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Subscribe to RSSIf Republicans didn’t know it before, they learned in the November elections how serious a problem they have in winning Latino voters. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won only 27 percent of self-identified Latino voters, according to exit poll interviews.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a combination fundraiser and birthday party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, on Nov. 17, 2012 in Altoona, Iowa.
As Republicans make their case to Latinos and with one prominent Latino Republican, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a possible contender for the 2016 presidential nomination, long-stalled measures to increase immigration and give legal status to people illegally in the United States will be on the congressional agenda in 2013.
On immigration, the lame-duck session of Congress is a time for political positioning and strategizing rather than legislating. Along with all his other strategic challenges, House Speaker John Boehner has to figure out just far he and a majority of his GOP members are willing to go on immigration and which of his members in the new Congress will need to be given a free pass on tough roll call votes so that they don’t get challenged by conservatives in Republican primaries in 2014.
Meanwhile this week Republican senators urged Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid to allow the Senate to vote on a bill passed by the House last week that would provide legal residency to more foreigners who have earned doctorates or master’s degrees in science, technology, engineering or math at U.S. universities. The House-passed bill, which won the support of 27 Democrats, would create new visa categories for 55,000 science, engineering and mathematics graduates of American universities and it would eliminate a visa lottery program designed to increase immigration from counties which traditionally haven’t been big sources of U.S. immigrants.
Sen., John Cornyn, R- Texas, told the Senate Wednesday that it makes no sense for the United States to not allow foreign scientists who get their Ph.D.’s at American universities to remain in this country to work. “We are cultivating human capital and then sending those individuals back home” to their countries of origin, when many of them would rather remain in America,” Cornyn said.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., discusses the GOP's mean and sometimes nasty rhetoric towards Hispanics, how important immigration is to Latino voters, the meeting he's having with GOP lawmakers to discuss immigration reform and the need to do comprehensive reform now.
Romney made this same argument during his second debate with President Barack Obama, calling for giving legal permanent resident status “to people who graduate with skills that we need. People around the world with accredited degrees in science and math (ought to) get a green card stapled to their diploma, come to the U.S. of A. We should make sure our legal system works.”
But Clarissa Martinez de Castro, director of civic engagement and immigration at the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Latino advocacy group, criticized the House bill as “trying to eviscerate one program to feed another – as opposed to trying to fix the entire system.”
The relative smallness of the number of visas in the House bill, 55,000, she said, “tells you right away that we’re just tinkering around the edges. What really is begging to be addressed here is making sure the system works.”
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She said the core of the immigration redesign next year will be “the legalization and path to citizenship for the people who are already in the country.” That makes sense, she said, because “you cannot build on a faulty foundation. And the reality is we have a number of people who have been in the country for a very long time. They are part of the workforce and it makes sense to figure out that piece and how the other pieces develop from that one.”
A leading Democrat on immigration policy, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, told reporters at the Capitol Thursday, “The best way to go is a comprehensive package. What we’ve learned in the past is when you try to do it piecemeal, the pieces fall apart.”
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In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Sen.-elect, current Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., waves during an election night party in Phoenix.
In the Senate next year, Republican senator-elect Jeff Flake of Arizona (one of the co-sponsors of immigration reform in 2006) and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah will likely be key GOP deal makers, as well as Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Ultimately members of Congress will need to grapple with a crucial policy question: what should be the balance between immigration based on family ties and immigration based on a person’s expertise, education, and training. Should the United States bring in more people with doctorates in biochemistry, for example, and fewer who happen to have a brother or other relative in the United States?
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What Romney tried to do during the campaign was to convey the idea that he was open to immigration but that it had to be done through legal means. Rubio repeated this theme Wednesday in remarks at a POLITICO breakfast. His party, Rubio said, had “allowed itself to be positioned as the anti-illegal (immigrant) party…. What we really need to be is the pro-legal (immigrant) party.”
