Posted by John Romano and Laura Glendinning in Politics on November 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (YBH.ME) – Washington’s “Gang of 100″, led by Congressman Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, has gotten the ear of the White House and then some recently.
The Gang’s letter last month to President Obama urging “CIR,” or Comprehensive Immigration Reform, has borne fruit. On November 13, Janet Napolitano, Director of Homeland Security, called a press conference to announce her department was pressing for immigration reform in 2010. She has long been tasked by the Obama Administration to do so.
Napolitano to push for immigration reform in 2010.
She referred to what [she calls] “the ‘three-legged stool’ that includes a commitment to serious and effective enforcement, improved legal flows for families and workers, and a firm but fair way to deal with those who are already here.” That firm but fair solution includes amnesty for the estimated 12-20 million illegals currently in America. The Administration emphasizes that making 12 million people legal will be a boon to government coffers, but opponents such as Republican Lamar Smith of Texas point out “how can they claim that enforcement is ‘done’ when there are more than 400 open miles of border with Mexico, hundreds of thousands of criminal and fugitive aliens and millions of illegal immigrants taking American jobs?”
Others note that, in a battered economy, granting legal access to social safety net benefits for 12-20 million new citizens is fiscal suicide. Meanwhile, a Zobgy International poll found 58 percent of Mexicans believe amnesty will encourage illegal immigration to the United States, while 68 per cent believe immigrants to America should maintain loyalty to Mexico. Though the national focus is on the overwhelming number of Hispanic illegals, a growing problem lies with Chinese human smugglers using loose Ecuadoran entry rules to get their “customers” into the hemisphere, and ultimately across the border at Arizona.
Napolitano’s suggested policies will sound familiar to Latino pressure groups, as they are straight from their talking points – amnesty for the undocumented and cross border flow being among the top two priorities noted on the La Raza website. La Raza, which translates as “The Race” in English, is a high profile left-wing Latino advocacy group.
That the intended recipient of favorable legislation is shaping the debate and even its wording is more than a little concerning to illegal immigration and amnesty opponents. The Democrats believe amnesty will give them a huge leg-up in future U.S. elections as Latinos have been leaning Democrat in recent election cycles.
#1 by Delaware Bob on November 16, 2009 - 8:05 am
This is not what we want, there, Janet. We want the immigration laws ENFORCED! If you can't handle it, step down! There will be no amnesty for 20 million illegal aliens! Got that?
#2 by larry on November 16, 2009 - 3:46 pm
How do they feel about you while stealing your jobs well my frind they want more than just your jobs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0qsmUDp5NQ&fe...
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWatchdog#p/a/u/2/V...
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWatchdog#p/a/u/0/E...
#3 by Brittanicus on November 17, 2009 - 1:44 am
I know quite a few Democrats who signed onto the Obama Presidency that will fight against any travesty called Comprehensive Immigration Reform? The one in 1986 was a complete disaster and unable to handle the sudden in surge of millions of more destitute people, thinking they were going to collect welfare? The doors to America are wide open, but nobody in their right mind is going to accept the first surge of 2-3 million coming from the South when they hear Lady Napolitano proclaiming a new AMNESTY? Those who believe in America’s survival, without OVERPOPULATION as stated by the US Census bureau better read facts, not the lies at NUMBERSUSA. Those who want details of corruption in WASHINGTON and state government go to JUDICIAL WATCH. Overpopulation, traffic hell should go to CAPSWEB. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL.
#4 by Brittanicus on November 17, 2009 - 1:44 am
Hopefully E-Verify will become a nationwide vetting system to remove illegal workers from your office or from your factory? It has shown its efficiency, because the open border organizations have moved heaven and earth to smash it? Now it is firmly entrenched in every American workers mind, that it can save their jobs. Even Sen.Harry Reid, who tried to table E-Verify failed miserably and now, is funded for another 3 years. This gives reputable politicians time to make E-Verification mandatory as it’s been evaluated as a good immigration enforcement instrument and it could be introduced for other purposes. As a national legal people's identifier and combined with other data bases, it usages could be essential to recognize fraudulent drivers license, auto registration. Child support, health care and many other verifications of individual who think they are safe from government. But its main restrictions will to terminate foreign nationals appropriating US workers jobs.
In the future this data base could be established at airport terminals for departures and arrivals. It will be an ongoing fight against the opponents such as US chamber of Commerce, ACLU, Council of Foreign Relations, business organizations, agriculture and other groups. It is certain to be a bargaining chip in shoving through another Comprehensive Immigration Reform package, that will devastate America. An overflow of poor, uneducated humanity, looking for free health care will start pouring into our nation. Around the world rumors are already flying that if you slip across the sieve of a border, you can get work as low income and get all your taxes back by lying on the tax form. Tax credits for non-existent supported children is an industry, that costs the US taxpayer billions a year. If Napolitano thinks that –ALL–Democrats will accept another trillion dollar budget deficit, cause by a new BLANKET AMNESTY. That bridge is still available in Brooklyn..? Very few Republicans will accept another AMNESTY? Not too much chance from Independents. Nor will legal immigrants or ethnic Americans who were born here, fought in four wars. Even people from South of the border are very reticent of allowing more people in, when there is 15 million unemployed. It means millions of low skilled workers would feel the crunch first, as already illegal immigrants who take their wages under the table, especially in Sanctuary States and undermine US labor?
#5 by sandyjo53 on November 18, 2009 - 9:14 pm
If this is the worst country and Obama has to keep going around apologising to other countries at every stop,then why does everyone want to come to this country why not stay and fix your own country and make it better.
None of us are against immigrants this country was founded on them,but you can not just open the flood gates and say ok come on in,this country can not handle the people and population it has now,we will all be starving and become like a third world country if we keep this up
But maybe that is the plan, what better way is there to ruin this country and go totally communist then to collapse this economy and bring an overbearing population, just what does this country produce anymore? not much! we have nothing to offer anymore but social prgrams and of course who is going to control it?….the elites of the global new world order!.