Comprehensive Immigration Reform

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Tim Gaynor /Reuters tries, fails to find economic benefits of amnesty; MPI: little effect - 4/27/2009

Tim Gaynor of Reuters offers "Could legalizing immigrants improve U.S. economy?" (link) Just because the only booster he could find to say that granting amnesty to illegal aliens would have a major financial benefit was Scott Smith, mayor of Mesa, Arizona doesn't mean that there aren't others out there; we know there are. However, whenever even Marc Rosenblum of the Migration P...

McCain won't support union-driven immigration "reform" push; other uncertainties - 4/19/2009

... recently joined forces to promote comprehensive immigration reform. Now. per this, John McCain says: "The current plan being developed by the administration and organized labor calls for immigration reform that does not adequately address either securing the border or a legal temporary worker program and is a plan I cannot support... We need to act on the pressing issue of border security no...

Change to Win, AFL-CIO join to push immigration "reform"; ditching big business; labor commission - 4/14/2009

... Union) have joined forces to push comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty. This is a continuation of the plan that was outlined in Soros-funded Democratic immigration push might ditch business interests involving a commission to manage future immigration levels. The unions want the basic components of "reform", but they also oppose a large guest workers program. This doesn't ...

Immigration Policy Center absurd study claims immigration "reform" would help economy - 4/14/2009

... claim that the 2006 and 2007 comprehensive immigration reform bills would have paid for themselves. They fail to note the full cost of those amnesties which would include such things as giving the Mexican government even more political power inside the U.S. They note that the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 would have generated $66...

John McCain using support for Obama's amnesty to raise re-election funds (John Cornyn, Jason LeVecke) - 4/13/2009

In response to last week's NYT story saying that Obama was going to push amnesty, John McCain's Senate re-election finance committee co-chair Jason LeVecke sent out an email to supporters in Houston asking for money so that McCain could help Obama push amnesty (link):

April, 2009: Mitt Romney now wants immigration "reform" - 4/05/2009

Last year, it was difficult to tell where Mitt Romney stood on immigration matters because he crafted his various statements in an ambiguous fashion and - of course - neither MSM journalists nor citizen journalists tried to find out exactly what he supported. Now, he's let us know where he stands (for now at least). From this: Romney believes that one way to attract more minorities to the GOP...

George Gascon DC trip paid for by "a group of nonprofit organizations that are seeking immigration reform" - 4/04/2009

On Thursday, two congressional subcommittees held a hearing on the 287g program which included the following exchange (link, via this) between Mesa, Arizona police chief George Gascon (an opponent of the program) and Rep. Ted Poe (a supporter): "Who paid your way to get here today?" Poe asked. Gascon replied by repeating the question. "You heard me," Poe said. "Who paid ...

NALEO, LULAC, SEIU, Univision: ending raids for census not enough, immigration "reform" needed - 4/01/2009

Following up on her report of yesterday, Hope Yen of the Associated Press informs us that a group of illegal immigration-supporting Hispanic groups - including one with a direct albeit minor link to the Mexican government (NALEO) and one whose treasurer is an extremist (LULAC) - want their race-based power and they want it now (link): Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic...

Soros-funded Democratic immigration push might ditch business interests - 3/28/2009

... groups will be making a push for comprehensive immigration reform this fall that would see the Democrats try to get it on their own without bringing business interests into their big, crooked tent: link (See also last month's "Hilda Solis to prefer labor enforcement to immigration enforcement?") Under their scheme, there'd be a massive amnesty, following by: an independent com...

Mel Martinez to be "irritant" to get immigration "reform"; Gebe Martinez has no concern for U.S. workers - 3/18/2009

... initiating an unfocused push to get comprehensive immigration reform:

Condi Rice promotes immigration "reform", bad policy (why?) - 3/16/2009

Juliana Barbassa of the Associated Press informs us that Condoleezza Rice spoke at Stanford University on Friday and said the following (link):

Nancy Pelosi: immigration enforcement separating families is "un-American" (Luis Gutierrez, Kelly Zito) - 3/08/2009

... national tour designed to press for comprehensive immigration reform that's sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and led by Luis Gutierrez. Because Zito doesn't provide full quotes and because she doesn't even once use the word "illegal" or even "undocumented", it's not clear just how stupid the remarks from Nancy Pelosi were: "Our future...

Luis Gutierrez' "National Family Unity Tour" to pull heartstrings in support of illegal immigration; ask him a question - 2/25/2009

... from coast to coast to push for comprehensive immigration reform. The schedule is below, and what I need you to do is organize a local effort to go to one of these events and make him look bad on video by asking him a tough question designed to show that he's engaging in false compassion and that he's not promoting the best policies. Please note that I'm talking about very difficul...

Could Obama and Napolitano enact a mini-amnesty... without Congress? - 2/24/2009

... An Alternative To Waiting For Comprehensive Immigration Reform?" (link) Evaluating their claims is left for those intimately familiar with immigration law, but here's the editor's summary: ...The article argues that there is ample room in the Immigration and Nationality Act, for the Executive Branch, acting alone and without Congress, to take decisive curative action. The key is to...

Corrupted: Kirsten Gillibrand pledges to push "comprehensive immigration reform"; might oppose 287g - 2/01/2009

... 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.

