Senator Sessions on the Debate Walker Started on Immigration

National Review ^ | May 11, 2015 | Rich Lowry

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Jim Geraghty has a piece on the home page today about how Jeff Sessions got Scott Walker’s ear on immigration. Here is a further statement from Sessions on the debate:

>>>>Any political party that wants to win needs to demonstrate that it is willing to go to bat for working Americans. Perhaps no issue more divides a small handful of elites in Washington, D.C. from the American people than the issue of immigration. The idea that immigration should be increased beyond any level ever recorded — without any discussion of its social or economic impact — is not mainstream, but extreme. It is a position rejected by voters of every racial and political background. By contrast, there is no more sensible, mainstream, or popular position than to insist than any immigration policy we adopt must improve wages, employment, and living conditions for all of our residents.

Real hourly wages are lower today than in 1973. Labor force participation is at its lowest level in four decades. In that time, the total level of immigration has more than quadrupled from under 10 million to over 40 million. And the percentage of the country born abroad has risen from fewer than 1 in 21 to almost 1 in 7, soon eclipsing the highest level ever recorded and rising to new records each year to follow.

The Census Bureau projects another 14 million immigrants will arrive in the U.S. between now and 2025, or a new population nearly four times the size of Los Angeles. But the Gang of Eight — who refused to produced their own immigration estimates — offered legislation that would double the rate of new immigration into the U.S.

What the American people want now is moderation: they want us to slow down a bit so those struggling here today — immigrant and U.S.-born alike — can rise together into a healthy, stable, and growing middle class.<<<<

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I was reading a quirky piece this morning by David French at National Review Obama’s Crackdown on Dissent Has Made Conservatives a Little Paranoid — and Rightly So and it again brought to mind how Obama is setting us up.

When he leaves office racial tensions will have been stoked, religious warfare stoked, class warfare stoked, gender warfare stoked - you name it, every divisive issue will be turned to "high," ensuring an ugly election (and if there is an incoming Republican administration, constant headlines about the turmoil and not about the other 95% of the country - the economy).

International tensions, fears and warfare are stoked and dangerously adrift. Our allies don't trust us, or believe we will stand with them. New coalitions are building.

This is the "hand grenade" Obama is tossing to the Republican president on his way out of town - the crater the Left hopes will damage attempts to rebuild and repair the damage they've done to weaken the country.

The person who will win this presidential election, is the person who will bring the nation together and signal to our allies and our enemies that there is a new, capable president - one who believes in a strong America, at home and abroad, and is ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

[Yosemitest]

Walker ATTACKS Tea Party Conservatives and DEFENDS "Establishment Republicans".

Scott Walker Adjusts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner
Likely GOP presidential candidate [Walker] says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR CITIZENSHIP ...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Hi. I see you're campaigning for Ted Cruz using a Politico story and a WSJ article (that is behind a fire wall - a conversation that Walker has vehemently denied ever happened). So I must ask you, can you make any sense of this?

"....“We need to focus where there’s agreement: securing the border and improving legal immigration,” [Sen. Ted Cruz] said. “And once we demonstrate we can secure the borders, I think then we can have a conversation about people who are here illegally.”

Cruz added that he tried unsuccessfully to pass an amendment to the bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate in 2013 that would have barred undocumented immigrants from receiving citizenship but still allowed them to obtain permits to live and work in America. Its failure, he said, showed Democrats were unwilling to compromise on citizenship at all costs.

Cruz’s anecdote again left things open to interpretation. At the time he offered his citizenship amendment, The New York Times described it as Cruz seeking a “middle ground” between full citizenship and mass deportation in which undocumented immigrants could still work legally in America.

On Wednesday, however, a spokesman for Cruz, Brian Phillips, clarified to msnbc on Twitter that this interpretation was incorrect and Cruz merely offered the amendment as an exercise to prove Democrats’ obstinacy on citizenship. It was not an endorsement of the work permit component of the bill that his amendment left intact.

“Cruz’s amendment had nothing to do with that issue,” Phillips said.

Cruz offered an unambiguous defense of greater legal immigration, where he boasted that he had offered to expand an annual cap on H1B visas for high-tech workers “fivefold” in order to attract more talent to the United States...." Ted Cruz tiptoes around immigration at Hispanic business event

[nathanbedford]

I wanted to comment on the Sessions' remarks but first a hat tip acknowledging your fine post.

