Posted on 11/02/2014 7:59:16 AM PST by jimbo123
Mitt Romney predicted on Sunday that a Republican Senate would break through congressional gridlock and pass legislation on immigration reform and trade.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee warned that President Barack Obama would move after Tuesday's midterm elections towards "amnesty" on immigration reform, a reference to the White House's decision to delay executive action on immigration until after the elections. But Romney said a Republican Congress would pass a more conservative immigration bill focused on border security that the president would sign.
“You’re going to see a provision, first of all, to secure the border," Romney said. "Second of all, to deal with those who come here illegally. And third, to make sure our immigration policies are more open and transparent … That’s going to happen. You’re going to see a bill actually reach the desk of the president if we finally have someone besides Harry Reid sitting in the Senate. So, we’re going to get it done.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
“. . .Second of all, to deal with those who come here illegally."
The Devil will be in the details on that one.
It’s amazing how many posters could profit from a few courses on English composition, grammar, and spelling...
The law isn’t broken. The enforcement system is. The executive branch has no desire to restrict people coming into this country. That means whatever Congress passes, will make no difference. It will remain broken until the executive branch is made to enforce the law or utter chaos becomes the law.
We don’t need a “guest” worker program. We need encouragement for US citizens to work. The 14th Amendment should apply to the situation it was created for, American slaves, not illegals or other foreigners. So absolutely no anchor babies at all. Streamlining immigration should only be attempted after the executive branch is reigned in. Only people here legally should be allowed to work. E verify should be used and anyone hiring illegals knowingly or without doing diligence to determine legality, should have to pay huge fines. All benefits should be limited to American citizens even if it takes a Constitutional amendment to make that happen.
When goodies and gimme’s are taken away and they can’t get work, they will go home on their own. Once that happens, we can think about working on streamlining legal immigration.
I would hope so. The immigration arguments are not all just black and white.
Sixty-five percent of the 249,000 criminal aliens in our study population were arrested at least once for either
The two types of arrests typically lead to different outcomes:
About 50 percent of the criminal aliens in our study population were arrested at least once for either
About half of the criminal aliens were arrested at least once for a drug violation.
Figure 9 shows the percentage of criminal aliens arrested at least once by offense category.
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Percent | |
| Arson | 1% |
| Kidnapping | 4% |
| Homicide | 8% |
| Property damage | 9% |
| Robbery | 9% |
| Stolen property | 10% |
| Sex offenses | 12% |
| Disorderly conduct | 12% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 15% |
| Burglary | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 19% |
| Larceny/theft | 21% |
| Fraud, forgery,and counterfeiting | 21% |
| Other | 31% |
| Assault | 35% |
| Obstruction of justice | 38% |
| Traffic violations | 39% |
| Drugs | 48% |
| Immigration | 65% |
Department of Justice’s (DOJ) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) dollars received by states, counties, etc. to cover part of the costs here You won't believe the extent of the distribution of money to handle this problem. FY 14 SCAAP AWARDS
Criminal Alien Statistics Appendix III: SCAAP Criminal Alien Incarcerations in State Prisons and Local Jails (Corresponds to Fig. 4) This appendix provides additional details on figure 4: Number of SCAAP Criminal Alien Incarcerations in Each State.
| State | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 77 | 87 | - | 93 | 107 | 101 | 87 |
| Alabama | 98 | 113 | 102 | 214 | 259 | 295 | 313 |
| Arkansas | 493 | 488 | 486 | 788 | 1,007 | 1,353 | 1,342 |
| Arizona | 10,941 | 11,985 | 12,200 | 13,268 | 14,613 | 18,357 | 17,488 |
| California | 85,210 | 91,614 | 89,381 | 93,048 | 99,189 | 102,121 | 102,795 |
| Colorado | 5,761 | 5,857 | 6,968 | 6,487 | 7,174 | 7,340 | 7,574 |
| Connecticut | 409 | 422 | 432 | 476 | 469 | 481 | 517 |
| District of Columbia | 48 | 107 | 33 | 96 | 168 | 251 | 432 |
| Delaware | 40 | 49 | 99 | 57 | 44 | 38 | 36 |
