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House Dems Offer Legal Status to Undocumented in Immigration Bill
Fox News ^ | 12-15-09

Posted on 12/15/2009 3:46:22 PM PST by civilwar2

Lawmakers pushing for immigration reform say job losses and a sluggish economy should not deter legislation legalizing illegal immigrants.Hispanic, black, Asian and other House lawmakers backing immigration overhaul called Tuesday for legalizing illegal immigrants in the U.S., despite a weakened economy and joblessness.

The coalition of lawmakers said Tuesday immigration reform can protect American workers as well as bring into the mainstream economy productive immigrant workers who have lived in the shadows because of their illegal status.

"For those who say that given the state of our economy, given the unemployment rate, this is not the time, I would say to you there is no wrong or right time. There is a moral obligation," said Rep. Lydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 111th; aliens; amnesty; congress; demnesty; democrats; illegal; immigrantlist; immigration; obama; obamnesty; scamnesty
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Watch the videos and listen to her words. Not my kind of music but it really hits home to what we are facing now.

anneharpen Walk The Streets In Anger by Anne Marie Harpen http://tinyurl.com/yjwyxnm

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21 posted on 12/15/2009 5:14:07 PM PST by OafOfOffice (Constitution is not neutral.It was designed to take the government off the backs of people-Douglas)
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To: civilwar2

Welcome to Free Republic! Greetings from NC...


22 posted on 12/15/2009 5:15:46 PM PST by NoAmnesty (I don't have a tagline, but if I did, it would be here!)
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To: civilwar2

Tick, tock; tick, tock. That is the sound of time running out on Congress. And there will be a terrible backlash.


23 posted on 12/15/2009 5:19:23 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: civilwar2
I supose someone has to live there. Darned if I can figure out why though.

Whth a screen name like yours the feds are sure to keep track or your activities. It might be benificial to have someone from LA for them to chase after.

24 posted on 12/15/2009 5:31:01 PM PST by An Old Man (Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
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To: randomhero97

That’s certainly my take on it.

And what’s going on right now is horrible, but at least it’s being done in the name of the Left. Look at the respect for the left. It’s being destroyed.

Independents are getting a real good luck at the left right now. It’s about time this generation got a good look at what the left wants to do, wants to be affiliated with.


25 posted on 12/15/2009 5:38:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Sick and tired of reading new information sure to hurt Tiger Woods' wife and kids. ENOUGH AREADY!)
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To: randomhero97
Among first-generation American Hispanics, 33% say they are American first, and 41% identify themselves by their parents' homeland.

I guess the argument is that if we just give this one last amnesty to the co-ethnics and compatriots of Hispanic Americans and green card holders, to show how inclusive and good we are, well THEN, they'll finally start to feel like they belong and that the U.S. is a good country. Just this last tiny amnesty of 15-20 million -- as a show of good faith.
26 posted on 12/15/2009 5:41:27 PM PST by ruination
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To: freekitty

The first and worst ineligible poseur acting like the President of the United States ever.


27 posted on 12/15/2009 5:43:12 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (All Democrats weren't Slave Owners, but all Slave Owners were Democrats)
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To: ruination

Yeah, no thanks. That would seal the deal on the fall of the Republic IMO.


28 posted on 12/15/2009 5:44:32 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: civilwar2
We're in a depression.

Incorrect. We are NOT in a depression.

29 posted on 12/15/2009 6:10:08 PM PST by plain talk
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To: plain talk

i guess it depends on who “we” are. WE IN MICHIGAN are in a depression. If it weren’t for unemployment benefits, people would be living and starving in the streets!!


30 posted on 12/15/2009 6:42:03 PM PST by annelizly
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To: civilwar2
Democrats/Marxists want to legalize illegals so that they can create millions of new Democrat voters.

After the elected Democrats/Marxists/liberals ram through government healthcare then they will ram this Amnesty for illegals down the American people's throat.

The Democrats/Marxists know that elected democrats are 60% of the Senate so they know that there is nothing Republicans can do to stop them.

The fix is in . All this “debate” between “moderate” and liberal democrats is all an act. Democrats are all Marxists. They always knew they were going to vote for government healhtcare. So they know they will all vote for Amnesty as that guarantees democrats to get tens of millions of new voters, the illegals and their families back in the third world. then they will silence Rush, Hannity, Levin with the Fairness doctrine, and silence the Internet with Net Neutrality.

They , all elected Democrats/Marxists, know this script.And they know that there is not a thing that Republicans, conservatives, or the American people can do to stop them.

Then the private sector which is the engine of wealth,jobs, high living standards and freedom will be crippled. And the Marxist/communist/Democrat takeover will be complete without firing a shot.

31 posted on 12/15/2009 7:26:03 PM PST by Democrat_media (Democrats are the threat , they all voted for socialism on 11/21/09)
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To: civilwar2

Amnesty is Fort Sumter.


32 posted on 12/15/2009 7:28:47 PM PST by an amused spectator (The money vampires fear garlands of lead & brass)
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Democrats/Marxists want to legalize illegals so that they can create millions of new Democrat voters.

After the elected Democrats/Marxists/liberals ram through government healthcare then they will ram this Amnesty for illegals down the American people's throat.

The Democrats/Marxists know that elected democrats are 60% of the Senate so they know that there is nothing Republicans can do to stop them.

The fix is in . All this “debate” between “moderate” and liberal democrats is all an act. Democrats are all Marxists. All elected Democrats always knew they were going to vote for government healhtcare. So they know they will all vote for Amnesty as that guarantees democrats to get tens of millions of new voters, the illegals and their families back in the third world. Then Democrats/Marxists/liberals will cripple the private sector furhther with Cap and trade. Also Democrats will silence Rush, Hannity, Levin with the Fairness doctrine, and silence the Internet with Net Neutrality.