The immigration threat is mortal for conservatism but it is also an opportunity for conservatism, The Tea Party and even the Republican Party it would only seize the moment. There are millions of working-class Americans stalled by Obama and his policies and the open immigration situation. If the Republican candidate were to campaign explicitly on protecting jobs for Americans we would harvest a whole demographic for a generation, much like Franklin Roosevelt succeeded with public money in buying during the depression.

The difference? Our position makes sense patriotically as well as economically.

Scott Walker sees the opportunity perhaps because he was fighting the good fight on the ground rather than inhaling the thin air on the aerie reaches of Washington elitism.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“...The difference? Our position makes sense patriotically as well as economically...”

Exactly, and I will add, that the country is also in peril, defensively, with this weak economy and shrinking workforce.

[Yosemitest]

" “We need to focus where there’s agreement: securing the border and improving LEGAL immigration,” [Sen. Ted Cruz] said. ...
Cruz added that he tried unsuccessfully to pass an amendment to the bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate in 2013 THAT WOULD HAVE BARRED undocumented immigrants [ ILLEGAL ALIENS ] from receiving citizenship but ... "

Yep, that EXACTLY the kind of PRIMARY WINNER we need !

CRUZ or LOSE!

What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz ( 1:46 )

Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.

CRUZ or LOSE!

[Yosemitest]

"The immigration threat is MORTAL for conservatism
but it is also AN OPPORTUNITY
for conservatism, The Tea Party and even the Republican Party
[ IF ]
IT WOULD ONLY SEIZE THE MOMENT seize the moment. "

IF you want a SERIOUS SOLUTION to the problem, read:

Immigration and the Christian: The Balance of the Welcome and the Wall,
Nov 16, 2014, Todd Wagner, Senior Pastor, Elder.

It's long and very detailed, and I put a lot of work into it, transcribing it.
It's best to open a second window to the linked video and watch that in a small window while reading the transcript.
It's a real, long term solution, that no one will consider.
But, ... it IS Biblical.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You’re very selective in your reading. Did you get tired and not read through the short excerpt, research the links? Or can you only post campaign posters for Ted Cruz?

[babygene]

“Likely GOP presidential candidate [Walker] says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR CITIZENSHIP ...”

Their eligible for citizenship now,all they have to do is go back home and apply. AND wait in line like all others...

[Yosemitest]

Very well said.
All we have to do is REMOVE the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF and all his FASCISTS Minions.
THEN ... ENFORE THE LAWS we already have on the books.
It's JUST THAT SIMPLE !

[BobL]

I will have to give Walker credit for listening, but he still had it wrong at the outset, and Amnesty is not the kind of issue one can forgive easily.

...having said that, if Cruz wasn’t running, Walker would still be my top pick because unlike most others, he actually did make an attempt to get it right.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There never was “amnesty” in the mix.

If you use that term for Walker, you must use it for Cruz.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Jeff Sessions and Scott Walker.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[SunkenCiv]

Of course, the astroturf wants us to vote for the Democrat, Rand Paul:

Rand Paul's immigration speech

...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.

Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.

Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.

Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...

This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.

Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.

[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]

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Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform

Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...

[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]

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[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]

• Rand Paul: I think Republicans may have over-emphasized voter fraud
• Al Sharpton has breakfast with Rand Paul; [2014]
• Al Sharpton: 'Rand Paul Is Right' [2014]
• Rand Paul Wants Bigger GOP: 'You Go to a Republican Event and It's All White People'
• (Rand) Paul: GOP Needs to 'Look Like the Rest of America' to Win Again (again)
• Rand Paul slams Cliven Bundy's racist rant
• Rand Paul: Bundy's racist remarks are 'offensive'
• Rand Paul promised to help Mitch McConnell pass amnesty [2014]
• Rand Paul: I'm Open to Voting for Immigration Bill
• Paul: Still hope for immigration reform this year

[SunkenCiv]

Obama’s Crackdown on Dissent Has Made Conservatives a Little Paranoid — and Rightly So
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3288701/posts

[GOPJ]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/book-left-targets-journalist-fournier-for-drudge-links-obama-criticism/article/2564356

[GOPJ]

The idea that immigration should be increased beyond any level ever recorded — without any discussion of its social or economic impact — is not mainstream, but extreme.

Ping

[BobL]

“There never was “amnesty” in the mix.”

Hopefully he’s beyond that.