Posted on 06/27/2013 10:24:30 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
New Jersey Sen. Jeff Chiesa will vote for the immigration reform plan pending in the Senate, his office said today.
The Republican announced his decision the old fashioned way: on Twitter. His office confirmed that the new account, @ChiesaNews, is authentic.
He later released this statement:
“As a former Federal prosecutor and Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, I have looked carefully at this debate through the lens of public safety and law enforcement. This bill strengthens border security, E-verify and better identifies visa overstays through an improved entry/exit system. I will vote for this immigration bill because I believe it is the right thing to do.”
Chiesa would provide one more Republican vote to help immigration reform supporters get closer to the 70-vote count they hope will pressure the House to take up the bill -- though Republican leaders there sound increasingly unlikely to bring the Senate plan to a vote. They instead sound inclined to write their own legislation, likely to include more conservative provisions.
The final immigration vote, which could happen Thursday, could be the most significant of Cheisa's four-month tenure. It may also affect how national conservatives, who are deeply divided on this issue, view Gov. Christie, who hand-picked Chiesa to fill the seat of the late-Sen. Frank Lautenberg.
Chiesa had until now expressed concern about border security but declined to take a firm stand on the bill. He voted for several measures to strengthen security, including a so-called "border surge" that will nearly double patrols and add hundreds of miles of new fencing.
Sen. Pat Toomey, (R., Pa.) has said he is "unlikely" to support the final bill. Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) is one of its prime sponsors and Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) supports the measure.
We all know Christie checked with Schumer on who he should appoint. Schumer wasn’t going to lose a vote just because somebody died, not when he has a compliant governor.
The bill also gives amnesty to 11 million (or more) plus the tens of millions more who will join them thru family reunification. The bill brings in 33 million permanent legal immigrants over the next ten years compared to the 13.9 million in decade ending in 2010, which was the highest in history. It also doubles the guest worker program increasing the numbers by 1.6 million the first year and 600,000 a year thereafter.
The Reps have been bought off by corporate interests. The bill will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen.
The fact that they applied rather then coming here behind a guy with a gun in the desert shows they have far more scruples and morals to begin with.
Mr. Former Prosecutor appears to have a basic criminal mindset of his own.
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The entire country is being played for suckers by a handful of traitors!!!!
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