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Republican Senator Floats Back-Door Amnesty Proposal
Polizette ^ | 24 May 2017 | Brendan Kirby

Posted on 05/24/2017 9:42:52 AM PDT by Cheerio

Bill would create 500,000 new visas, include path to citizenship, and be open to current aliens.

A bill introduced this month by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) would increase foreign guest workers by up to 500,000 a year and offer a back-door amnesty for illegal immigrants.

The legislation, the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2017, has attracted support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the libertarian-oriented Cato Institute.

The bill would represent a massive increase in the number of non-immigrant visas issued each year by the United States. Unlike the myriad of existing visa programs, Johnson’s proposed program would be a state-based system.

Each state and the District of Columbia would be able to sponsor 5,000 visas each year. Another 245,000 visas would be distributed to the states based on their populations. Visas not used by one state could be claimed by others.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: amnesty; gop; illegals; trump; uniparty
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To: KC_Lion

GREAT STATEMENT!!!!!!!! Kudos to you!!!!


21 posted on 05/24/2017 10:08:47 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Cheerio
What a Clymer. We are trying to get these folks OUT of the country, not reward them for being successful criminals.
22 posted on 05/24/2017 10:12:29 AM PDT by NutsOnYew
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To: TakebackGOP

Not to worry. He’ll dust off the Ol’ Time Religion of true conservatism again when he runs the next time. Hopefully, the conservatives of WI will wise up and find a genuine conservative to primary this Benedict Arnold.


23 posted on 05/24/2017 10:13:10 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: central_va

I still like him. He was a successful businessman and he wants to cut government spending a lot.

Maybe he was seduced by the “pitch” that THIS visa program would be run by the states. Bad decision, IMO.

However, I don’t expect him (or you) to agree with me 100% of the time.


24 posted on 05/24/2017 10:17:18 AM PDT by pfony1
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Is he up in 18? There is no coming back from this. He needs to be primaried.


25 posted on 05/24/2017 10:21:55 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: pfony1

I read his ardent defense of it, along the lines of whining “Why can’t businesses hire who they want to?”

Any other real conservative will get 2 votes from this WI household.


26 posted on 05/24/2017 10:23:32 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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PRIMARY this asshole!


27 posted on 05/24/2017 10:26:54 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: pfony1
I still like him. He was a successful businessman and he wants to cut government spending a lot.

Says a lot about you. You may want to reconsider but you are probably a globalist Cheap Labor Express shill.

28 posted on 05/24/2017 10:28:32 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Cheerio
Bill would create 500,000 new visas, include path to citizenship, and be open to current aliens.

A bill introduced this month by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

From another article:

Obama admin knew gang members were part of illegal immigrant surge: Whistleblower
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3554911/posts

he Obama administration knowingly let in at least 16 admitted MS-13 gang members who arrived at the U.S. as illegal immigrant teenagers in 2014, a top senator said Wednesday, citing internal documents that showed the teens were shipped to juvenile homes throughout the country.

Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said a whistleblower turned over Customs and Border Protection documents from 2014 detailing the 16 persons who were caught crossing the border.

“CBP apprehended them, knew they were MS-13 gang members, and they processed and disbursed them into our communities,” Mr. Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said.

29 posted on 05/24/2017 10:38:16 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Cheerio

Isn’t that sweet.

He wants us to be exactly like Great Britain.


30 posted on 05/24/2017 10:41:19 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Cheerio

No. Do not reward criminal behavior. Deport all illegals, no exceptions. Before they leave, take their fingerprints and DNA, and permanently bar them from any path to legal entry or citizenship. Fine them everything they have to cover the costs of enforcement and deportation. Fine their employers for failing to check citizenship and status. No exceptions.

Then we can reform the legal immigration system to bring in the number of legal immigrants that will benefit Americans, specifying qualifications and origin.


31 posted on 05/24/2017 10:55:00 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: TakebackGOP
He ran as a Tea Party candidate.

But Dad he said he loved me.

32 posted on 05/24/2017 11:10:02 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

We are exactly headed to Great Britain’s fate! That is our future. We need to refresh the liberty tree. If it takes civil war, so be it.


33 posted on 05/24/2017 11:15:45 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Pollster1
Deport all illegals, no exceptions. Before they leave, take their fingerprints and DNA, and permanently bar them from any path to legal entry or citizenship.

I have heard this somewhere before maybe someone running for President said it?

34 posted on 05/24/2017 11:22:17 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: itsahoot

I’m guessing that was not Jeb.


35 posted on 05/24/2017 11:24:50 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Pollster1
I’m guessing that was not Jeb.

Sharp you are.

36 posted on 05/24/2017 11:26:47 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: itsahoot

Now that he’s President he says those illegal aliens in the illegal DACA program can rest easy.


37 posted on 05/24/2017 12:01:12 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

ron jophnson proves that the “best and brightest” don’t enter politics. What an idiot.


38 posted on 05/24/2017 12:20:45 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

ron johnson proves that the “best and brightest” don’t enter politics. What an idiot.


39 posted on 05/24/2017 12:20:58 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Cheerio

>>I know without a doubt why the GOP is referred to as the stupid party.<<

GOP = Gutless Old Party.


40 posted on 05/24/2017 12:25:40 PM PDT by 353FMG
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