Posted on 03/22/2006 12:41:37 PM PST by Boston Blackie
NEW YORK -- Invoking Biblical themes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton joined immigration advocates Wednesday to vow and block legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented immigrants.
Clinton, a potential 2008 presidential candidate and relative latecomer to the immigration debate, made her remarks as the Senate prepares to take up the matter next week.
Clinton renewed her pledge to oppose a bill passed in December by the House that would make unlawful presence in the United States _ currently a civil offense _ a felony.
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As the poorly written AP article says, it's a misdemeanor now. That means it's not a criminal offence. The proposed bill would make it a felony, which is a criminal offence. Clear?
Main Entry: mis·de·mean·or
Pronunciation: "mis-di-'mE-n&r
Function: noun
: a crime that carries a less severe punishment than a felony; specifically : a crime punishable by a fine and by a term of imprisonment not to be served in a penitentiary and not to exceed one year
"a crime "
So, it is a crime. Clear?
Clear as mud...this was a hot topic on another thread today.
Hey Hillary, you want scripture? Here's one for you: "John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (KJV)"
A misdemeanor is a criminal offense. Typically you can only get on year in jail for it, but it is a crime.
Hey HillyBilly, illegal aliens can not legally vote in American elections.
OK, I was wrong. I see that now.
I think she's referring to Jesus and the Good Samaritan in the same way as Cardinal Mahony is concerned about those who would help a hurt illegal alien, not that Jesus or the Good Samaritan were necessarily illegal aliens themselves (although the man from Samaria WAS not from Jerusalem or Jericho, and Jesus taking human form was probably as "alien" as possible ; )
This is funny. There was a time on FR where certain people were singing Hillary's praises and even promising to vote for her all because she said "illegal immigration is a problem".
Jesus never helped someone who broke the law?!
Well, then perhaps you will know: did Jesus help people who had broken the law?
You hit the nail right on the head.
How about this one: "
Leviticus 19:33-34
"When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God."
Just a difference in the words illegal and criminal.
You can do stuff every day illegal. That does not make you a criminal.
Criminal usually means you were convicted of a crime. I speed all the time driving, but that does not make me a criminal until I'm convicted of a crime driving.
it will be fun to see how shrill she becomes in the 2008 election when she figures out too late that she is going to lose.
Isn't New York a safe Dem state? That may help her for fund raising but I don't think its gonna help in the contested states.
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