At the center of Democratic initiatives on immigration for several years has been the DREAM Act, a bill offered by Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Ill., and others to allow illegal immigrants brought to the United States by their parents before age 16 to stay legally in the country. Durbin’s bill would require these people to earn a high school diploma, submit biometric data and undergo a law enforcement background check. His bill would allow such people to eventually apply for permanent legal residence and, after an additional three years, apply for citizenship.
When the Senate voted on the DREAM Act at the end of 2010, three Democrats who are all up for re-election in 2014, Sens. Max Baucus of Montana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, all voted against ending debate, supporting Republican efforts to kill the bill by means of filibuster. Two other Democrats, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana and Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, also voted against cloture and the effort fell five votes short. (Nelson is retiring at the end of this year.)
The political calculus next year might be different if the DREAM Act provisions are embedded within a larger bill, perhaps one with incentives that could appeal to senators from conservative states such as Arkansas and Montana. In the immigration vote tally, both sides of the equation – Democrats and Republican – will be important.
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The statue of liberty says, Give me your tired, hungry, poor and weak.
Today it's Americans who are tired, hungry, poor and weak.
Time to take care of our own for a while, you know, put our oxygen mask on before assisting others.
I think the majoriy of America agrees with you elliot, we can't afford it! Send them ALL back! In fact you can start at the 7-11 by my house in Herndon, VA, Sunday morning is a great time for a round up (easily 50 illegal immigrants at that time)... just sayin'
The antiimmigrant attitude is Southern US attitude and that attitude didn't really help the southern US. Becoming fearful and scared to move will cost the US economically and will make it a plantation based poor and pathetic country. Backwardness in other words. US has to grab this issue with both hands and fix it. The growth, prosperity and larger pie of the future depends on it. This timidness is not helpful.
Time to kick out all those illegals who came here 400 years ago.
Pig - Mr Obama could show some leadership on the issue by kicking out his illegal alien Uncle Onyango who has been evading deportation orders for over 20 years.
We need immigrants in this country. Someone has to be Indians, the people we have now all want to be Chief. And the ones who can't be Chief just sit and whine. Without immigrants America will crumble anyway.
Pigotry, there were no illegals here 400 years ago. Native American groups lived in specific areas, but they did not have concepts of national borders or immigration rules that would have made it "illegal" for Europeans to be here. We do have such rules. Ten to one you'd cry bloody murder if you came home and found uninvited "guests" in your home, even if they were doing your dishes. A country is a "home" too.
Malcontented, immigration IS good, but it needs to be legal, and immigrants need to adapt, not set up parallel cultures beside the host culture. Immigrants also need to be able to work and contribute, but many (not all) remain as poor and ignorant here as they were in their homelands, living on assistance.
Malcontented-3522106
We need LEGAL immigrants in this country.
REB,
Legals won't do the "dirty" jobs. There has to be someone for Corporations to take advantage of. Thanks to education in America everyone is aware of Corporate slavery, however most people participate anyway.
Tom111 - Dude, where do you live? Do you think the South is the only place that doesn't want immigrants? I live in Southern California, and most of us are fed up with them! Esp. the ones who come here illegally, refuse to learn English, and pick our pockets the minute they arrive. Growth and prosperity...we haven't seen that in California in a long time, and we're neck-deep in immigrants!
The illegal immigration issue wouldn't be such big deal if it weren't that they overwhelmingly supported Obama.
Yeah it would, justoneguy, it would just be from another angle.
We do not need illegal immigrants! That is a myth. The country would not fall apart without illegals.Also to address present time problems let's stay in present time.It is not 400 years ago,or even 200 years ago. Lets talk about now.
Check & mate perhaps Malcontented.......I'll give ya that much.
@ Robbie-1437294,
Is there a reason California wants to give illegal's a Driver's License? Your state government caters to illegals and the people of California do nothing to stop it! Never in my life did I understand building roadside facilities so they wouldn't be pissing behind the nearest tree or building. You people are more concerned about making pot legal than you are about taking care of your way of life. Hell lets just get stoned and hire an illegal if we need anything done. When was the last time you called Immigration and told them you're fed up?
I'm sure the current administration will now shelf this issue until mid 2016......
