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The ‘Donald Trump Act’ Just Passed The House By A Landslide, And Obama Doesn’t Like It One Bit
Western Journalism Center ^
| 07/24/2015
| James Beattie
Posted on 07/24/2015 8:31:46 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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H.R. 3009 passed easily in the lower chamber 241 to 179.
James Beattie July 24, 2015 at 6:22pm
The House passed a bill Thursday which would punish cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration law.
H.R. 3009 passed easily in the lower chamber 241 to 179, The Hill reported. The bill would force local law enforcement agencies to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they have an illegal immigrant in custody; otherwise, certain federal law enforcement grants would be withheld.
I think we can all agree that any state or locality must comply with the lawand they are required to coordinate and cooperate with the federal government, said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who sponsored the legislation. If an arrest is made, the federal government should be notified. The fact that San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities disagree with the politics of federal enforcement doesnt mean they should receive a pass to subvert the law.
And if they do, there needs to be consequencesand the way we impose those consequences is by hitting them where it hurts. In the pocketbook, Hunter added.
The bill was passed after 32-year-old Kate Steinle was murdered earlier this month, allegedly by an illegal immigrant who was deported from the U.S. multiple times and convicted of several felonies.
Hunters bill was voted on largely across party lines. Reps. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, Bob Dold of Illinois, Dan Donovan and Peter King of New York, and Dave Reichert of Washington were the only GOP members of Congress to vote against the measure. Six Democrats voted for the bill: Reps. Ami Bera of California, Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Bill Keating of Massachusetts, Collin Peterson of Minnesota, and Krysten Sinema of Arizona.
Opponents of the bill have tied it to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who in a statement earlier this week labeled the proposal the Donald Trump Act. Pelosi went on to call the bill a wildly partisan, misguided bill that second-guesses the decisions of police chiefs around the country about how to best ensure public safety.
Just a few weeks into his campaign and Donald Trump has a bill on the floor of the House. That is better than some of the senators hes running against, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a fierce opponent of conservative immigration measures, told The Hill Thursday.
Meanwhile in the upper chamber, Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., introduced legislation comparable Tuesday to what has been passed in the House. The legislation, entitled the Protecting American Lives Act, goes a step further with language that includes a mandatory five-year prison sentence for any deported illegal immigrant who re-enters the U.S. illegally.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; illegals; kathrynsteinle; sanctuarycities
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To: Jane Long
Yes people recognize the Mexican threat but are basically unaware of the same cartels work in our country. They have infiltrated even our little rural areas. Google the aids/heriine issue in Southern Indiana
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:03:37 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"John, what the #$*! is this Donald Trump Act you just passed?!!"
![](http://theiranproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Obama-on-the-phone.jpg)
"Oh, don't worry, Mr. President! It's just more Kabuki Theater for the rubes. We know you'll veto it, it'll get taken out of the final bill, and then we can tell flyover country 'Well, we tried'."
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:06:03 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: Jane Long
Im saying DC and Mexico’s cartels may be one and the same. See all posts above
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:21:00 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
To: Steely Tom
Hahah, the elegance of language sometimes escapes me.
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:30:54 AM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: hoosiermama
Thanks for pointing that out. I knew something was rotten in Kentucky.
And when I said Paul was McConnell’s little circus monkey I was not exaggerating nor was I sniping. Here’s the proof:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/04/rand-paul-leads-effort-to-block-senate-fraud-investigation
And yesterday Paul nearly fooled me when he introduced a separate bill to defund PP with a title that said to effect “Paul does an end run around McConnell”. Well then McConnell jumps on Paul’s bill and helps push it KNOWING IT’S GOING NOWHERE AS OBAMA WILL VETO IT. And the two of them can claim they voted to defund PP. That’s how they work and Ted Cruz pointed it out yesterday that they have ‘show’ votes while working to scrap such amendments that are attached to must-pass bills, “bills with teeth”.
In other words McConnell-Paul are puppets of a Kentucky cabal and they are allowed to work on show votes that never go anywhere so that they can stay good with conservative voters.
And you’re pointing out that the Kentucky cabal behind McConnell-Paul is drug related. On first pass it makes sense because Kentucky is a relatively poor state with no real standout industry to lift up its population. That kind of economic situation lends itself to manipulation by drug money.
Thanks hoosiermama for the insight!
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:37:05 AM PDT
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I can't believe Peter King voted against this bill
I just sent him a nice, nasty email.
