The same with immigration. They'll begin with the children ("they were brought here through no fault of their own") and the elderly ("you can't possibly suggest sending them home now?? After they've been here all this time?? Obama's Aunt Zeituni and Uncle Omar come to mind).
Then with the children and the elderly covered, they'll move the goal posts from both ends till they meed in the middle.
Just no. NO. NO. NO. If the children are citizens, they can stay. But they're parents still need to go. Let them work out the logistics on that. That's their problem. Or they can go back with their parents. Their choice, if they're old enough.
Either way, not our problem. We neither asked nor gave them permission to be here!
Would they be willing to give up affirmative action and a separate racial classification (Hispanic is not really a race anyway) in exchange for a path to citizenship?
I suspect the answer would be no.
So if someone who has kids refuses to pay taxes they can not go to jail????
Oh wait trespassing of soverign soil is a different standard....
” Freshman Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.), on the other hand, made a passionate case in favor of the Cantor proposal, saying there was both a fiscal and moral argument in favor of granting citizenship to immigrant children. “
Looks like we found a new “bought and paid for” whore.
“Freshman Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.), on the other hand, made a passionate case in favor of the Cantor proposal. ... And I support it. I even supported it in my primary, which is not the easiest thing to do.”
You need a new primary opponent.
Anything else would be mean, cruel and spiteful.
(see I can play that game too)
Indeed, WHY try to pass things that are, according to senate Dems and RINOs, unacceptable? The only answers that make sense are:
1)Salmon's answer, they REALLY want to make a "symbolic statement," i. e. material for campaign commercials.
2)They don't care. They are just going with the flow.
3)They already said they are going to pass a bill, and it would be too embarrassing to change course.
4)They are open borders sellouts who want to use a House bill as a stepping stone to conference->Obama's desk.
Will they do the necessary spadework to out these conniving kids and their parents....all riding the US gravy train using multiple identities like there's no tomorrow?
NEED TO KNOW Do the kids get in-state tuition? Free school lunches? Welfare? food stamps? Free healthcare?
Do their parents falsely declare them on federal apps to get $$$thousands in EITC refunds----maybe falsely stating their "kids" (existent and non-existent) were back home across the border? Sometimes latinos collude w/ their friends...let the pals claim their kids for refunds, as a favor.
DID THEY SWINDLE THE US GOVT? DID THEY OBTAIN FRAUDULENT MORTGAGES? MORTGAGES THAT DEVSTATED THE US ECONOMY? THAT US TAXPAYERS WERE FORCED TO BAILOUT?
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REALTIME CASE IN POINT Keynote 2012 Dem convention speaker, Benita Veliz, told a sap-happy Dem crowd that she was "from San Antonio, Texas,” that she was "like so many Americans. I was brought here as a child," Veliz said. "I've been here ever since."
However, her profile on the activist website dreamactivist.org reveals that she came to the United States from Mexico at age 8 on a tourist visa and that her family then illegally overstayed ...
In 2009, Benita allegedly rolled through a stop sign and when stopped by a police officer, Veliz had a Mexican consular card.....but no driver's license. She was booked in jail overnight, and immigration authorities started deportation proceedings against her......
....but she's still here, breaking laws and riding the US gravy train
So if the stupid Repubs pass The Kids Act, little Benita will have to use one of her other identities-----one that has no criminal record attached to it....yet.
The Velez family probably suck-up mucho US tax dollars, UI checks, welfare checks, disability checks, EITC refunds, etc etc etc. ....using multiple identities.
Wonder how much money little Benita is laundering---and wiring back to secret Mexican bank accounts?
Why don’t they show us in good faith and start deporting parents right away. They keep pointing out how the parents broke the law and not their kids..Border security is no good if parents can keep showing up with kids and get a free pass to stay.Start deporting parents and will see just how American their kids really are.