Posted on 08/09/2013 7:29:21 AM PDT by xzins
The Republican Party is seemingly on the verge of embracing so-called comprehensive immigration reform. Using a tactic best described as “calculated incrementalism,” House Republicans plan to pass a series of individual bills addressing various aspects of immigration reform, which will then be combined in conference with the Senate bill.
Former House Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) cut right to the heart of the subterfuge, saying that the Republicans’ promise “to act tough on border security while looking to secure amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants has become infuriatingly all-too-familiar.”
Indications that House Republicans plan to acquiesce to amnesty were revealed by House Majority leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) last Sunday. Cantor .... expressed support for the House version of the DREAM Act, because children should not he held “liable for illegal acts of their parents.”
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) appears equally on board. In an interview ...made the economic case for immigration reform, arguing that even low-skill immigrants “bring labor to our economy so jobs can get done.” He insisted that Wisconsin dairy farmers are having a hard time finding workers, and that if they can’t—or if they raise wages as an alternative to attract those workers—both scenarios will lead to the importation of those products.
Why is Schumer optimistic? Hayworth explains that Republicans are embracing a classic “bait and switch” technique that is likely to succeed this time because, as opposed to the 2006-2007 effort, “the GOP leadership has become smarter, and more devious with their messaging.” He contends that a tough law enforcement bill sponsored by Rep. Mike McCaul, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, will receive a vote of approval, but will be subsequently abandoned during the House-Senate reconciliation process. McCaul has reportedly been apprised of this reality—behind closed doors—by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
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I question the effectiveness of the ballot box.
My congressman’s facebook page has a link to a survey. There are several checkboxes, one of which is “immigration reform.” I posted “If you check that does that mean you are for or against?” And then I explained the problem of going to conference. Obviously, he could interpret the checkbox any way he wanted, so I didn’t bother with the “survey.”
That figures, doesn’t it?
Cantor is cited above as being for full path to citizenship but only for those now adults who were here as kids, not the kids or those who came here grown.
Not surprising as it sounds compassionate, but if a real bill gets crafted you know it will be crap.
Dems would probably go for that as I said before.
” Not surprising as it sounds compassionate, but if a real bill gets crafted you know it will be crap.”
Of course
The GOP not only knows it, they are (quietly) cheering it on.
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