Peter King
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posted on
07/25/2015 7:45:06 AM PDT
by
Larry381
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
To: Hostage
Bing Austin IN hiv. And you’ll see what is happening along the interstate from Chicago to Louisville and south. It’s just caught up with this little town
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posted on
07/25/2015 8:48:50 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/25/2015 8:50:49 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Needs 291 votes to overcome the veto - and it won’t even get 51 in the Senate.
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posted on
07/25/2015 8:53:44 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Woot!
The Republicans have finally DONE something (thanks to The Donald). It has to feel good. Maybe they'll finally find some backbone.
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posted on
07/25/2015 8:54:53 AM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: tumblindice
Make him veto it. It will make a great debate point: Do Democrats care more for Americans than alien lawbreakers? Vetoes serve a purpose.
Obama has only had to issue FOUR vetoes. That's how much the Republican Congress has been colluding with Obama.
In comparison, Reagan issued 78 vetoes with a Democrap Congress.
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posted on
07/25/2015 8:58:04 AM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Hostage
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posted on
07/25/2015 9:00:43 AM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: Mariner
292 in the House and 67 in the Senate to override Obamas certain veto.Then you replace the conditional cut-off of funds, with an appropriation bill that simply defunds the offending cities. (Similar to the Cruz approach to Obamacare, which the whipped cur Republicans refused to back.)
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posted on
07/25/2015 9:06:02 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Never fear Mitch McConnell will kill it in the Senate. It would not do to embarrass Barky by making him veto something.
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posted on
07/25/2015 9:22:37 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: hoosiermama
OMG. You meant Austin Indiana which I binged. So sad. Manufacturing jobs gone, good small businesses gone, good employers gone, illegal drugs move in and prey on the stranded population, HIV breakout due to dirty needles from heroin, morphine and other pain killers and escape drugs that stranded demoralized populations take up.
Man oh man, I would love to see an investigative reporter do a piece on towns in KY that are in similar straits and then blast McConnell-Paul with it.
So now I can see it. Racetracks, gambling, prostitution, drugs are what Kentucky has fallen into, and they have a corrupt Senator in DC doing nothing for them. And his little weasel sidekick Rand Paul was likely sat down by drug mafia agents and told he better get with their program. I got it.
We not only need Trump-Cruz we need a whole economic and recovery program to give the new generations hope. Trump is right; bring the manufacturing jobs back from China.
And it can be done. I was 15 years ago friends with the Trustee of one of the 5 large historical Hawaiian estates with corporate control of major US and International corporations such as Hyatt. His son fell into the 70s surfing scene and became addicted to heroin. It’s a long story but it is inspiring what my friend did for Hawaii youth after that. I’ll tell it another time when the time is right. But will say for now that it can be done. It just needs the right leadership that will be strong and never back down. Some of the victims of today can’t be helped for the most part. Their lives are lost as their minds are fried. They will be on disability and assistance the rest of their lives. But the new crop of youngsters can be saved.
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:18:47 AM PDT
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: hoosiermama
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:19:03 AM PDT
by
caww
To: Hostage
It takes a man who doesn’t cower to big crime business
Ever wonder why the Obama’s spend so little time in their home town?
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:24:29 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; hoosiermama
I wasn’t kidding when I said the city staff should be arraigned on charges.
hoosiermama says a civil lawsuit will settle them down. I politely disagree as a civil lawsuit won’t teach a lesson and the settlement will be borne by taxpayers with no teachable moments to city staff.
Under a President Cruz or President Trump, they can dispatch DOJ to do a RICO investigation of the SF City staff. All will be under investigation right down to the mail room handlers. You do this to teach a lesson. Then you hone in on the ringleaders and you throw the book at them.
Do it this way one time and a second time will never be needed for any city. Cities will fall inline left and right and history will linger for generations.
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:32:56 AM PDT
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
And when Obama vetos it, simply 'go around' Obama like he 'goes around' Congress and deem it Law of the Land.
It's settled law now.
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:38:52 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("In a very short period of time, these will be the good old days." -- unknown Freeper, 2015)
To: hoosiermama
Ever wonder why the Obamas spend so little time in their home town?Because it costs a lot of money to protect the President in Mombasa, Kenya.
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posted on
07/25/2015 10:41:19 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("In a very short period of time, these will be the good old days." -- unknown Freeper, 2015)
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