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Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants
The Associated Press ^ | January 17, 2021 | By ELLIOT SPAGAT

Posted on 01/17/2021 3:29:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

SAN DIEGO - President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to immediately ask Congress to offer legal status to an estimated 11 million people in the country has surprised advocates given how the issue has long divided Democrats and Republicans, even within their own parties.

Biden will announce legislation his first day in office to provide a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally, according to four people briefed on his plans.

Biden’s plan is the polar opposite of Donald Trump, whose successful 2016 presidential campaign rested in part on curbing or stopping illegal immigration.

“This really does represent a historic shift from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda that recognizes that all of the undocumented immigrants that are currently in the United States should be placed on a path to citizenship,” said Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, who was briefed on the bill.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 01readpost26; 01readpost34; amnesty; biden; border; election2020; georgiagirl2; illegalaliens; openborders
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1 posted on 01/17/2021 3:29:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I voted twice!


2 posted on 01/17/2021 3:30:59 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Biden isn’t bright enough to prepare these bills. These were prepared in advance by radical lawyer committees.


3 posted on 01/17/2021 3:38:15 AM PST by Does so (We failed to call them Communists...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s way way more than 11 million. The figure ‘11 million’ has been around forever.


4 posted on 01/17/2021 3:42:45 AM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Maurice Tift

Millions of Democrat voters for 2022.


5 posted on 01/17/2021 3:45:38 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Now that China has bought the presidency, I wonder if Xi will step in to stop Biden from destroying the country with unlimited Mexican immigration.

The country would fare much better with massive Han immigration.

6 posted on 01/17/2021 3:46:43 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: KeyLargo

They don’t need illegal immigrants to win anymore. The Rats will just manipulate the count until they win.


7 posted on 01/17/2021 3:48:01 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can anyone tell me the difference between the Swamp “riot” at Pelosi’s House on the Hill and the daily riots at the border as FOREIGN NATIONALS scale our border walls to gain entry into the U.S. to commit rape, murder, thievery and treating the U.S. like a big pinata? “Free” everything paid for by the U.S. taxpayers.


8 posted on 01/17/2021 3:54:02 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: KeyLargo
Millions of Democrat voters for 2022.

That's the motivation. Although, a lot of Latinos really like Trump. It makes Trump a little more important in 2024 (even though 3 terms isn't constitutional yet).
9 posted on 01/17/2021 3:55:51 AM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Maurice Tift

Will Biden be forgiving of new US citizens displaying MS-13 tattoos?


10 posted on 01/17/2021 4:01:40 AM PST by Does so (We failed to call them Communists...)
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To: Does so

Presidents don’t prepare bills. Congress does. Maybe he thinks he was elected to Congress?


11 posted on 01/17/2021 4:11:50 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

On Xiden’s First day in Residency, he will provide a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally

On Xiden’s Second day in Residency, he will provide a path to citizenship for all the millions who wish cross the border illegally.

On Xiden’s Third day in Residency, he will ...


12 posted on 01/17/2021 4:21:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: blueplum

Deep State owns Congress.


13 posted on 01/17/2021 4:21:57 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Does so
Will Biden be forgiving of new US citizens displaying MS-13 tattoos?

He might think that MS13 is just an idea.
14 posted on 01/17/2021 4:24:01 AM PST by Maurice Tift (Never wear anything that panics the cat. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: RoosterRedux

> Now that China has bought the presidency, I wonder if Xi will step in to stop Biden from destroying the country with unlimited Mexican immigration.

There’s an idea, maybe we should be lobbying Xi rather than our representatives if we want to have any influence over US domestic policy :/


15 posted on 01/17/2021 4:29:40 AM PST by shaven_llama
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And those illegal immigrants will be the final death throes for this country as we transition from citizens of a country to slaves of an oligarchy.

JoMa


16 posted on 01/17/2021 4:52:25 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s not 11 million. It is likely 40-50 million. And once they are legal, they can import their family members too.


17 posted on 01/17/2021 5:36:52 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: PIF
On Xiden’s Second day in Residency, he will provide a path to citizenship for all the millions who wish cross the border illegally.

Bingo. Amnesty I, advertise for six months that another amnesty is coming, Amnesty II, rinse, repeat.

18 posted on 01/17/2021 5:41:52 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (NuRulz)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Welcome to the Cheap Indian Labor Express.

10 million of these filthy scumbags to get Green Cards by Biden Executive Order


19 posted on 01/17/2021 5:56:54 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

dems are not working FOR America.
they’re working AGAINST America.

they are the domestic enemy the Founders spoke of.


20 posted on 01/17/2021 6:16:06 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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