CONTROL THE BORDERS AND DEPORT THE THE MUSLIM THREATS. No immigration bill UNTIL that is done.
Why?
Take a look:
This is WHY:
Posted on 04/22/2013 6:50:23 PM PDT by AuntB
The misinformation from Senator Marco Rubio‘s office regarding the Gang of 8′s immigration reform bill — regarding what the bill does and does not do — continues.
On Wednesday, Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, sent Alex Conant, Rubio’s press secretary, a question via Twitter asking whether it was true that even those individuals who have been deported may qualify for legalization. Conant replied that it “only” applies if the deported individual has a child legally in the U.S. [pictured correspondence]
Rubio’s Chief of Staff, Cesar Conda, retweeted Conant’s response.
My follow-up inquiry to Conant (pictured below) was not responded to:
Here is what the bill actually states on this matter (as I noted in my column yesterday): Those who were previously deported are allowed to apply not only if they have children legally in the U.S., as Conant claims, but also if they have a spouse or a parent, legally in the U.S.
So why is Conant claiming it is “only” if the deported individual has a child here, and why is Conant refusing to address a correction request?
Meanwhile, Senator Rubio’s inaccurate and misleading press release yesterday (citing non-existent ‘triggers’ required for the process) remains on the senator’s website, as I wrote about yesterday here. The ‘six triggers’ myth seems to have originated with a Daily Caller piece by Matt Lewis. Rubio’s office apparently ran with that idea, making Lewis’s erroneous interpretation of the bill the center-point of their press release.
Now is a good time to clarify what exactly are the triggers. Here’s a quick guide:
First, it is inaccurate to discuss triggers in general. There are two, distinct stages: (1) the triggers for the first legalization (converting an undocumented immigrant into legal status, called the Registered Provisional Immigrant Status) and (2) the triggers needed for those individuals to later go from R.P.I. status to green card holders/permanent residents.
The first stage has no ‘triggers’ that must be met for the initial legalization because the only ‘trigger’ is that the strategies on border fencing and border security have simply ‘commenced.’
Nor does the second stage have any real triggers that must be met for the permanent residency (green card) process to kick off. It only requires (a) that the border plans be substantially deployed and substantially operational; (b) that E-Verify has merely been ‘implemented’; and (c) that an electronic exit system is being used at airports and sea ports.
So we only have 3 items that could even remotely be considered ‘triggers’ – and they only apply to green-lighting the permanent residency process ten years down the road (not to green-lighting initial legalization process).
Okay, well, let’s look at those three permanent residency requirements/’triggers,’ in order:
(a) Though Rubio yesterday mistakenly claimed in a video that the bill requires those border plans to be ‘fully’ implemented, as I noted here, the bill only requires ‘substantial’ implementation of those plans.
(b) E-Verify. As Daily Caller‘s Mickey Kaus noted in an article this morning, it is unlikely E-Verify (or the lack thereof) will play a role, as the requirement is easy to go around:Okay, well, let’s look at those three permanent residency requirements/’triggers,’ in order:
(a) Though Rubio yesterday mistakenly claimed in a video that the bill requires those border plans to be ‘fully’ implemented, as I noted here, the bill only requires ‘substantial’ implementation of those plans.
(b) E-Verify. As Daily Caller‘s Mickey Kaus noted in an article this morning, it is unlikely E-Verify (or the lack thereof) will play a role, as the requirement is easy to go around:
(c) As for the electronic exit visa system, one is already in place (and does not seem to have worked, clearly). Moreover, notice that the bill’s language does not read at “all” air and sea ports.
When will Senator Rubio’s staff either familiarize itself with the bill’s contents or stop disseminating inaccurate information to the American public?
UPDATE (April 18, 12:46 p.m. EST): Senator Rubio’s press secretary, Alex Conant, replied to our inquiry Thursday afternoon, requesting a comment on this Column. Conant now notes that the legalization of deported individuals is not limited to those with children legally in the U.S. (as his Tweet yesterday claimed).
While emphasizing the reunification of parents and children, Conant failed to add that the bill also allows deported individuals with spouses legally in the U.S. to apply for legalization — and is thus not limited to those with children or parents legally in the U.S.
UPDATE II (April 18, 4:06 p.m. EST): The misinformation by Senator Rubio’s staff continues. At 3:48 pm on Thursday afternoon, Cesar Conda, Senator Rubio’s Chief of Staff, Tweeted the following: [see link]
Senator Rubio made the same claim yesterday, in his YouTube video, as I noted in my column yesterday (see “Update” section, here). The false information persists, however.
This is what the relevant portion of the bill reads, regarding so-called ‘triggers’ for the green card/permanent residency process to proceed. Notice it reads “substantially” — not “fully,” as claimed by Rubio and his staff.
UPDATE III: (April 22, 7:23 p.m. EST) While Senator Rubio’s Press Secretary, Alex Conant, pushes the idea that the immigration bill is proceeding ‘despite President Obama, not because of him,’ in order to sell it to conservatives: [see link]
Yes.
With Gordito, ethic-loyalty trumps patriotism.
Rubio has plenty of wool he is willing to pull over you.
CONTROL THE BORDERS AND DEPORT THE THE MUSLIM THREATS. No immigration bill UNTIL that is done.
Why?
Take a look:
This is WHY:
Rubio and his staff are grifters.
Gotta vote for the bill to find out what’s in it.
What a crock!! Just enforce the law!!
Rubio has come out of the closet completely. He is a dirty traitor.
I think the only people Rubio mislead where Conservatives about him being a conservative!
If those pics don’t wake America up, nothing will. Prayers continue for these innocent bystanders.
Agreed!
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform
LATimes.com | March 19, 2013 | Michael A. Memoli
Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3010596/posts
Paul Rubio and all the others are as bad and no matter how many times we see threads attacking one side or theother the face remains the left is getting away with this crap
I suspect this is what happened:
1) Rubio decided early-on that he would “reform” immigration, at any price. This is a pattern of RINOs where a final product, any final product, is better than delivering nothing (Bush junior did that with many, many, pieces of liberal legislation).
2) So Rubio has a plan, and the plan has some teeth in it and he gets to work with the Democrats to get his ideas into the final bill.
3) The Dems figure out that Rubio’s desperation, and decided that they will write the bill THEIR WAY.
4) Rubio STILL wants a bill, any bill, so he tries his best, but is stonewalled by the Dems - who do include a few scraps to make Rubio feel better.
5) Rather than walk away from a terrible bill, he takes what he can get and now has to somehow sell it.
6) So he lies. He tells people that the bill contains what he WANTED in the bill, not what is in it - and hopes that it’s enough.
And that’s where we are now. What really should tell our side just how bad the bill is, is the way he’s now using DEMOCRAT TALKING POINTS. We would have been better off with Crist, if this was what Rubio had in mind.
I hope the end is near for Rubio’s radical rubbish.
He's not naive, and he's not being taken advantage of. He knows exactly whats going on and he is lying.
Does a bear ...???
Yeah well anyway...
Rubio seems hell bent upon destroying his own political base. I wonder why...?
For heaven’s sake. OBAMA is planning a major push for this. How much more do you need to know? It will be CATASTROPHIC for the U.S, which makes him happy.
If by “misleading” you mean jay carney styled lying... why then yes... yes they are.
LLS
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