They would if it was a requirement to collect a check form the government.
How about putting these people who sit at home and collect a check into some sort of part-time public service program?
Your wrong Confused, The PEOPLE of California did NOT want illegals.
Prop 187 was voted in OVERWHELMINGLY in California and guess what our state politicians did...Let it die in court battles (which would have won, had they pursued it). We also enacted English Only and did away with Affirmative Action law, guess what, those die in court to.
Anyone who has any brains, education and money left California long ago in disgust...So, in the end, you're right about the majority who are left. You know, those that take money from the state (the majority of the population, now), illegals and some of the dumbest, idiotic, pathetic liberal loony leftist in the nation. Lets see where it takes them...any pridicitons?
Americans (including this Democrat) support LEGAL immigration! Americans will not tolerate ILLEGAL immigration!
This insufferable La Raza ("the Race") advocate's statements reveal her despicable agenda-- her allegiance is to benefit the immigration LAWBREAKERS rather for the best interests of the United States and its citizens. As Americans, we should all be suporting granting visas to immigrants who are brilliant, educated, and who can support themselves-- not to uneducated losers who selfishly believe that they are above the very immigration laws with which 1 Million LEGAL immigrants comply EVERY YEAR!!!
Indeed, the way to demonstrate that we will enforce our immigration laws IS NOT by granting rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreaking (which will only serve to ensure the next wave of exponentially millions more immigration lawbreakers in 10 years-- just as Reagan's 1986 Amnesty incentivized this wave if ILLEGAL immigration).
A GOVERNMENT WHICH REFUSES TO ENFORCE ITS OWN LAWS IS INTOLERABLE!
Does it surprise anyone that La Raza would rather have a Visa program available to people from countries that are not interested in immigration to this country instead of intelligent highly trained foreign scientists who got their Ph.D.’s in science, engineering and mathematics at American universities?
Yep, all Johnny Cornhole can parrot is what every CEO and Millionaire lovin' Republican can nod in unison on! HIRE FOREIGN LABOR BEFORE AMERICA'S SONS AND DAUGHTERS. Those sons and daughters who also went to the SAME AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. But the problem the American CEO 'Scrooges' have is one of MONEY and just how much our American kids should expect for starting salaries HERE, in this country and how much LESS (by a multiple of 3) Hadji will take to start.
Hey!!....What the Hell, ain't Capitalism great!
A friend of mine had a daughter doing a semester of college in England. She was majoring in Communications and wanted a job at the BBC. She was near the top of her class and she had looks and a great personality. The Brits told her "Sorry, we hire native English first." So, we're the only dopes who push aside our own kids and put foreign workers before our own. Just ask Microsoft billionaire Billy Gates. He can't get enough foreign help and has been known to run crying to his friends in Congress to help him get more cheap labor through every Visa Program he can. And he ain't the only one.
Things need to change ......................
We are nearing the point of no return where the Latino community, voting for the interest of their people whether they are legal or not, and not the country. This is due to indoctrination from many sectors of our society that want them to believe that those of us against illegal immigration are against all Latinos. And now at this point their vote coupled with the idiotic feel good voters who are incapable of seeing that importing an endless wave of poor people will have and has had catastrophic consequences for this country. California is a great example of where we are headed. And don't give the old diatribe about the Irish, Italian, and Chinese poor immigrating here in the past. For one the numbers of illegals entering this country is far more than the previous mass migrations. Secondly those previous immigrants had to make their way, they didn't have the teats of the Federal and state governments to suckle. Lastly assimilation, while not immediate was expected. It's high time we put the interests of our own poor first and force the greedy business to either pay legal citizens well or collapse then kick out any politicians who are simply trying to get votes and see the wave of illegals as a free ticket.
Rubio was illegal when he started his life in the Americas, still today he gets on his banana boat to take his vacations in his homeland Cuba, deportation should start with Rubio !!!!!!!!!!!!
non-Patriotic Birther LOL, Seeing as Marco Rubio is a natural born citizen, like Barack Obama, they should start deportations with Mr Obama's illegal alien drunk driving uncle Onyango who has been evading a deportation order for over 20 years.