They , all elected Democrats/Marxists, know this script.And they know that there is not a thing that Republicans, conservatives, or the American people can do to stop them.

Then the private sector which is the engine of wealth,jobs, high living standards and freedom will be crippled. And the Marxist/communist/Democrat takeover will be complete without firing a shot.

33 posted on 12/15/2009 7:32:26 PM PST by Democrat_media (Democrats are the threat , they all voted for socialism on 11/21/09)
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To: Kimberly GG
How are we suppose to stop them this time?

Tell them it's the equivalent of firing on Fort Sumter, and mean it.

34 posted on 12/15/2009 7:36:38 PM PST by an amused spectator (The money vampires fear garlands of lead & brass)
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To: Democrat_media
Drooling with diversity, Ted Kennedy pushed SEVEN amnesties into law. None was followed by a reduction in illegal immigration.

1. In 1986, Sen Ted Kennedy’s blanket amnesty for 2.7 million illegal aliens promised a lot more enforcement but did not set any requirements for actual reductions in illegal immigration.

2. In 1994, Ted Kennedy’s Section 245(i) Amnesty gave legal residence and jobs to 578,000 illegal aliens. It was a temporary rolling amnesty primarily for extended family members of immigrants who instead of waiting in line, come on to the country illegally.

3. In 1997, Ted Kennedy’s extension of the Section 245(i) rolling amnesty was followed by an increasing flow of illegal immigration.

4. In 1997, Ted Kennedy also won an amnesty for close to one million illegal aliens from Central America. Illegal immigration sped up some more.

5. In 1998, Ted Kennedy won an amnesty for 125,000 illegal aliens from Haiti.

6. In 2000, Ted Kennedy got the so-called Late Amnesty, legalizing another 400,000 illegal aliens who claimed that they missed out on Kennedy’s 1986 amnesty.

7. In 2000, Ted Kennedy also won the LIFE Act Amnesty for an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. It was another reinstatement of the rolling Section 245(i) amnesty.......an estimated 900,000 illegal aliens. Illegal immigration accelerated. SOURCE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2328980/posts?page=5#5

Another disastrous Kennedy legacy:

Teddy and his brother Bobby were instrumental in drawing up and passing the 1965 immigration "reform" law----that changed the ethnic distribution of immigrants who were coming in from predominantly European origin....... to encourage predominantly Latin American, and other Third World immigration, and Asians (including Moslems).

The primary purpose of their bill (never admitted publicly), was new Dem voters.......including illegals with stolen ID's that followed.

Another disastrous consequence: the US was more vulnerable to sabotage from within. The immigration tidal wave enabled the Left's evil agenda of "diversity," "multiculturalism," and "political correctness." Ethnic tensions in both urban and suburban areas were exacerbated.

The MSM has never linked the increased "Balkanization." and instability of American culture to the Kennedy brothers, although they deserve a huge share of the blame.

35 posted on 12/15/2009 7:46:33 PM PST by Liz
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To: DoughtyOne
It makes it look like people who support the issues you raised, are comfortable with supporting a second civil war.

So, Hank - what exactly are YOU going to do when the Democrats inundate 200+ Congressional districts with a foreign majority, and gain a rubberstamp for the next 3 decades, like Mexico's PRI?

We started this Republic with 20,000 to 30,000 citizens per US representative. We're at 600,000 citizens per US representative now. This will add another 20,000 to 30,000 "citizens" per US representative.

They're telling you your vote is worth doodley-squat.

They're spitting in your face, and my face.

You know, I never got involved in the previous amnesty wars on Free Republic, years ago. This time, it's different. This time, it's for all the marbles, and this is The Final Provocation.

You can make nice to the outside world all you want, but if they get this, it's REALLY all over.

36 posted on 12/15/2009 7:49:31 PM PST by an amused spectator (The money vampires fear garlands of lead & brass)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Wal Mart is usually filled with illegals which I why I avoid going there.

www.numbersusa,com Get set up on the Action Buffett to send free faxes. They have canned letters and alert you. Sepnd a 1minute a week. they helped stop the last amnesty attempt.

Most people are too lazy and watch tv like the little slaves and peons they are.


37 posted on 12/15/2009 8:46:12 PM PST by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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To: an amused spectator

A lot of people here are lazy cause they are watching TV and ball games like the rest of the serfs and dhiminis in this country.

I was on the phone today with my senator AH about Obama care followed by faxes on www.faxzero.com (2 free a day). I have been doing that for months usually twice a week.

I was on numbersusa.com using their canned fax system to send 6 free faxes today o stop amnesty andthey did last time.

What did others here do today? Well I read about granny’s peach cobbler or how to pray the rosary or some dumb joke or satire or some other crap.

People are lazy. They would rather be serfs and salves watching LSU play Old BS State in some toatlly meaningless ball game or NASCAR race or Oprah episode or some dumb TV show..


38 posted on 12/15/2009 8:58:20 PM PST by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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To: civilwar2

Your username is irresponsible and trollish. Conservatives do not support anarchy or terrorism. We support the rule of law at all costs. Take it back to DU.


39 posted on 12/15/2009 9:03:23 PM PST by w. Seymour (Third party advocates are George Soros's useful idiots.)
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To: an amused spectator

Completely irresponsible comment. We’ve had amnesties before and nothing of the kind ever happened. The American people are not going to go to war over this issue. If you don’t like the current representation in Congress, vote them out. Conservatives don’t resort to terrorism when we don’t get our way. We are civilized unlike the other side of the aisle.


40 posted on 12/15/2009 9:10:31 PM PST by w. Seymour (Third party advocates are George Soros's useful idiots.)
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