Posted on 06/04/2019 4:21:47 PM PDT by jazusamo
With chants of Yes we can raining from the rafters, House Democrats on Tuesday powered through legislation to cancel deportations and grant future citizenship rights to millions of people, in a vote that nodded more toward 2020 politics than to substantive policymaking.
The 237-187 vote was momentous, marking the first major legalization to pass the House in nearly a decade, and underscoring the ground Democrats feel they have gained on an issue both sides expect to be at the center of the presidential election.
With President Trump calling for action to solve crisis at the border, Democrats countered by casting their eye inward at the 11 million illegal immigrants who already made it across Americas boundaries and have found places in the shadows.
Democrats on Tuesday singled out more than two million of them for legalization, in what party leaders said was the first step toward a more comprehensive solution.
We have the opportunity to be a part of history, to be on the right side of history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told colleagues as she rallied support.
That history is not likely to be made this year, however.
Republicans who control the Senate wont bring Mrs. Pelosis bill to the floor, and the White House vowed a veto anyway.
No compromise is possible without both sides coming to the table, the White House said in a policy statement this week.
The way Democratic leaders shepherded the bill through the chamber suggested they werent interested in a compromise. They allowed just two hours of floor debate and blocked the GOP from offering any amendments, effectively daring Republicans to either vote for the bill as-is, or else be labeled anti-immigrant.
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Why?
Traitorous @holes.
Only if the quisling GOP Senators pass it as well.
The Dems will pass the word south of the border no matter what happens
Hell, just BE anti-immigrant. Legal immigrants, too? Sorry, Charlie. The illegals done fuc*ed it up for you. We cant handle you on top of them.
I am so sick of hearing that number being used as the number of illegal aliens in this country for the last 20 years now.
Fitzpatrick PA 1 is finished. He will not be re-elected if he wins nomination.
I have suspicion he will change political party to D for 2020.
Always laugh when I see “11 million illegal immigrants” used in a story. This is the same figure that’s been used for the past 20 years.
I’d make an educated guess that figure is just a tad understated./s
“Kids who were brought here as children should be allowed to stay.”
If I robbed a bank with my children helping me can they keep the money even if we are caught?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Would Trump do a Ronald Reagan
Yeah. Me too. It’s probably 40 million and 50 million by the end of the year. One is too many in my book.
No amnesty. If there are a few deserving kids from 10+ years ago, condition on no criminal behavior and military service. AND CONDITION THAT LIMITED AMNESTY ON CLEAR LEGISLATION DEPORTING ALL OTHER ILLEGAL ALIENS. ANd mandate eVerify to root them out of the workplace.
I wouldnt be so sure Trump wont sign it.
Realizin’ their dreams, act or no act. Butt, democraps say, what issue?
Did they pass it before they found out what is in it ?
Nice useless grandstanding. They passed this in the House in 2010 I believe too, and it failed in the Senate then, and it’ll fail in the Senate this year, next year and in future years until they get sixty votes in that chamber.
“11,000,000. A number that magically never grows.”
Yep. Never grows no matter the thousands of illegals crossing each day. You’re right, It’s magic.
should the children of bank robbers be allowed to keep the money their parents stole?
NO freaking way! They are here illegally. That is on their parents, not this Country!
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