La Raza is only interested in getting citizenship for the millions of un-educated illegal aliens in the country. They have no interest in the educated immigrants.
Also, next time you buy breakfast cereal, don't by Kellogs, they are a monetary supporter of La Raza and other racist organizations.
Facts on President Obama's 'illegal' uncle:
Onyango Obama is the step-brother of President Obama's father--which means they share no blood; President Obama's grandfather married Onyango's mother, making Onyango a stepchild and only distantly related by marriage.
Onyango came to the US on a student visa in 1963 at the age of 17 as part of a student exchange program to allow Kenyan students to study at American universities. He filed applications to remain in the US at every period at which he was required to, until 1992 when he missed a deadline and was ordered deported for the missing paperwork. He filed an appeal on that deportation order, and that appeal has been working its way through the system since (yes, appeals can take ten years or more.)
He has a valid Social Security card and has reportedly paid taxes, and there were no criminal incidents or arrests until August of 2011 when he drove DUI, failed to stop at a stop sign, and nearly crashed into a police car. When taken into custody, he reportedly said that he wanted to call the White House, however, no such phone call was ever placed.
In March of 2012 he pleaded no contest to the charges; the judge has continued the case for one full year so if there are no other violations by March of 2013, the DUI charge will be dismissed. In the meantime he also has to attend a driver's alcohol education program and his license was, I believe, suspended.
While it is rare that appeals on deportation orders are approved and cases reopened, it does happen, most commonly in cases when paperwork errors are involved. Those deportation orders issued for persons convicted of criminal acts almost never are. The appeal for Onyango was filed far before the DUI incident, and although he has not been convicted and no lives were lost, I do believe the deportation order for missing paperwork will be upheld and he will be compelled to leave.
By law, a deportation order is supposed to be placed on hold until the applicant has won (or lost) an appeals request (i.e. final disposition.) However, is is extremely common for those who are still awaiting final disposition to be deported anyway despite the deportation hold laws, and there are stories of those who have legally been approved to stay being deported anyway.
I'm not saying he's wrong; I'm not saying he's right. I'm simply trying to give the facts on the case as I understand it.
Disclaimer: I do not support illegal immigration, despite having once been declared 'undocumented' myself and detained for three years in a deportation camp due to missing paperwork. I am a now-naturalized citizen, and I support immigration reform and making things fair for everyone.
Either we are a nation, or we are not. Nations have borders, which they enforce. Do we enforce our borders, or not?
If US doesn't solve this issue, US is going out of the picture. Chinese population, money, growth is exploding. If US shrinks, the economy and prosperity will shrink. US has to be big and competitive, this fearful talking will cause the US to shrink gradually and it will be second rate country. US have to be big and bold to win the future.
Lee,
America is supposed to be different from other nations. We accept all the people that other nations don't want.
Malcontented - Since you favor having illegal aliens just jump the border and squat in our country taking advantages of the services meant for and paid by citizen/taxpayers, I am sure you have no problem if someone invades your home and takes up residence expecting you to pay for their keep.
NH_Shellback,
It's OK with me, if they will just wash the dishes and take out the trash!
I have worked with border patrol for a year and have seen how serious this issue really is. Billions have been put into protecting our nations borders and thousands are employed enforcing them. I have seen millions wasted in keeping marijuana out of the country so if that was legallized than i think that more time could be put into enforcing illegal immigration. Also I believe that because illegals have already made themselves comfortable living here its too long of a process to send them home. ILLEGALS SEND MOST OF THEIR MONEY HOME, THERE MONEY SUPPORTS THERE COUNTRY!
Gregory, you have solved the problem. Legalize marijuana and import all the illegals relatives. That would create an almost instant economic recovery.
I cannot say I support bringing anyone in the country illegally. Cause and effect homie. if you break the law=bad things happen. Why should I pay to send these people home with my tax dollars. Taxing pot would put money in out economy and allow federal agents to deal with more important issues....like immigration...and this was just an example of a solution.
