Corrupted: Kirsten Gillibrand pledges to push "comprehensive immigration reform"; might oppose 287g

Remember when I said that new U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand might be corrupted? Well, it just happened as earlier today (Sun. 2/1) she met with Latino leaders in New York and has now pledged to push comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty [1]. She's also going to meet with Michael Bloomberg to discuss the "controversial issue" of local police working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

And, from this:

She also pledged to support the DREAM Act, would make it possible for many undocumented high school students to obtain a legal status after meeting certain eligibility requirements, and follow the lead of her predecessor, Hillary Clinton, on a bill that would secure funding for ESL programs.

UPDATE: Both El Diario and the New York Daily News say she's now a CIR supporter, but that isn't in the New York Times report from Michael Powell (link). Powell does say that she now supports the Dream Act, although he only describes it without naming it. And:

[She] said she no longer supported cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities like New York that fail to enforce all immigration laws... which would have led to financial penalties for the city. "In a lot of these issues, it's a case of learning more and expanding my view," Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview after the meeting.

Even despite such a capitulation:

Some of the Latino elected officials who met with the senator at the Brooklyn offices of El Diario, the Spanish language newspaper, did not sound persuaded by Ms. Gillibrand’s statements.

UPDATE 2: I've asked Gillibrand's office for a statement on the El Diario article and probably won't receive a response. Feel free to try and leave a comment if you get a response: 202-224-4451

UPDATE 3: The mystery deepens. Per this, she'll be calling on Obama to "stop deportations immediately" and she says "she is now in favor of creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants" and "she will vote no on deputizing local police to enforce immigration laws" and "she also says she will not vote in favor of eliminating federal funds and tax incentives for so called sanctuary cities -- which is something she fought for in the House of Representatives." That page also teases an exclusive interview she did with NY1 Noticias, but I can't find anything like that at ny1noticias.com; all the video is basically her just talking like a politician and saying that her positions might change.

And, one of those who met with her on Sunday, NY City Councilman Joel Rivera, is quoted here:

The raids and deportation that's ripping our families apart, that needs to stop... I posed the question, 'are you willing to commit to call for an executive order to stop these deportations?' and she was unable to make that commitment."

[1] impre.com/eldiariony/noticias/principal/
2009/2/1/gillibrand-cambia-postura-sobr-106777-1.html

Comments

You featured earlier the latest (absurd) editorial by the NYT, which again used all the usual smear tactics -- only racists, nativists, xenophobes, etc oppose amnesty. It isn't a surprise when the average politician fails to stand up to that.

Colonization by the Numbers, How many more 300 million 500 million one billion or as many as it takes to remove Americans from the face of this earth? our enemy is government our enmey wants us dead,dead,dead. think freedom, think justice, think rope and a tree for the ideals of justice.

The sh*t storm the Open Borders lobby, the latino enthnocentrists, and the Hispanic and NYC media is throwing at Gilliband is outrageous. Right now you have no real idea if the NYT, Daily News and El Dario are putting words in Gilliband's mouth. I would love to hear a audio tape of Gilliband's meeting with the Latino political hacks. Even if Gilliband does cave in under this assault, doubt that will now prevent one or more pro-open borders candidates from challenging her in the 2010 primary. And for what. The Obama administration is hinting that CIR is off the table until after the 2010 mid-term. The votes are not there in the Senate and certainly not in the House. This will be a real political mess for the Democrats. I would expect a senate primary with at least 4 or more candidates, an upstate white moderate ie Gillibrand, a NYC area staunchly pro-open borders left liberal white ie Carolyn Maloney, a black candidate who will represent those AAs who are increasingly concerned about being displaced by latinos and the open borders agenda, and a latino who is anti gay civil union/marriage. If the Republicans run Peter King for Senate and Rudy G. for Gov on a pro-enforcement ticket they should be able to beat a divided Democratic party.

This quotes says it all “SHE UNDERSTANDS SHE NO LONGER REPRESENTS A SMALL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT UPSTATE,” SAID ASSEMBLYMAN JOSE R. PERALTA OF QUEENS, WHO IS THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. “WE ARE GOING TO HELP HER AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION, AND IF SHE DOESN’T CHANGE, WELL, THEN WE’LL BE SPEAKING TO OTHER CONTENDERS IN 2010.”

What does the NYT neglect to tell its readers about NY assemblymen Jose R. Peralta? That he is an all out Open Borders "No One is an illegal" lunatic. A race hustling shakedown artist. The Dominican version of Rev. Al Sharpton. That his district is a mega for document fraud, fake ids and identity theft. That the DHS has identified Roosevelt Avenue in his district as a threat to national security. That he has repeated made excuses for and provide political cover and protection for the criminal gangs that run the forgery operations. see http://www.nysun.com/new-york/fake-ids-openly-made-and-sold-in-new-york-city/24009/

mecca not mega. Peralta was among those who pushed Spitzer into his driver's license for illegal aliens fiasco that derailed his Governorship. http://www.observer.com/2007/lawmakers-want-spitzer-sign-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy _ Latino Lawmakers Push Spitzer to Adopt 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy by Azi Paybarah | 11:45 AM November 5, 2007 Lawmakers who met with Eliot Spitzer about his new driver’s license policy have asked the governor to sign a "don’t ask, don’t tell" executive order guaranteeing that undocumented residents can access state services without fear of having their immigration status reported to law enforcement officials. “I raised the issue to him as sort of a way to help immigrants feel comfortable even applying for this license,” state Senator Jose Serrano, a Democrat from the Bronx, told me a few minutes ago. Serrano brought up the issue earlier during a breakfast on the East Side, where he and other lawmakers met with Spitzer to discuss the driver’s license policy. A similar policy has long been in effect in New York City, where it was supported by every mayor from Ed Koch to Michael Bloomberg. “I told him when Mayor Bloomberg did it, it was something that was extremely well received in the immigrant community and it made a lot of sense and I don’t think it hurt Bloomberg politically at all,” Serrano said. Assemblyman Jose Peralta, a Democrat from Queens who also attended the breakfast, said the executive order could help immigrants accept Spitzer’s new driver’s license policy. Peralta said, “Right now they’re in the process of reviewing it and trying to consider it. Because our point was, here you’ve taken a step back, although he disagrees. 'It wasn’t a step back, it was a step forward.' But in the eyes of immigrants fighting for this cause, so people won’t get profiled, it was a step back. Now it’s a three-tier system. So, in spite of that, we said if you could sign this executive order, don't ask don't tell, it will soften the blow, in terms of being able to swallow this.” _

llamajockey, Thanks for the analysis. But what recent sources have you read that hint Obama may put off his CIR amnesty attempt until after the 2010 mid-terms? (I know Rahmbo said something like this awhile back, but I'm wondering if anyone from Obama's admin has said this recently). From what I've been reading, he may start peddling this in September or so.

Steve Joe Guzzardi over at VDARE and Rosemary Jenkins over at NumbersUSA do a pretty accurate Senate vote counts. Joe just did one the other day.

Guzzardi is the bomb. He is also a Democrat, but maybe that will change someday.

I won't come in your mouth, I promise! This was a given, Obama is a SEIU lackey, SEIU is the illegal alien government employee union and amnesty is their number one priority. They were even in on the Blago controvery seeking to get an amnesty minded Senator.

Love it Smitty! but the political pigs have already cum up our political butt's many years ago.