Posted on 01/24/2021 9:10:43 AM PST by Brilliant
President Biden is making an early bet that after years of stalemate the moment for comprehensive immigration reform has arrived. But lawmakers in both parties caution that Mr. Biden’s effort is likely to face some of the same headwinds the plans of the last three presidents did.
On his first day in office, Mr. Biden proposed a broad immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living in the country without a permanent legal status. It would have an expedited pathway for farmworkers and the young immigrants known as Dreamers, along with changes to the legal immigration, refugee and asylum systems.
It proposes adding more technology to monitor people and drugs at the border—though no new barriers—along with $4 billion in aid to Central American countries to help stem the extreme poverty and gang violence that has prompted so many migrants to leave.
Unlike previous compromise bills, Mr. Biden’s proposal lacks the countermeasures of increased security or deterrence at the border that Republicans have asked for in exchange for legalization.
Some Democrats say they can rally around an immigration-reform package that makes no concessions. But the approach is likely to quickly run into opposition from Senate Republicans, at least 10 of whom would need to support a measure for it to clear the Senate’s 60-vote hurdle for most legislation...
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“Farmworkers could see an expedited pathway to citizenship under a Biden administration proposal.”
That’s no hurdle because they control the Senate and can make up new rules anytime.
If comprehensive immigration reform means no more foreigners, I’m in.
Its remarkable that none of those 11 million people had a single baby born to them to increase their numbers in 16 years.
True. But civil disorder could be a hurdle. Do you suppose Americans will be willing to protest for this cause?
Yes. I just saw the former ICE director say the true number is 18 million.
Couple things: first, it’s amazing everyone agrees to the fiction of reciting the 11 million figure. How old is that number. Not sure, but I want to say it’s at least as old as Obama’s election, 12 years, but I think we were actually using this number during Bush.
Second, anyone else notice, despite the lapdog media, that there’s no talk of the customary “honeymoon period” or magic “first 100 days?” Methinks gearing up the persecution of the right since January 6, including the impeachment, has sucked so much oxygen out of the room as to deprive Biden of the chance for strong legislative momentum. My theory, anyway
I agree. Biden is not very smart. He just rubber stamps the leftwing agenda. He’s got no ability to think for himself.
Another delusional article. The Dems will ditch the filibuster and pass everything with 51 votes. Not one Dem has the courage to dissent.
Visit some of the small hamlets scattered throughout the Central Valley and you'd think you were in some sleepy Mexican backwater town. They do things their own way, and they are happy to stay away from anything to do with bureaucracy or the government.
These are not gang bangers, but a lot of middle aged and older men and women in cowboy hats, who are hardworking, and not stealing American jobs. These workers toil under the hot sun so Antifa snowflakes in Portland can have fresh arugula on their vegan salads.
These are agricultural workers. They are not the problem. The problems are the illegals who flock to urban areas to suck off the government's tit, deal drugs, and traffic sex. When these urban cholos are not doing that, they are stealing American jobs, mostly from blacks I might add.
It's the Indian dot heads who are the ones stealing jobs and a future from the educated American middle class, thanks to Uncle Joe. That is a whole other can of worms …
You cannot read an article on illegal immigration that does not include the 3 decade old lie, “eleven million.” Surprisingly, this attempt to desensitize Americans to amnesty still hasn’t worked. These writers have to be a special kind of simple, or they just think everyone reading is stupid. I’m banking on the latter.
40 million wouldn’t surprise me.
Sure it does.
You put your finger on it, though I think “not very smart” is being charitable. Doesn’t have, and can’t generate anything Exciting or fresh, just plug in all the liberal initiates that have been sitting on the shelf for years
No doubt there will be security measures that will never be enforced. It has been done before. Lucy/Football/Charlie
They would be considered anchor babies with us citizenship. The real question is how many have come in since then. Also, I thought the 11m came from ‘97.
It is closer to 30m.
As for security measures, nothing is permanent not even Trump’s wall. All security measures can be reversed/ignored.
Just do another executive order. In fact just send congress home without pay and use the capital to house homeless
Probably will be supported by Rinomney, Collins, Cornyn, Grahamnesty, Lee, Murkowski, Rubberio and Tillis, at least.
McConnell only needs to find two more to pass it while being able to claim later that he saved the filibuster (so that the Democrats can still use it if they ever stop stealing elections and become a minority).
They control both houses of Congress and the executive. Sounds like pretty good odds to me.
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