We gladly accept people from other nations, if they go through legal processes. And we have had large periods of time where we don't accept just anyone from any country, so your first argument is somewhat vacuous.
It's obvious that you aren't honest with your second statement, so why should we believe anything that you post?
How you going to stop the canadians , example,,,,,( pipeline to china) , through AMERICA ???
John Boner has a big investment in the Tran-Canada Pipeline that will fill his pockets-$, this is why he was fighting so hard to get it approved !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Boneheads pipeline, like Pat said - To China !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!$ !!!
I wish I Could get rewarded for Breaking our Laws. If Millions of Illegal immigrants who broke our laws and continued to break our laws for years get a free pass wheres My get out of Jail for Free Card?
Illegal immigrants pay millions and dollars in taxes to the social security without taking a dime. Immigrants contribute money and the US economy is going. Take 11 million people out of the country, US will go back in another recession because there is just no money and workers.
If we deported the 11 million illegal aliens, living in the US, we would create millions of new jobs, and save hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars by not having to pay to send their kids to public schools.
Galactus,
Like the name not the viewpoint. If we send the illegals back it won't open up jobs, just create shortages. No "real American" will work those jobs for ANY amount of pay, much less what the illegals get paid.
Malcontented - you are full of @!$%#. With 23 million unemployed and under-employed citizens, there are many hardworking Americans that would love the opportunity to have one of the jobs that the 8 million employed illegal aliens fill in this country.
Tom111, many citizens who break the law, and who get fined or jailed for it, also pay taxes and keep the economy going. Would you have the legal system ignore/accommodate them as well, so as not to hurt the economy? That there are eleven million illegal aliens in America is mind boggling. I agree, don't deport them all, but don't give them a free pass either. If there are no repercussions for illegal entry into the country, then we HAVE no country. Countries and nations are built on laws, and laws must be respected or legally changed. If our laws are not respected, WE are not respected, and the first American law that represents us, as a nation, is found at our BORDERS.
NH_S,
Yeah there are just hundreds of 'em. Unemployment and welfare pay better than illegal's pay.
Tom, Your post is a lie. Illegals put SOME money into those programs, but the money (and we're talking BILLIONS anywhere from 90 to 113 BILLION) they take is much much higher in the form of welfare, medical, public benefits and through fraud.
rense.com/general81/dtli.htm
www.factcheck.org/2009/04/cost-of-illegal-immigrants/
www.fairus.org/publications/the-costs-of-illegal-immigration -
and I could link on and on.
It's like the welfare statics...sure there are more whites on welfare, but there are more whites in this nation. So they don't come close to over representing their race. The opposite is true, if blacks are 12% of the population and 37% of welfare recipients, than they double over represent their race in taking welfare. Same goes for how much illegals put into the system, but they take triple or quadruple back, so deporting them wouldn't save money?...
The FACTS don't support your claims.
twit ,broke the laws , never paid taxes ,,,,, he( a felon ) ran for president !
and they say crime doesn't pay.laws are for chumps.
Crime pays. Free room and board and three squares a day. Provides everything a person needs.
mg , got that one from twit ??
They haven't learned anything. The same vitriolic hate-spewers denying all logic and reason before the election are still out here on the vine doing the same thing.
I find the Democratic party to be the racists as they are pandering to only one race,Hispanic.In case they forgot that our country is made up of legal law abiding immigrants who came from many other countries that are not Hispanic.While everybody is demanding the Hispanic's rights and want their votes,the Asians who immigrated to American legally are educated and are getting involved in the political process.They will leave the Hispanics in the dust.
I can't stand either party, republicans being worse. That being said, I mostly agree with their stance on immigration and disagree with them if you will, but calling them "vitriolic hate-spewers" because they don't want illegals flooding into this country is a very intellectually disturbed point of view.
The task of immigration reform must be taken seriously. Long time residents who work, pay their taxes and are not criminals should be expedited to citizenship. Newly arrived illegals must take their place in line and do the above to be considered for citizenship.
Will you pay my property tax bill. I don't want to pay property taxes to send the children of illegal aliens to our public schools.
