Posted on 04/07/2015 12:59:16 PM PDT by cotton1706
On Monday, 12 centrist House Democrats–including an Oregon Democrat who declared that amnesty for illegal immigrants is the new civil rights movement and will determine who controls the country for the next 30 years–refused to sign an amicus brief in support of President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, revealing that voters in their districts may not be as supportive of granting amnesty to illegal immigrants as national Democrats.
According to The Hill, 181 House Democrats signed the brief, which argues that “Congress has vested the Secretary of Homeland Security with broad discretion to determine how best to implement the immigration laws, including the particular decisions embodied in the Deferred Action Memorandum.”
But 12 Democrats, including Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), did not. Schrader’s refusal to do so is indeed curious given that he declared at a pro-amnesty rally in February that the amnesty movement is the new civil rights movement and “probably the biggest issue of the 21st century.”
“It will decide who is in charge of this country for the next 20 or 30 years,” he said.
The Hill noted that the 12 Democrats who did not sign the brief “are mostly centrists and members who will face tough reelection races next year.” They include: Reps. Brad Ashford (NE), Jim Cooper (TN), Henry Cuellar (TX), Gwen Graham (FL), Rick Larsen (WA), Dan Lipinski (IL), Stephen Lynch (MA), Collin Peterson (MN), Schrader (OR), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), Peter Visclosky (IN), and Tim Walz (MN).
The Obama administration has appealed a federal judge’s injunction that temporarily halted its executive amnesty program. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to hear oral arguments in the case later this month.
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Amnesty is not popular with the people, and as another FReeper noted, there's a groundswell building against it.
LONG overdue.
Just think: A whole dozen Democrats willing to put the interests of Americans ahead of the interests of illegal invaders. And probably a majority of those dozen are willing to do so not because of any core belief but a mere fear of re-election chances.
Centrist House Dems?
Center of what?
kyrsten sinema (AZ)is about as far from a centrist as you can get
But, proudly, the first bisexual in the House. She is hard core Left, but makes just enough middle of the road comments to survive. Never mind the gerrymandering that made her district more Dem.
her internal poling must be telling her something different, because she’s a proud socialist
Yes. But it doesn’t matter what she actually DOES.......when she runs, she tells her constituents how moderate she is. And no one seems to rebut her.
Steve Lynch doesn’t have to worry about being re-elected. He probably just doesn’t like illegals.
Maoist instead of Stalinist.
Honest polls have consistently shown 65-70% for enforcement and deportation. The dishonest polls have been used to try to sway public opinion unsuccessfully. The citizens see the cheap labor importation for what it is.
The problem has been that both parties have been doing everything they can to not enforce the laws and assist the illegal alien invasion.
The GOP represents the employers of illegal aliens.
The Democrats represent the illegal aliens, rightly seeing them as the vehicle to one party socialism.
No one is representing the citizens.
This must change.
Peterson was the first Democrat to call on Al Gore to throw in the towel after the 2000 Florida recount once it became clear it wasn't a recount but a vote manufacturing operation. I always respected him for that.
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