| Florida | 10,383 | 11,473 | 12,416 | 16,203 | 15,186 | 16,935 | 17,229 |
| Georgia | 2,319 | 2,889 | 3,075 | 3,449 | 4,361 | 6,062 | 7,371 |
| Hawaii | 101 | 171 | 179 | 174 | 198 | 253 | 286 |
| Iowa | 659 | 591 | 492 | 523 | 691 | 543 | 501 |
| Idaho | 1,238 | 1,214 | 1,315 | 1,250 | 1,262 | 1,134 | 1,271 |
| Illinois | 4,967 | 7,271 | 7,528 | 7,499 | 8,335 | 11,114 | 10,677 |
| Indiana | 553 | 953 | 1,138 | 1,410 | 1,534 | 1,684 | 1,793 |
| Kansas | 973 | 1,090 | 841 | 1,048 | 1,043 | 1,252 | 1,328 |
| Kentucky | 681 | 652 | 692 | 626 | 623 | 1,139 | 1,343 |
| Louisiana | 236 | 213 | 174 | 172 | 228 | 204 | 246 |
| Massachusetts | 1,897 | 2,509 | 2,789 | 2,778 | 2,639 | 2,731 | 2,523 |
| Maryland | 1,730 | 1,488 | 1,644 | 1,635 | 1,971 | 2,369 | 2,710 |
| Maine | 35 | 53 | 60 | 119 | 103 | 100 | 406 |
| Michigan | 1,723 | 1,523 | 1,736 | 1,831 | 1,829 | 1,850 | 1,700 |
| Minnesota | 1,594 | 1,418 | 1,049 | 1,472 | 1,866 | 2,193 | 2,140 |
| Missouri | 725 | 786 | 607 | 661 | 707 | 805 | 723 |
| Mississippi | 72 | 66 | 100 | 78 | 78 | 183 | 342 |
| Montana | 19 | 41 | 50 | 42 | 54 | 39 | 24 |
| North Carolina | 4,084 | 4,753 | 6,126 | 6,297 | 7,439 | 8,150 | 8,948 |
| North Dakota | 29 | 28 | 41 | 37 | 55 | 43 | 46 |
| Nebraska | 1,082 | 1,064 | 1,142 | 737 | 1,328 | 1,424 | 1,754 |
| New Hampshire | 167 | 164 | 116 | 106 | 103 | 104 | 185 |
| New Jersey | 5,455 | 5,085 | 6,006 | 6,305 | 8,434 | 9,693 | 9,971 |
| New Mexico | 1,732 | 2,220 | 2,507 | 2,067 | 2,021 | 2,675 | 2,112 |
| Nevada | 4,957 | 4,923 | 5,623 | 5,369 | 6,605 | 6,148 | 6,918 |
| New York | 16,130 | 14,536 | 14,286 | 12,962 | 12,138 | 13,192 | 11,096 |
| Ohio | 756 | 792 | 901 | 924 | 1,240 | 1,777 | 3,879 |
| Oklahoma | 1,751 | 1,429 | 1,397 | 1,993 | 2,471 | 4,128 | 1,666 |
| Oregon | 2,056 | 3,464 | 3,892 | 4,307 | 4,755 | 5,158 | 3,609 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,414 | 1,162 | 1,232 | 1,516 | 1,615 | 2,054 | 2,169 |
| Rhode Island | 663 | 400 | 352 | 402 | 429 | 359 | 421 |
| South Carolina | 925 | 1,117 | 1,472 | 1,721 | 2,649 | 2,051 | 3,750 |
| South Dakota | 292 | 267 | 317 | 352 | 486 | 547 | 93 |
| Tennessee | 764 | 1,148 | 1,196 | 1,409 | 1,630 | 2,499 | 1,993 |
| Texas | 32,127 | 31,047 | 27,980 | 30,689 | 33,221 | 36,065 | 37,021 |
| Utah | 2,338 | 2,574 | 2,316 | 2,395 | 2,648 | 2,018 | 3,438 |
| Virginia | 2,432 | 2,882 | 3,743 | 3,298 | 4,554 | 5,819 | 4,968 |
| Vermont | 20 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 13 |
| Washington | 5,668 | 5,375 | 4,891 | 5,164 | 6,050 | 6,384 | 5,976 |
| Wisconsin | 2,174 | 2,362 | 2,592 | 2,724 | 2,756 | 2,882 | 2,690 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 22 | 5 |
| Wyoming | 75 | 63 | 56 | 49 | 59 | 71 | 65 |
| TOTAL | 220,078 | 232,008 | 233,803 | 246,337 | 268,444 | 294,218 | 295,983 |
| Year | Total | Federal* | state | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,394,231 | 145,416 | 1,248,815 | 1,303,421 | 93,504 | |
| 2001 | 1,404,032 | 156,993 | 1,247,039 | 1,311,053 | 92,979 | |
| 2002 | 1,440,144 | 163,528 | 1,276,616 | 1,342,513 | 97,631 | |
| 2003 | 1,468,601 | 173,059 | 1,295,542 | 1,367,755 | 100,846 | |
| 2004 | 1,497,100 | 180,328 | 1,316,772 | 1,392,278 | 104,822 | |
| 2005 | 1,525,910 | 187,618 | 1,338,292 | 1,418,392 | 107,518 | |
| 2006 | 1,568,674 | 193,046 | 1,375,628 | 1,456,366 | 112,308 | |
| 2007 | 1,596,835 | 199,618 | 1,397,217 | 1,482,524 | 114,311 | |
| 2008 | 1,608,282 | 201,280 | 1,407,002 | 1,493,670 | 114,612 | |
| 2009 | 1,615,487 | 208,118 | 1,407,369 | 1,502,002 | 113,485 | |
| 2010 | 1,613,803 | 209,771 | 1,404,032 | 1,500,936 | 112,867 | |
| 2011 | 1,598,780 | 216,362 | 1,382,418 | 1,487,393 | 111,387 | |
| Percent change |
||||||
| Year | Total | Federal* | state | Male | Female | Average annual |
| 2000–2010 | 1.3% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.7% | |
| 2010–2011 | -0.9 | 3.1 | -1.5 | -0.9 | -1.3 |
Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional officials over a prisoner regardless of where the prisoner is held.
*Includes inmates held in nonsecure privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics Program, 2000–2011
Drug offenders still make up more than 46 percent of the federal prison system.
Immigrants are the third-highest category of offenders, at 11 percent.
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
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.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, 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]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
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