Westguy,
I contend that every twenty years, we have amnesty for all illegals. Because we will never prevent them from coming in. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Let's at least get 'em on the tax roll. Of course, after they have been legal for awhile many will start living off government subsidizes and stop doing all the "dirty" jobs.
It is true that our country will never be able to prevent all illegal immigrants from crossing our borders. However, we can dramatically reduce the number of illegal immigrants by making it more difficult to live and work in the United States if someone has ignored our immigration laws.
As a start, here are two simple and low-cost things our government can do:
1) Congress should pass a law requiring all employers to use E-Verify. This will eliminate the better job opportunities that illegal immigrants now can get by using stolen social security numbers and forged ID documents.
2) State and local governments should fully enforce laws that all drivers must have both a driver's license and insurance. This will make the roads safer and protect citizens from the costs of accidents caused by uninsured drivers. It will also make it harder for illegal immigrants to live in the United States; work options will be reduced when they can only travel by foot, bicycle and public transit.
We can stop 99% of illegals at the border and deport the other 1%. This is 2012. We can have every inch of the southern border on around the clock video surveillance backed up by US military search teams if we felt like it. Good training for them. Where the border guard is overwhelmed. The other entry points are easier to defend ocean/Canada/airports
We can imprison all business owners with illegals on their payrolls and round up every illegal on any street corner anywhere, and in any dumb labor business across the country.
Just remember, Cal_Chi, for every law you create, criminals will find a way around it and you reduce the freedoms of everyone else.
Charge the illegal alien invaders for services they used while in the US then deport them at their own expense.
ALIENS , what planet are they from , which of our services are they using !!!!!?
There is a huge difference between being a legal immigrant into the United States and an illegal immigrant. An illegal immigrant has broken US laws and is a criminal. We have laws that deal with these criminals and they just need to be enforced. No Amnesty for illegal aliens. We need to enforce the law. Deport all illegal aliens, secure the border and fine anyone who hires an illegal alien. That is the law. Why can't the Federal Government just do their job?
Because, if these laws are enforced it will create a crisis. Believe it or not, America NEEDS illegals. And as such, I support illegal aliens.
Just cite ONE claim, from a impartial source, why we'd ever need these people...I can cite multiple sources why we don't.
Legislation to create new visa categories for 55,000 science, engineering and mathematics graduates of American universities makes perfect sense. Allowing illegal aliens to remain in the US and give them work permits to legally compete for jobs against 23 million unemployed and under-employed citizens does not..
Oh heck. The Pres has taken care of illegal immigration by blanking out our economy. They don't want to come here for nothing anymore. Except the asians, who are coming over by the droves to take over all our property and business being bought up at flea market prices. Its ok, I love Chinese food.
Just when you think some sense has returned ie. Justin Beiber not nominated for a Grammy, you get todays farcical job numbers and pols positioning themselves for more amnesty. I want to laugh but it isn't funny anymore.
No person should be allowed to immigrate to America unless they can prove they have a profession or a skill that can contribute to society. They should also be required to pass a physical and be in possession of $10,000 cash. There is no more territory to be conquered or land to be settled and the immigrating tired, poor and weak are overunning the land.
So, we deprive people of the things we take for granted? I don't think that's right, America should be for everyone. I believe people SHOULD go through proper channels, but once they are here, and willing to contribute, I believe they should be allowed to remain.
This is going to make some unhappy. Immigants take the jobs Americans do not want. Wrong. I have talked to many students (as a teacher) and they do not want to work flipping burgers or whatever becasue there are ADULT Mexicans working there who do not even speak English making it an environment they do not want, who can blame them. These jobs were meant for students part time not careers for any adults. Second, illegals mostly do not pay taxes, they work under the table and they do take services. Go to any hospital emergency room and try to get in for a real emergency and forget it, you will be in line behind illegal Mexicans who have their children there for a cold becasue they know they cannot be refused service. Even if they do pay some taxes it doe snot come close to what they take out in services for their many children and relatives who do not work or pay taxes. The majority of those in jail and prison in the southern states are Mexicans many illegal. A significant number of Mexicans legal or not do not gradulate from high school nor do they care. If the United States makes it no longer beneficial to come to our country illegally then it would stop. No more welfare (yes illegals get it becasue of their children), no medical care, change the constitution so if you are born here and not here legally your child is not a citizen, no free education unless you can prove you are a citizen and your parents came here legally. Stop all benefits and they stop coming. America does not need any more illegal farm workers, the ones we have are not getting an education and will be able to take their parents jobs in the fileds, cutting lawns, cleaning hotel rooms and car washes.
