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Senate Democrats Demand Amnesty in Return for Tightening Asylum Laws and Border Security
www.fairus.org ^ | 12/4/2023 | staff

Posted on 12/04/2023 5:08:43 PM PST by bitt

With a foreign aid package scheduled to hit the Senate floor as early as this week, eleven Senate Democrats issued a joint statement to demand that any agreement to tighten U.S. asylum laws and improve border security also include an amnesty for illegal aliens. The Democrats who signed the statement included Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Alex Padilla (D. Calif.), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety. They were joined by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

The statement signals the concern that some Democrats have about ongoing negotiations in the Senate, where Republicans have demanded that negotiators include meaningful immigration policy changes as part of a foreign aid package that would spend billions on Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It reads: “As negotiations surrounding the supplemental aid package progress, we are concerned about reports of harmful changes to our asylum system that will potentially deny lifesaving humanitarian protection for vulnerable people, including children, and fail to deliver any meaningful improvement to the situation at the border.” Ironically, the statement also criticizes Republicans for seeking immigration policy changes as part of the foreign aid package, saying that the addition of policy provisions to the aid package would set a dangerous precedent and forsake our allies. Yet, at the same time, these Democrats are demanding amnesty.

By issuing the stern statement, the Senators hope to rein in their Democrat colleagues negotiating the immigration provisions and ultimately stop them from making meaningful changes to the law. The Democrats’ negotiators include Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). The Republican negotiators include Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).

Senators Durbin, Padilla and others promoting open borders are beginning to feel the heat as the White House ramps up pressure for Congress to act on the foreign aid package. On Friday, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters, “We want to see all four priorities taken up by Congress and all four funded. The reason why it’s a supplemental is because they’re all urgent. And as I said earlier, we’re running out of runway on Ukraine, and I would tell you the same thing for Israel.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; democrats; immigration; liars
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To: bitt

They won’t do either if they get amnesty.


81 posted on 12/04/2023 11:02:31 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: bitt

Don’t fall for it. Ronald Reagan did, and it lost us California permanently.


82 posted on 12/05/2023 2:21:20 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Mass deportation of illegal aliens.

And the dem politicians who are amnesty junkies.


83 posted on 12/05/2023 2:36:48 AM PST by Syncro (God is Good--Facts is Facts)
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To: Liz
none of that aid or cash has ever come back to the US in any way.”

I guarantee that a portion of that cash is being funneled back into the pockets of the politicians who are funneling our taxpayer money over there.

84 posted on 12/05/2023 2:43:32 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Liz

📌


85 posted on 12/05/2023 2:52:46 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: Liz

📌


86 posted on 12/05/2023 2:59:32 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: bitt
"Senate Democrats Demand Amnesty."

With any luck, Senate Democrats are going to need some amnesty one of these days..

87 posted on 12/05/2023 4:16:06 AM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: Sirius Lee

No question......but he couldn’t say that.

He meant the aid does not return in a way that’s visibly measurable, that benefits the economy.


88 posted on 12/05/2023 4:26:35 AM PST by Liz (Women have tremendous power — their femininity, because men can't do without it. Sidney Sheldon)
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To: bitt

“Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Alex Padilla (D. Calif.), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety. They were joined by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).”

All of them traitors who should be tried for treason and executed if found guilty. You do not support an attack against this country then support the attackers. Foreign invasion of this country is an attack against the sovereignty of the USA and these pigs support it.


89 posted on 12/05/2023 4:51:05 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: bitt

Agree on one condition. The wall is fully built and completed before any amnesty is granted. And then amnesty will only be granted to families whose members haven’t been incarcerated for crimes in this country. If they have, the entire family has to return to their own country of origin. And before amnesty is granted, those families must leave.

In other words, if the Democrats want amnesty, every ounce of criminality be illegal aliens has to be remediated with a fully constructed southern border. See what they say about that.


90 posted on 12/05/2023 5:28:13 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (I AM A ZIONIST HOODLUM!)
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To: bitt

Ugh. Turban Durbin. An embarrassment to the nation and Illinois. He surfaces during election season only.


91 posted on 12/05/2023 5:30:53 AM PST by Rollee
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To: bitt

Ahhh yes. Hold the American people hostage.

Support #TEXIT. Texas First, Texas Always


92 posted on 12/05/2023 6:14:12 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: bitt

The solution to the border problem is deaths, lots of deaths. Kill some women and a few pregnant women and the flow will subside

Death is a highly underrated motivator


93 posted on 12/05/2023 6:16:03 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: bitt

Like we didn’t see this coming.

Fckn traitors.


94 posted on 12/05/2023 6:53:42 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: bitt

I repeat, NO!


95 posted on 12/05/2023 7:16:43 AM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: bitt

Zero immigration policy changes the system is works just fine changes are loopholes for replacement acts.


96 posted on 12/05/2023 8:10:32 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: bitt

same rabbit hole

same lies


97 posted on 12/05/2023 9:08:37 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: DeplorablePaul
Republicans should call their bluff and raise them mass deportation.

LOL, I bet that even if they won all three branches the GOP would not pass such a bill. They won't even impeach the Sec of DHS.

98 posted on 12/05/2023 9:27:00 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: All
Those who return to their country of origin on their own without the need for deportation won't face any repercussions from the US for violating the law, thus "amnesty". Those who refuse to return will be prosecuted as enemy combatants, regardless of race, age, gender preference, or country of origin...thus no "discrimination" can be claimed. For every immigrant we keep on VISA who has overstayed their welcome, we deport two deadbeat democrat politicians. Deal?


99 posted on 12/05/2023 10:45:07 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: bitt

Democrats holding the American public hostage. Do what they want or they’ll continue to flood the country with some potentially dangerous people.


100 posted on 12/05/2023 1:58:23 PM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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