Good points. I still don’t understand WHY Republicans want to do any of this. What has happened to Paul Ryan? I didn’t think he was stupid....he must be, though, if he thinks Republicans or America will benefit from this bill. Has he sold out to “corporate interests” that are pushing this bill? He’s one or the other - stupid or a sellout (or both, I guess).
Once you accept that the actions of the GOP most ofter mirror or reinforce, rather than oppose those of the Dems, it all falls into place.
On opposition party that can take an issue like Amnesty and find ANY common ground with liberal dems is NOT on your side.
This if course flies in the face of the uncontested fact that the first thing illegals do when they hit this country is to have a taxpayer funded anchor baby so they can load up on social service and welfare benefits, often under multiple illegal identities(that's the reason the California Assembly made it illegal to finger print welfare recipients to spot fraud ) which is only going to add to our social security burden and crash the system faster.
One of Amnesty's major provision is that newly amnestied illegals are a new protected and privileged class who are fully eligible for welfare and free health care, which legal immigrants are not eligible for and are barred from by the way
Its hard to see how millions of non assimilated, uneducated, illiterate people who do speak English and refuse to learn to speak our language are going to be an economic asset to our country in a high tech economy that requires serious education and technical skills.
One of the Democrat Party and Jerry Brown's big philosophical arguments is that we need more welfare to support all of the workers who are being displaced by high tech and automation.
If the displacement of educated, highly skilled American workers due to automation and technology is such a huge problem in the US and is causing so much unemployment, why are we importing millions of illegals who don't have any future in our new economy because they lack the basic education and skill sets to even break into the jobs market .
So the reason for the inexplicable momentum for the unstoppable train of Amnesty is not clear because it is on obvious train wreck that will cause serious problems for the country if passed
My beloved old Grand Dad was in the wholesale liquor business in Chicago during the 1920s and early 30s and who was also the bag man who delivered brown bags and envelopes full of money to judges, politicians, police chiefs and reporters during prohibition.
He always told me that when you see government officials and other people in power doing things that go against the law or ignore blatant criminal acts and corruption, and things are crazy and simply make no sense then there is a good chance people at the top are being bribed, threatened or blackmailed .
Its the Chicago Way