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Lott Gets Heat About Support for Immigration Bill
(Protest at his Jackson Ms Office)
WTOK.com ^
| 5-31-7
| Wendy Suares
Posted on 05/31/2007 4:12:57 PM PDT by WKB
Protesters by the dozens carried signs, like "Security First, Amnesty Never," outside the Jackson office of Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott on Thursday. It was a shot at proposed legislation and Sen. Lott, who says the bill is not perfect, but it's better than nothing.
"Sen. Lott has stated people in Mississippi have no problems with this bill, but as you see now, we are a cross section of Mississippi and we are very opposed to this bill," said Kim Wade of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement, or MFIRE.
Senate Bill 1348 adds more border patrol agents and erects 300 miles of barriers. A temporary worker program would require workers to go home after two years and re-register.
And the 12 million or so illegal aliens already here could have the chance to become citizens. That's the part of the bill that has so many taking a hard stand against it.
"They're breaking the law just by being here," said protester Robbie Hughes. "And it's costing Mississippi a tremendous amount of dollars."
About $62 million a year, according to State Auditor Phil Bryant. His latest figures show 122,000 illegal immigrants in Mississippi, leaving taxpayers with the bill for health care, education, and public safety.
Lott says it would be impossible to locate and deport all the illegal aliens already in the U.S. He said "they should have to pay a fine, undergo background checks, be constantly employed and pay taxes, and go to the back of the line for citizenship papers, all required in this bill. And if I can make these provisions even stronger, I will."
"If nothing else, take a step back and give us time to go over the bill in detail and hash it out. But at this point, there's no way this bill can be supported in any form or fashion," said Wade.
The rally was co-sponsored by Eagle Forum of Mississippi and the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; immigrationbacklash; sellout; trentlott
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To: Sybeck1
61
posted on
05/31/2007 10:57:32 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Theodore R.
62
posted on
05/31/2007 10:59:21 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: WKB
We don’t have to find them. Set up camp at ERs, welfare offices, schools. They will find us.
vaudine
63
posted on
05/31/2007 11:02:09 PM PDT
by
vaudine
To: Cedar
I’ve never been a conspiracy theorist, but
I want to know what the heck is going on...
“No other explanation makes sense. Reasonable people making totally unreasonable decisions for this country...”
64
posted on
05/31/2007 11:02:42 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Gurn
Hey, Gurn!
Good to see you!
65
posted on
05/31/2007 11:03:53 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: highball
“Anybody who votes for this deserves to find himself voted out of office. Period.”
To paraphrase the Donald in the Southern vernacular,
“Yore farred!!”
66
posted on
06/01/2007 7:14:13 AM PDT
by
L98Fiero
(A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
To: dixiechick2000
67
posted on
06/01/2007 7:25:53 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
To: WKB
I love Kim Wade, they need to get Kamikaze off the show though.
68
posted on
06/01/2007 9:45:04 AM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: struggle
I live so far out by the time Kim Wade comes on
I can’t pick it up.
And I try not to be anywhere near Jackson
after 5. Especially when it gets dark early.
69
posted on
06/01/2007 10:55:30 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I'm not ashamed to be from Mississippi, but I am to have this idiot as my Senator.
Well, MS re-elected this spineless weasel last year, so theyre partially responsible for this.
I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY!!!
Wiley
70
posted on
06/01/2007 11:07:19 AM PDT
by
WileyPink
("...I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6b)
To: seekthetruth
He says it would be impossible to locate all the illegal aliens, so how can they be forced by law to pay a fine, undergo background checks,pay taxes,apply for citizenship if they cant be located???? Apparently they are all invisible right now, but as with Claude Raines, all we'll need to do is wrap them in specially-treated bandaging in order to note their position ... and then they can be fined, we can track their mandatory employment, etc.
Isn't Loot's excuse the lamest thing you've heard? Brudder.
To: WileyPink; Extremely Extreme Extremist
Your apology will fall on deaf speakers, Wiley.
So far EEE hasn’t even agreed to my offer for a deal
or LLS’s explanation of the lessor of 2 evils. He just jumps in shoots his keyboard off and rides into the sunset of the next thread.
72
posted on
06/01/2007 11:47:38 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: WKB
Lott says it would be impossible to locate and deport all the illegal aliens already in the U.S. He said "they should have to pay a fine, undergo background checks, be constantly employed and pay taxes, and go to the back of the line for citizenship papers, all required in this bill. And if I can make these provisions even stronger, I will."
If they can't be located and deported, how in H--- are they going to locate them so the fines can be levied and background check be made?
73
posted on
06/01/2007 11:54:53 AM PDT
by
Parmy
To: Parmy
If they can't be located and deported, how in H--- are they going to locate them so the fines can be levied and background check be made? .
That seems to be the somewhere between 12 and 20 million $$$$$ question.
74
posted on
06/01/2007 12:01:43 PM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: WKB
If every cop in the state was told to arrest one illegal a day for five days, there would no longer be 122,000 of them in the state.
75
posted on
06/01/2007 12:14:53 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Stinko De mayo, Stinko to the Commies.)
To: WKB
76
posted on
06/01/2007 6:48:45 PM PDT
by
Islander7
("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
To: Islander7; wardaddy; WileyPink; jmax; 2ndDivisionVet; somniferum; flying Elvis; MagnoliaMS; ...
77
posted on
06/01/2007 6:54:31 PM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: seekthetruth
And add a new agency to the Federal budget to oversee that these illegals are gainfully employed and have reached all the checkpoints.
Heck, they were willing to come in loaded in the back of an 18 wheeler....so a school bus would be a luxury ride back.
78
posted on
06/01/2007 6:59:06 PM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Rudy met his third wife when he was cheating on his first wife with his second wife." Jay Leno)
To: WKB
Thanks for the link!
That’s a great site.
79
posted on
06/01/2007 9:23:37 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: tflabo
Exactly - and every Dem too.
80
posted on
06/01/2007 9:28:27 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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