Amnesty, legalization, path to citizenship

[LilOlLady]

AMNESTY, LEGALIZATION, PATH TO CITIZENSHIP WRONG WAY TO GO ON COMP. IMMIG. REFORM

I voted for Obama twice and regrets. Legalization of 12 million illegal aliens will bankrupt this country, hurt millions of unemployed young black men and women, take jobs and lower wages, will access Obamacare and continue to bankrupt hospitals across this country, take jobs from our children who are graduating and looking for job, put millions on welfare, foodstamps, medicaid subsidized housing, unemployment insurance. 30 million Americans are unemployed or under-employed. If illegal aliens are given a get out of jail card we need to let millions of felons out of prison and give them their rights lost back. Legalization benefits no one but candidates looking for cheap votes and businesses looking for cheap labor which will not change with legalization. Deportation do not separate families, illegal immigration does. Deportation unite families. Chain migration will let millions of poverty legal foreigners in to compete with our own millions in poverty. Obama is not listening to the American people who are overwhelming against amnesty. Bad for America and American families. No way amnesty, legalization or path to citizenship can make illegal immigration right. 1986 amnesty should be a warning of what will follow another amnesty. If Obama gets his way we have been and is wasting our time and money trying to stop illegal immigration and securing the border.

 

[Moonglow]

We should shut down businesses that hire the illegals....

 

[waltky]

Apprehension of Non-Hispexican illegals up 27%...

ICE: Apprehensions of Illegals from Countries ‘Other Than Mexico’ Up 27%
April 30, 2014 – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported that the number of apprehensions of people illegally entering the U.S. from countries “other than Mexico” has increased by 27 percent in 2013.

Under the “Changing Demographics of Border Apprehensions” tab on its website, ICE reports that in fiscal year 2013, the number of “recent border crossers” taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection agents increased from 71,257 in 2012 to 90,461 in 2013, or a 27 percent increase. “This shift in the demographics of border apprehensions triggered an increase in ICE's use of its detention and removal resources for recent border crossers as CBP is only able to effectuate the return of individuals to Mexico,” the ICE report states.

The statistics from 2013 also includes some information on “removed population by citizenship.” Those statistics show that of 357,422 aliens removed, the majority is still from Mexico, with 241,493 removals. The three countries following Mexico for the most removals are Guatemala (47,769), Honduras (37,049) and El Salvador (21,602).

Other countries on the “Top 10” list are Dominican Republic (2,462), Ecuador (1,616), Brazil (1,500), Colombia (1,429), Nicaragua (1,383) and Jamaica (1,119). The total number of removals for fiscal year 2013 was 368,644. However, “ICE conducted a total of 368,644 removals” that year, which means the citizenship of 11,222 apprehended illegal aliens is not provided in the statistics.

ICE: Apprehensions of Illegals from Countries ?Other Than Mexico? Up 27% | CNS News

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Ayotte on Immigration Reform Bill: ‘It's Important for the Country'
May 1, 2014 – Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said she supports House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) push for immigration reform legislation. “I think it’s important for the country and our economy,” Ayotte told CNSNews.com on Wednesday on Capitol Hill.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Boehner said he was trying to “see if there’s a way forward” for immigration reform in the House. “Listen, we continue to work with our members,” Boehner said. “We all know we have a broken immigration system.” “And we're going to continue to work with our members and have discussions to see if there's a way forward,” Boehner said.

Ayotte voted in favor of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744), which the Senate passed in June 2013. That law, if accepted as is by the House, would provide legal status for an estimated 11 million illegal aliens in the United States and eventually provide them with a “pathway to citizenship.”

Ayotte told CNSNews.com that she supported the Senate bill and would like to see the House take action on the issue. “I’d like to see it done,” Ayotte said. “I mean I supported it. “Obviously, I don’t know whether it will get done,” Ayotte said. “It’s in the speaker’s hands and members of the House. “I supported it in the Senate,” she said. “I think it’s important for the country and our economy.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/ayotte-immigration-reform-bill-its-important-country

 

[Windship]

Apprehension of Non-Hispexican illegals up 27%...



Yeah...then we let them go

 

[waltky]

The differing voices of amnesty...

Sen. Jeff Sessions: Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty
November 7, 2014 -- Granting "executive amnesty" to millions of people who came to the U.S. illegally "needs to be stopped," Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Thursday night.

"Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme," Sessions said. "How do you shut down funding for a deferred prosecution?" Kelly asked. "Well, it's real easy," Sessions replied. He noted that in granting deferred deportation for hundreds of thousands of young "dreamers," the Obama administration "gave those individuals ID cards with the words 'work authorization' on it, and gave them the power to take a job, which is improper and contrary to what the laws of the United States are. "And so now the president is saying he's going to do up to five to six million more. And so Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme. And we do that all the time." (Sessions mentioned that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay would have closed a long time ago if Congress hadn't barred the president from spending money to do that.)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) told Fox News's Sean Hannity Thursday night that he, Sessions, and four other Republican senators "think it's important for us to refuse to fund the president in his attempt to violate the law." If Obama does what many people expect him to do -- issue greens cards to millions of illegal aliens -- "that's not OK. That's not lawful," Lee said. "And we'll do everything we can to stop him, including withholding funds from his ability to carry out that project." Lee admitted that Republicans are "at a disadvantage" until January, when they take control of Congress. "Look, we just had a big election the other day. Americans showed up across the country and...they did not vote to support the president's agenda. They did not vote to support the president's lawless approach to the Constitution. They deserve to have their wishes respected, and I'm going to do everything I can to fight to make sure that happens."

'Plenty of tools'

Sessions said "no" to impeachment, adding that Congress has "plenty of tools" to use if Obama does exceed his constitutional authority on immigration. "Look, the American people have pleaded with Congress and presidents for 30 years. They've asked, pleaded and demanded, really, a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest." Such a system would not depress wages or deny Americans jobs that they'd otherwise be able to take, he said. "We absolutely need to do that. And I would say the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of that."

Sessions is one of six Republican senators who have written to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), warning him that "President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good on his threat" to impose executive amnesty. "This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers,” wrote Sens. Sessions, Ted Cruz (Texas); Mike Crapo (Idaho); Mike Lee (Utah); Pat Roberts (Kan.); and David Vitter (La.).

Sen. Jeff Sessions Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty CNS News

See also:

Trumka: Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order
November 7, 2014 – President Barack Obama should implement the immigration bill passed by the Senate in June but rejected by the House through an executive order, which would give a “pathway to citizenship” to millions of illegal immigrants, the head of the nation’s largest labor union said on Thursday.

Rich Trumka, international president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) was asked by CNSNews.com which illegal aliens should be granted “administrative relief” through an executive order--all 11 million estimated to be in the United States, some of those in the country illegally, or even those who have not arrived yet? “Our coalition’s very, very clear,” Trumka said at a press conference held by the Alliance for Citizenship at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “We think everybody that would have been covered by the Senate bill should get coverage in this action.” “It should be affirmative action so that workers aren’t really pushed back into the shadows,” he said. “As I said in my statement, that’s the way to protect all of us--not just the people that are covered by the executive action, but it will protect all of us.” “So it’s everybody covered by the Senate bill that would have had a path to citizenship,” Trumka said.

S.B. 744, or the Gang of Eight bill--referring to the four Democrats and four Republicans who championed it--was passed by the Senate in June. The bill established a 13-year “path to citizenship” that would allow illegals to live and work in the United States while they learn English, and pay a $1,000 penalty for breaking immigration law. The bill also included a new visa program for lesser-skilled workers, the product of negotiations among senators, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and labor unions, according to a Politico report published after the legislation passed.

But Cristina Jimenez, an illegal alien and “Dreamer” who qualified under Obama’s first executive order, Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was more direct in citing her demand that Obama issue an executive order. Saying she was at the event “representing Dreamers all across the country and our families,” Jimenez spoke broadly about who should be included in that executive order. “We won’t stop organizing and advocating until all the members of our communities and families are protected from deportation,” said Jimenez, who is managing director of United We Dream. “We’re here to hold the president accountable to his promise to take executive action and we’re here to call on the president to deliver relief of deportation for millions in our communities,” Jimenez said, adding that this should include parents of Dreamers, workers, and members of the LGBT community. “All of them should be protected, Mr. President,” Jimenez said.

Trumka Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order CNS News

 

[Oldglory1]

The differing voices of amnesty...

Sen. Jeff Sessions: Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty
November 7, 2014 -- Granting "executive amnesty" to millions of people who came to the U.S. illegally "needs to be stopped," Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Thursday night.

"Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme," Sessions said. "How do you shut down funding for a deferred prosecution?" Kelly asked. "Well, it's real easy," Sessions replied. He noted that in granting deferred deportation for hundreds of thousands of young "dreamers," the Obama administration "gave those individuals ID cards with the words 'work authorization' on it, and gave them the power to take a job, which is improper and contrary to what the laws of the United States are. "And so now the president is saying he's going to do up to five to six million more. And so Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme. And we do that all the time." (Sessions mentioned that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay would have closed a long time ago if Congress hadn't barred the president from spending money to do that.)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) told Fox News's Sean Hannity Thursday night that he, Sessions, and four other Republican senators "think it's important for us to refuse to fund the president in his attempt to violate the law." If Obama does what many people expect him to do -- issue greens cards to millions of illegal aliens -- "that's not OK. That's not lawful," Lee said. "And we'll do everything we can to stop him, including withholding funds from his ability to carry out that project." Lee admitted that Republicans are "at a disadvantage" until January, when they take control of Congress. "Look, we just had a big election the other day. Americans showed up across the country and...they did not vote to support the president's agenda. They did not vote to support the president's lawless approach to the Constitution. They deserve to have their wishes respected, and I'm going to do everything I can to fight to make sure that happens."

'Plenty of tools'

Sessions said "no" to impeachment, adding that Congress has "plenty of tools" to use if Obama does exceed his constitutional authority on immigration. "Look, the American people have pleaded with Congress and presidents for 30 years. They've asked, pleaded and demanded, really, a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest." Such a system would not depress wages or deny Americans jobs that they'd otherwise be able to take, he said. "We absolutely need to do that. And I would say the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of that."

Sessions is one of six Republican senators who have written to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), warning him that "President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good on his threat" to impose executive amnesty. "This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers,” wrote Sens. Sessions, Ted Cruz (Texas); Mike Crapo (Idaho); Mike Lee (Utah); Pat Roberts (Kan.); and David Vitter (La.).

Sen. Jeff Sessions Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty CNS News

See also:

Trumka: Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order
November 7, 2014 – President Barack Obama should implement the immigration bill passed by the Senate in June but rejected by the House through an executive order, which would give a “pathway to citizenship” to millions of illegal immigrants, the head of the nation’s largest labor union said on Thursday.

Rich Trumka, international president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) was asked by CNSNews.com which illegal aliens should be granted “administrative relief” through an executive order--all 11 million estimated to be in the United States, some of those in the country illegally, or even those who have not arrived yet? “Our coalition’s very, very clear,” Trumka said at a press conference held by the Alliance for Citizenship at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “We think everybody that would have been covered by the Senate bill should get coverage in this action.” “It should be affirmative action so that workers aren’t really pushed back into the shadows,” he said. “As I said in my statement, that’s the way to protect all of us--not just the people that are covered by the executive action, but it will protect all of us.” “So it’s everybody covered by the Senate bill that would have had a path to citizenship,” Trumka said.

S.B. 744, or the Gang of Eight bill--referring to the four Democrats and four Republicans who championed it--was passed by the Senate in June. The bill established a 13-year “path to citizenship” that would allow illegals to live and work in the United States while they learn English, and pay a $1,000 penalty for breaking immigration law. The bill also included a new visa program for lesser-skilled workers, the product of negotiations among senators, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and labor unions, according to a Politico report published after the legislation passed.

But Cristina Jimenez, an illegal alien and “Dreamer” who qualified under Obama’s first executive order, Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was more direct in citing her demand that Obama issue an executive order. Saying she was at the event “representing Dreamers all across the country and our families,” Jimenez spoke broadly about who should be included in that executive order. “We won’t stop organizing and advocating until all the members of our communities and families are protected from deportation,” said Jimenez, who is managing director of United We Dream. “We’re here to hold the president accountable to his promise to take executive action and we’re here to call on the president to deliver relief of deportation for millions in our communities,” Jimenez said, adding that this should include parents of Dreamers, workers, and members of the LGBT community. “All of them should be protected, Mr. President,” Jimenez said.

Trumka Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order CNS News

Senator Jeff Sessions is a true patriot.

 

[Rotagilla]

The differing voices of amnesty...

Sen. Jeff Sessions: Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty
November 7, 2014 -- Granting "executive amnesty" to millions of people who came to the U.S. illegally "needs to be stopped," Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Thursday night.

"Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme," Sessions said. "How do you shut down funding for a deferred prosecution?" Kelly asked. "Well, it's real easy," Sessions replied. He noted that in granting deferred deportation for hundreds of thousands of young "dreamers," the Obama administration "gave those individuals ID cards with the words 'work authorization' on it, and gave them the power to take a job, which is improper and contrary to what the laws of the United States are. "And so now the president is saying he's going to do up to five to six million more. And so Congress simply has to bar the expenditure of any money to carry out such a scheme because it would be a very expensive scheme. And we do that all the time." (Sessions mentioned that the detention center at Guantanamo Bay would have closed a long time ago if Congress hadn't barred the president from spending money to do that.)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) told Fox News's Sean Hannity Thursday night that he, Sessions, and four other Republican senators "think it's important for us to refuse to fund the president in his attempt to violate the law." If Obama does what many people expect him to do -- issue greens cards to millions of illegal aliens -- "that's not OK. That's not lawful," Lee said. "And we'll do everything we can to stop him, including withholding funds from his ability to carry out that project." Lee admitted that Republicans are "at a disadvantage" until January, when they take control of Congress. "Look, we just had a big election the other day. Americans showed up across the country and...they did not vote to support the president's agenda. They did not vote to support the president's lawless approach to the Constitution. They deserve to have their wishes respected, and I'm going to do everything I can to fight to make sure that happens."

'Plenty of tools'

Sessions said "no" to impeachment, adding that Congress has "plenty of tools" to use if Obama does exceed his constitutional authority on immigration. "Look, the American people have pleaded with Congress and presidents for 30 years. They've asked, pleaded and demanded, really, a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest." Such a system would not depress wages or deny Americans jobs that they'd otherwise be able to take, he said. "We absolutely need to do that. And I would say the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of that."

Sessions is one of six Republican senators who have written to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), warning him that "President Obama will be exercising powers properly belonging to Congress if he makes good on his threat" to impose executive amnesty. "This will create a constitutional crisis that demands action by Congress to restore the separation of powers,” wrote Sens. Sessions, Ted Cruz (Texas); Mike Crapo (Idaho); Mike Lee (Utah); Pat Roberts (Kan.); and David Vitter (La.).

Sen. Jeff Sessions Congress Must Prohibit Funding for Unilateral Obama Amnesty CNS News

See also:

Trumka: Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order
November 7, 2014 – President Barack Obama should implement the immigration bill passed by the Senate in June but rejected by the House through an executive order, which would give a “pathway to citizenship” to millions of illegal immigrants, the head of the nation’s largest labor union said on Thursday.

Rich Trumka, international president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) was asked by CNSNews.com which illegal aliens should be granted “administrative relief” through an executive order--all 11 million estimated to be in the United States, some of those in the country illegally, or even those who have not arrived yet? “Our coalition’s very, very clear,” Trumka said at a press conference held by the Alliance for Citizenship at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “We think everybody that would have been covered by the Senate bill should get coverage in this action.” “It should be affirmative action so that workers aren’t really pushed back into the shadows,” he said. “As I said in my statement, that’s the way to protect all of us--not just the people that are covered by the executive action, but it will protect all of us.” “So it’s everybody covered by the Senate bill that would have had a path to citizenship,” Trumka said.

S.B. 744, or the Gang of Eight bill--referring to the four Democrats and four Republicans who championed it--was passed by the Senate in June. The bill established a 13-year “path to citizenship” that would allow illegals to live and work in the United States while they learn English, and pay a $1,000 penalty for breaking immigration law. The bill also included a new visa program for lesser-skilled workers, the product of negotiations among senators, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and labor unions, according to a Politico report published after the legislation passed.

But Cristina Jimenez, an illegal alien and “Dreamer” who qualified under Obama’s first executive order, Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was more direct in citing her demand that Obama issue an executive order. Saying she was at the event “representing Dreamers all across the country and our families,” Jimenez spoke broadly about who should be included in that executive order. “We won’t stop organizing and advocating until all the members of our communities and families are protected from deportation,” said Jimenez, who is managing director of United We Dream. “We’re here to hold the president accountable to his promise to take executive action and we’re here to call on the president to deliver relief of deportation for millions in our communities,” Jimenez said, adding that this should include parents of Dreamers, workers, and members of the LGBT community. “All of them should be protected, Mr. President,” Jimenez said.

Trumka Turn Never-Passed Senate Amnesty Into Executive Order CNS News

Senator Jeff Sessions is a true patriot.

maybe....

Close and enforce the border.
Deport all illegals.

 

[williepete]

Even up in the liberal haven of Oregon, they're getting it.
If an American citizen breaks the law, he pays the price. Non citizens need not worry. Insane.



Oregonians for Immigration Reform Communications Director Jim Ludwick discussed why Measure 88 failed in such a blue state:

"I think people are basically fed up with all the romanticizing of people coming into the country illegally and going to the front of the line. When you have a government at any level that rigidly enforces every nuance of the law on its citizens, but willingly and openly bends those laws to accommodate illegal aliens, all that it does is breed cynicism toward the government and resentment of the illegal aliens who get preferred treatment."

Oregonians for Immigration Reform People Are Basically Fed-Up