Once again THE SPANISH WERE HERE 1ST unless you are a Native American Indian you are the alien to this land!!! Embrace your fellow human beings and find some compassion or go back to England or Scotland or where ever!!! oh and FYI the so called proper channels can take 10-15 years....And these people you are so against on average contribute so much more than most fascist-white trash-lazy fat typical "Americans".
Newsflash:
Hispanics in America have a higher obesity rate than whites:
Compared with whites, Blacks had 51% higher and Hispanics had 21% higher obesity rates
http://www.cdc.gov/features/dsobesityadults/index.html
Ok, puerco?
You gotta go "Squato"
That might be a bit much, E. Reyes, however, I do "get" where you're coming from. For all of our political correctness, I've never heard a politician put forth a motion for all non-Native Americans to leave the country and give back the land to the Natives. We will never be that "fair".
As somebody mentioned before, this is a country of laws, respect the laws and the inmigrants will be wellcome, the trash in theirs contries are such because this people do not respect any laws and now they try to spoil this nation, the lawless are gaining staus quo due to the demagogic of the goverment that allow any kind of violations with the only ambitiuos to remain in office, this politicians are the big problem for the country. The country capacity to absorb inmigrants has been surpassed, is time to send people, legal or not south to the border, we can start with goverment figures.
Viva Hilberto!
If our borders are getting to small, we must expand. But, we can't deprive people of the American dream, just because we are "full". After all the statue Of Liberty didn't include a quota. ALL are welcome.
"God Bless America, and Everybody Else"
lol malcontent, what a load of crap. We're going to invade Mexico to create space for more Mexicans because we can't say no to illegals due to the "American dream"?
Mal-352,
The Statue of Liberty was a "gift", dummy! It's the Constitution we want to uphold. You know.... that thing that makes us, us??!! Quotas are a must.
Deport All Illegal Trash, Latino, Polish, Chinese, Ukrainian, Thai, doesn't matter.
Democrats are scum, completely immoral scum with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, which is why rewarding the lawbreakers is once again on the table, even though it failed in the 80's and the problem just came back even worse.
In the new America, post-USA, all illegals will be deported. If their families want to be with them, they'll have to move to the Blue US, where the illegals will undoubtedly head.
Don't vote for any Republican who supports amnesty for illegal scum. Not in 2014 in the Senate and Congress.
And not in 2016 for president. If Marco Rubio votes for amnesty, his career is over, and he can just stay in the Senate from now on. Not gonna be president.
Marco Rubio can forget about running for President. I doubt that the American ( Legal ) citizens will allow for this idiot to turn this country into the next Mexico. Since all these pro-immigrant groups like to file B.S. lawsuits I think the American citizens should counter and file a lawsuit against this administration for not doing what they were elected into office to do and that is protect the American citizens from foreign invaders. But Rubio will NEVER become president of this country I guarrantee it.
I think they should deport Malcontented 3522106 because he lives in a dreamworld. If he is so pro-illegal immigration why does he not just move to Mexico or wherever and then he would be happy.
Perhaps illegally?
I understand why "you people" have a problem with illegals, I just don't have the same problem. People are people and I think if they can make it here they should stay. I have said people SHOULD try to come in legally, but if that fails, then by any means necessary. If I were in their position I'm sure I would do the same thing. I always...always...try to look at a position from every point of view and in my opinion we should look at what is best for the individual. Them folks coming here ain't gonna hurt me, so why should I feel the need to deny them. I do understand that some people ARE affected by illegal immigrants, but I ain't one of 'em.
