Posted on 12/15/2009 8:46:45 PM PST by Steelfish
Immigration Overhaul Bill Unveiled In House The legislation, which includes a path to legalization, is met with criticism from conservatives and liberals.
By Antonio Olivo and Teresa Watanabe December 15, 2009
Reporting from Los Angeles and Chicago - Raising the curtain on a new round of debate over immigration reform, a group of Democratic congressional lawmakers introduced a comprehensive bill today that, among other provisions, would offer a path to legalization for the country's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
The bill, championed by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) was decidedly more pro-immigrant than the bipartisan legislation House lawmakers defeated two years ago. And the latest version drew immediate fire from the left as well as the right. Groups opposed to legalization derided it as a form of amnesty, and more-liberal factions complained that it relied too heavily on enforcement.
In Los Angeles, immigration activists hailed the measure at a news conference before heading to local lawmakers' offices -- aboard a yellow school bus festooned with banners -- to urge their support.
"This is a big day for us," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. "Our community has been awaiting this bill for a long time."
Cabrera called Gutierrez's bill the most generous immigration legislation in more than two decades, citing provisions that would allow migrants to legalize their status without returning to their home countries, prohibit separation of families, offer more visas for workers and relatives and eliminate local enforcement of federal immigration law.
The bill also calls for beefing up border security and overhauling the federal detention system for jailed immigrants to provide for better medical treatment and other services.
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The people targeted in the story are actually illegal entrants into the United States, not immigrants.
I’m honestly curious to see which way McCain will go on this one, what with the election coming up. Will he follow his heart and support this, or will he once again try to play a conservative and go against it.
12 million my ass.
More like 30 million. Then, if this crap passes, the former illegals will be allowed to bring in their relatives, for a total of 100 million from south of the border.
Time for revolution!
Are they trying to pass the trifecta of Health Care, Cap and Trade and Amnesty all in the same week before the end of the year? Just wondering.
I have always preferred the term “illegal alien.”
Liberals drunk with power.
Look around your home, see your children peacefully sleeping.
And resolve to call your Congressman tomorrow and tell them that if so much as nod yes in the general direction of this bill they are fired in November—no ifs, ands, or buts.
I made my call today.
It’s your children’s future you are fighting for.
Yup, me too. Thanks to Jimmuh Cahtah for his obsession with “Undocumented Workers” terminology. He couldn’t stand the term “Illegal Aliens”, so he made sure it was changed.
this will bankrupt blue states quicker
After the elected Democrats/Marxists/liberals ram through government healthcare then Democrats will ram this Amnesty for illegals down the American people's throat.
The Democrats/Marxists know that elected democrats are 60% of the Senate so they know that there is nothing Republicans can do to stop them.
The fix is in . All this “debate” between “moderate” and liberal democrats is all an act. Democrats are all Marxists. All elected Democrats always knew they were going to vote for government healthcare. So they know they will all vote for Amnesty as that guarantees democrats to get tens of millions of new voters, the illegals and their families back in the third world.
Then Democrats/Marxists/liberals will cripple the private sector further with Cap and trade. Also Democrats will silence Rush, Hannity, Levin with the Fairness doctrine, and silence the Internet with Net Neutrality.
They , all elected Democrats/Marxists, know this script.And they know that there is not a thing that Republicans, conservatives, or the American people can do to stop them.
Then the private sector which is the engine of wealth,jobs, high living standards and freedom will be crippled. And the Marxist/communist/Democrat takeover will be complete without firing a shot.
And millions of liberals are cheering this destruction of the golden goose , the private sector, and of America. But it is they, the liberals who will be starving in the street in the new Communist People's Republic of the United States.
Liberals in the media and liberals everywhere, Enjoy your sick "social justice" and few meager scraps you will steal from the productive for now as tomorrow you will starve in the streets and you will be slaves of the government.
I attended the press conference. McCain’s name was mentioned favorably, but it was said that they disagreed with McCain’s approach but he shared their objective.
Here we go again !...
Democrats think AMNESTY IS THEIR PATHWAY TO REELECTION.
Amnesty and redistricting as per the 2010 census.
I attended the press conference. It was well orchestrated including having about 20 children wearing white tee shirts saying "Future Voter."
And America doesn't want this Immigration Demographic Warfare Bill. It is hardly a "reform" bill.
We need border control, not Immigration Demographic warfare.
Invaders
Invasion
I prefer the term “Alien Invaders” because then we have the Constitutional Justification to, quite bluntly, kill them. {One of the stated purposes of the Army.}
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