Posted on 10/02/2005 11:51:09 AM PDT by wagglebee
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is urging the Department of Homeland Security to assure illegal immigrants that they will get their fair share of Hurricane Katrina relief aid without fear of being deported.
In a statement posted to her official Senate web site on Wednesday, Clinton said that the DHS should "issue a formal statement reassuring immigrant victims of Hurricane Rita and Katrina that they can seek help from relief agencies without fear of deportation or being turned over to immigration authorities."
In a letter written directly to Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, Clinton and other Senate Democrats complained that they first asked for Katrina amnesty for illegals more than two weeks ago, but have not received a response.
"In fact," they said, "we were surprised and troubled to learn that DHS has placed some individuals in deportation proceedings after these individuals sought assistance, despite the fact that the government had previously encouraged all storm victims to come forward to seek help.
"Particularly given the widely publicized reports that DHS will deport some immigrant victims of Katrina who sought assistance, we believe such a public assurance is crucial."
Mrs. Clinton urged Chertoff to "terminate removal proceedings against those [illegal immigrants] who were placed in proceedings after they sought assistance."
Other Senate Democrats who signed onto Mrs. Clinton bid to obtain Katrina aid for illegal immigrants include Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Maria Cantwell, Barack Obama, Russ Feingold, Daniel Akaka, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Carl Levin, John F. Kerry, Chris Dodd, Pat Leahy and Jon Corzine.
She figured out that she has to get elected to the NY senate before she's back in the White House.
This piece of white trash is unbelieveable. God help us if she should get back to the White House.
By their failure to enforce the intent of our immigration laws, they are in violation of their oath and should be charged with impeachment of office.
Why amnesty is now necessary for illegal aliens is beyond my tolerance and understanding. Humans in need should be provided with basic emergency helps regardless of who they are in the country but if and when someone is identified as illegal alien, they should answer for their illegal behavior. Just because a storm/emergency occured is no reason to provide "amnesty" and the two issues are not even related here.
Because, amnesty is not necessary to provide anyone with a bed, a shower, clean and dry clothes, basic accommodations and food/medical care on an emergency basis for some interim time but a person's legal/illegal status should be identified early on to prevent American dollars aiding illegal aliens, AND, if an illegal alien is here, they should be deported.
And all of them who took off for Mexico prior to the storms should not be allowed to just drive back whenever.
This situation is beyond absurd. Illegal aliens need to be shown the door and that does not mean they should not be shown compassion or should be shown intolerance for emergency, humane needs, but the illegal alien presence has to be resolved.
Amnesty "just because" ideas indicate pitiful pandering, in my opinion, and Hillary Clinton is doing just that: foolishly pandering. Chertoff, well, he is, too.
Keep it up and I am moving to Czech Republic...
There is nothing too absurd or asinine for leftists when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. Leftists disgust me to no end.
C'mon, this isn't true. If any Freeper has stated that they'd support HRC I'd like to see that post(s).
I hope she sticks to that position--it makes her unelectable as President.
"By their failure to enforce the intent of our immigration laws, they are in violation of their oath and should be charged with impeachment of office."
I don't know if we need anything from Congress right now - a good start would be the executive branching recognizing how seriously their constituents feel about border secuity and start enforcing existing laws.
Then maybe congress can jump on the bandwagon if they want and pass some better immigration bills, maybe increase legal immigration if we could ever get rid of the ilegals.
"But some freepers here are willing to support her cause she wants to get tough on illegal immigrants."
Some FReepers have dung for brains.
I am stunned, angered, annoyed, outraged...
Illegal is her middle name, after Jezebel. Her husband, Ahab, slipped protocols of Sustainable Development (Agenda 21) into the U.S. after Congress turned it down. He gave U.S. military technology to China and bedded them down in the Lincoln bedroom. Then he had Jamie Gorelick isolate our intelligence agencies from eachother so Osama's crazies could fly our people into our people and then they put Jamie Gorlick on the 9/11 Commission to investigate herself!
Illegal is the word for both of them. So what's new?
They should seek help but the idea that they're supposed to be suddenly deemed not responsible for their illegal presence just because a storm (storms, rather) occured is nonsensical and irritatingly so. Again, it's the political mind here pandering to illegality and trying to rationalize continuing it, "just because."
There is NO REASON that the U.S. cannot establish shelters for illegal aliens to receive basic helps, just as they have for citizens. But the plan needs to include appropriate answering for their actions for illegal aliens. If they need help, give them the basics but I'd like to know what the morality and logic is here for "amnesty" to be included in the care packages.
The care packages are aid enough by the country for people responsible for illegalities that they SHOULD be held accountable for. I realize this upsets Vicente Fox but so what.
In that case they would be zotttttted!
If you think the military is hurting on enlistments now - just wait. Re-enlistments will drop off exponentially.
Not if there're enough of them. We're talking potential democratic votes here...
HRC...She doesn't quit, does she?!
Don't underestimate Hillary, no matter how much you dislike her politics (trying to be civilized here but it's killing me). My guess is that she's had research done that determined that illegal aliens will outnumber citizens plus legal immigrants by 2008. Now that's a scary thought.
If in doubt deport deport deport deport
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