"...as a way for young people who are anti-American by experience, if not a birth..."
Posted on 04/26/2012 1:42:45 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Successful politicians, by definition, look for opportunities to advance themselves and their parties. Occasionally, the right thing to do and the politically expedient thing to do are one and the same.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., last week proposed a compromise on the Dream Act that promises to serve both as a means of partially repairing the relationship between the Republican Party and Hispanic voters and as a way for young people who are American by experience, if not a birth, to legally stay in the country they know as home.
The Dream Act was first drafted in 2001, and was designed to offer individuals who came to the United States illegally as children a path to citizenship if they attended college or joined the military. Since then, it has attracted some bipartisan support, but has fallen short of passage. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., reintroduced the current version but, for the first time in the bill’s history, no Republican has stepped up as a cosponsor.
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This Elkin guy is a fool. He is exactly what is wrong with the Republican Party.
What a hack.
He starts off defining what a successful parasite is.
“...and Hispanic voters and as a way for young people who are American by experience, if not a birth, to legally stay in the country they know as home. “
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Yeah right!
And while at it why not make ‘em eligible for potus, too!!!!!
Semper BS!
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Successful politicians ??
Successful Pimps
Successful Drug Dealers.
See the pattern? Success does not mean right.
I am not interested in successful politicians. I want leaders.
You are NOT an American and want to be one? Then do it like MILLIONS of others before you. Enter legally and apply for citizenship. Otherwise, get the hell out.........
Successful politicians ??
Successful Pimps
Successful Drug Dealers.
See the pattern? Success does not mean right.
I am not interested in successful politicians. I want leaders.
You are NOT an American and want to be one? Then do it like MILLIONS of others before you. Enter legally and apply for citizenship. Otherwise, get the hell out.........
rubio, romney, bush... no difference.
LLS
rubio, romney, bush... no difference.
LLS
rubio, romney, bush... no difference.
LLS
rubio, romney, bush 1, 2 or 3... no difference. Scumbag politicians are trying to replace the citizenship, wonder why?
He may take the issue away from obama even if it goes nowhere. This is good as it highlights obama failed Again.
He may take the issue away from obama even if it goes nowhere. This is good as it highlights obama failed Again.
You know it is bad when you can’t tell the difference between them any more.
Here’s MY compromise for the Dream Act - go home, get in line and, if we need you, we’ll call you.
Buh-bye!!
Don’t let the door hit you!!
"...as a way for young people who are anti-American by experience, if not a birth..."
Rubio fell off my list when he endorsed Romney. Now his is no more than a RINO to me.
Why doesn’t he come up something that would save the country?
That appears to be what Rubio’s version does, with the caveat that it provides a work visa or student visa to the child/young adult without first kicking them out of the country.
Our problem is NOT kids who have lived here their entire lives, worked hard, graduated high school, and are now trying to be productive members of society. So long as we can ensure that benefits of the bill are solely for these individuals, and wouldn’t give them citizenship, or provide visas for their family, and is based on kids who are already here (thus not “encouraging” more entrants to take advantage), this is solving a problem, not creating one.
Of course, people who couldn’t see any possible upside to allowing such kids to go to college won’t see the upside to allowing them to have student or work visas either.
The one thing the author had right — we have so polarized the debate that you can’t actually discuss the issue, it’s all “give them amnesty” or “fry them on electric fences”.
Don’t we already have enough “republicans” doing the liberals’ dirty work for them?
Some are just too blind to see the truth.
LLS
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