So because "YOU" aren't affected (and I have a hard time believing that. You might not be right now, but in the end when we end up spending our tax dollars supporting people who don't belong here, with welfare, medical, housing, all forms of public benefits, not to mention keeping them in our prisons and jails, when you go to retire and there is nothing left, think it WILL affect you then), we should ignore our laws? How STUPID is that...
Tom111, Well, you've just about gotten it ALL wrong..... please post the sources you use.
Tis the season,to go over the cliff,tis the season for another GOP shalacking,,,lmao
After the new years,tax cuts for the middle
Lame GOP,lame season,
Hohoho off the cliff wemgommhohoho
What do people think of,when they see themgop tards?
It is a real disappointment to see so many ignorant comments on this issue....most of which offer no quality suggestions.
Having spent more than 20 years in Arizona and involved with the consequences of this issue for some 15 years, I am stunned that so many so-called "proud" americans still find that the Constitution and the Rule of Law are irrelevant. To be sure, the founding fathers DID NOT make warm and fuzzy decisions so that the enforcement of the law had to somehow measure up to a persons sense of emotional insecurities. And, like so many of our "elected" officials, many americans are about as tyranical as they are. For a few campaign dollars and an illegal vote, politicians will support and vote for many things, including the entire destruction of our 230 years as a Constitutional Republic.
When you hear the Obama band playing their tune, i.e., Harry Reid, Luis Gutierrez, Chucky Schumer, Juan McCain, Lindsey Graham, Jeff "the" Flake, Durbin and a host of other political crooks and tyrants, you can be assured that the melody is and will always continue to be Wagners "death" march and not America the Beautiful. These maniacs have scarred the dignity of our Constitution for far too long and their continued onslaught of pitting the so-called "constitutional rights" of millions of illegal aliens over the guaranteed Constitutional rights of legal american citizens is pathetic and reprehensible.
Luis Gutierrez and his political cronies all scream that the system is broken and needs to be repaired, as does the "snakes" at La Raza and the Southern Poverty Law Center, but not a single one of them will enforce the laws that were passed in 1986 when Reagan granted the first amnesty. Nor will they even admit that they have absolutely no intentions of passing the kind of Comprehensive Reform that would include sanctions and penalties that would ensure the protection of our Republic and existing laws.
If anyone cares to see what kind of future crooked politicians and unconcerned and ignorant americans are willing to visit upon their own children and grandchildren....go to Numbers USA or search for articles by Frosty Wooldrige and be prepared to have the scales removed from your eyes.
Illegal immigration and unfettered legal immigration as it has existed over the past 40 years has led to colonization and balkanization in this nation. Where immigrants from all over the world once met in the public square to proclaim their love and loyalty to one nation, one flag and one language with a share culture, values and traditions....we now have seen the chaos and the confusion of competing cultures, languages and political divisions that are causing the total errosion of the american dream and the founders vision of a great nation. In the next 25 years, at the rate of 100,000 immigrants per month, we will see an additional 30 million more faces within our borders, faces of individuals who more likely than not will not speak English, know our history or care about our western culture. Whether or not they come from Mexico or Central and South America, or from the Middle East, Africa or Asia....the consequences and the adverse affects that such immigration practices will conjure up are not in the best interest of this Nation.
As a sovereign nation, we have an absolute right to determine who we invite to share in the American Dream. As a free and liberated people, we have the absolute right to demand that we be included in the decisions, relative to immigration and to be given a voice as to how those laws are to be shaped. As it stands now, there are a handful of "movers and shakers" involved in this discussion and to be sure, most americans have been and will continue to be left out of the decision making process. Politicians, radical organizations like La Raza and the SPLC, LULAC and others, as well as the mouth pieces for the main stream media don't want to hear from american citizens on this issue and that includes FOX News. What the 2012 closed door meetings are going to bring us in 2013 is a more pointed example as to just how far down the path of total chaos these politicians and groups are willing to take us, especially when we are already at the point of no return.