, former aides to both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush, who pushed for comprehensive immigration reform, have condemned the calls by top Republicans to end birthright citizenship.
Cesar Conda, who served as domestic policy adviser to Cheney, has called such proposals “offensive.” Mark McKinnon, who served as media adviser in Bush’s two presidential campaigns, said Republicans risk losing their “rightful claim” to the 14th Amendment if they continue to “demagogue” the issue. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_08/025131.php
Isn't that special...Rubio's two top guys..Conda calls us 'offensive' and Grover Norquist calls us racist 'Bitter enders'....and THESE are the guys on OUR side?????
Damage control. Rubio is a liberal with an “R” next to his name.
Control the border for 10 years and then we’ll talk.
He talks as if he's one of us and treats us like we're idiots.
I hope the people of Florida are smart enough to dump this chump at first opportunity.
It is truly amazing for these unhearing ideologues on the losing side of the Republican Party who were ushered into favor by Conservative Constituents who believed their guy’s words (they were nothing but), think they can similarly parlay that accomplishment with hispanics by pandering to them with illegal criminal ‘normalizing’. They actually think they’ll get more hispanic votes. So frigging what!
They have fatally underestimated just how many votes they are going to lose from the conservatives that put them where they are in the first place. Mr. Conda can suck it. For that matter, Rubio can suck it. He is a person not to be believed any more.
Why would we believe that? Because he thinks we're idiots?
Rubio’s a sell-out RINO; I don’t trust him at all.
They can start by enforcing the 1986 Legislation/Law.
Nah that would be too much like Following the law. That is the LAST thing these Bastards want to do. It is all about “legacy” to the Congresscritters involved.
Just wait, the PhonyCon Liberals will push Rubio/Soros for 2016
Bumping this old article to remind you all what a traitor Marco Rubio was during the gang of 8 and to remind everyone who rus the Rubio team.
Note the line ‘rightful claim’ below.....we didn’t know Rubio was an anchor baby in 2013.
“This is what you get with Rubio/Conda!
Some tried to do away with the anchor baby situation and this is what they were met with!
[I]n recent days, former aides to both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush, who pushed for comprehensive immigration reform, have condemned the calls by top Republicans to end birthright citizenship.
Cesar Conda, who served as domestic policy adviser to Cheney, has called such proposals “offensive.” Mark McKinnon, who served as media adviser in Bush’s two presidential campaigns, said Republicans risk losing their “rightful claim” to the 14th Amendment if they continue to “demagogue” the issue. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_08/025131.php
Isn’t that special...Rubio’s two top guys..Conda calls us ‘offensive’ and Grover Norquist calls us racist ‘Bitter enders’....and THESE are our guys “
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