Juan Hernandez to lobby Obama for immigration amnesty (still with Reform Institute) - 1/25/2009

... Barack Obama campaign to pass comprehensive immigration reform, aka an amnesty. Hernandez is still a Senior Fellow of the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Initiative" at the McCain-linked Reform Institute (reforminstitute.org/about/AboutHernandez.aspx), but it's not clear whether he'll be doing his lobbying through them or another group. From the translation here (original he...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand immigration stance: tough or just for show? - 1/23/2009

... those opponents also support comprehensive immigration reform while lying about CIR not being amnesty; it's a word game. She might not be playing a word game, or she might be leaving herself wiggle room. And, note the use of the word "reform" in the final paragraph. While she could be referring to something other than CIR, the use of that word is a strong indicator that she suppo...

Cardinal Mahony, Janet Murguia, Unite Here, Frank Sharry, Ali Noorani pretend immigration "reform" would be good for the economy - 1/08/2009

... moral voice supporting just and comprehensive immigration reform joins the President of one of America's leading pro-immigrant unions, the head of the largest Latino civil rights organization, and national pro-reform leaders to discuss the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform as the 44th President and 111th Congress take office. Anna Gorman of the Los Angeles Times listened in, an...

"Comprensive immigration reform" returns: S.9, the "Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009" - 1/07/2009

Comprehensive immigration reform - aka an amnesty for illegal aliens - is back. Yesterday, Harry Reid introduced S.9, the "Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act of 2009" ("SESBA"). What's there now is just a placeholder (link), however the remarks made by Patrick Leahy at introduction show exactly what it is. Those remarks and the list of co-sponsors are below. Note that ...

Right after election, Harry Reid called McCain and they pledged to work for amnesty - 1/06/2009

... they pledged to work together on comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty. Reid doesn't know whether McCain has contacted Barack Obama with a similar pledge or not. The transcript is here, excerpt and video below. Note that David Gregory lets the provisions of "reform" pass right by him without noting how deceptive they are. ...

National Immigration Forum cheers Hilda Solis Labor Secretary pick (America's Voice) - 12/18/2008

... for immigrants, workers, and comprehensive immigration reform throughout her career... (together with Janet Napolitano, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Richardson), Rep. Solis is joining a strong team that can work with Congress on behalf of the President to deliver real reform for the American people on the issue of immigration.

1986 loophole: visa holders prove they became illegal aliens to get amnesty (Peter Schey) - 12/17/2008

... any new amnesties (aka "comprehensive immigration reform") would have their own "solutions". For a reverse-Kafkaesque example, see this: [Schey] also successfully argued that the government knew many immigrants had violated their status another way: by failing to furnish an address report every three months. The government's failure to produce the address reports showed ...

Bill Richardson: "Obama is an immigrant" (promotes CIR's "learn English"... in Spanish) - 12/07/2008

... "learn English" part of comprehensive immigration reform... in Spanish.

Nancy Pelosi: no "path to citizenship" for illegal aliens might be compromise - 12/06/2008

I missed this when it first came out in late October 2008, but an unrelated Associated Press article contained the following suggestion from Nancy Pelosi (link): Pelosi also said Congress would have to tackle the politically sticky job of overhauling immigration laws in the new Congress, after a bipartisan measure collapsed last year. The estimated 12 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally &qu...

Luis Gutierrez will push Obama to pass immigration "reform", calls for end to immigration raids (Joe Baca) - 12/05/2008

From this: Flanked by hundreds of immigrants and their family members, an Illinois congressman called for a halt Thursday to immigration raids and vowed to push for a comprehensive overhaul that President-elect Barack Obama can sign into law. Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, the House sponsor of a 2007 bill that failed, told a crowd of more than 200 on Capitol Hill that he would work t...

The Non-Partisan Case Against Barack Obama - 10/29/2008

You don't have to be a conservative or a Republican to be opposed to Barack Obama. Here are some of the reasons that almost anyone should oppose him: 1. PERSONALITY CULT As a host of Youtube videos, comments on blogs, chants at rallies, and even tattoos show, Obama clearly has a growing personality cult. About the only policy positions some of those supporters could name would be "hope&q...

Chicago City Council passes pro-illegal immigration resolution - 10/09/2008

... action they hope will lead to comprehensive immigration reform. ..."Immigrants are being uprooted, they are being persecuted.

CNN "fact check" misleads about John McCain comprehensive immigration reform stance - 9/24/2008

... CNN: JOHN MCCAIN SUPPORTS AMNESTY/COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. Sorry to shout, but I see that your "Fact Check: Is Obama ad right on McCain's immigration stance?" (link) continues the same lie that several of Barack Obama's other minions have tried to promulgate. While McCain has said a wide range of things (including support for "reform" one day before you post...

Rhode Island Catholic uses strawman argument, smear in support of illegal activity (Bishop Thomas Tobin; a challenge) - 9/19/2008

... logical fallacies: 1. The "comprehensive immigration reform" that the Bishops support will send the message that we don't respect our immigration laws and we don't expect anyone else to either. Despite what it's called, it will be seen around the world as an amnesty. 2. That will lead to more illegal immigration, and from many other countries besides Mexico. 3. That will ...

Kos promotes misleading New Democrat Network immigration poll - 9/18/2008

... "Kos" - offers "Comprehensive immigration reform favored by those most affected"; "those affected" refers to voters in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida. The post is a wrapper around a new poll from the New Democrat Network.

"Tour of the Faithful": Catholic Church, others try to change immigration laws (America's Voice) - 9/13/2008

... U.S. designed to support "comprehensive immigration reform", aka amnesty. This "Tour of the Faithful" (catholicsinalliance.org/node/20123) was apparently organized with the help of Frank Sharry's America's Voice [2] and includes an appearance by former president Jimmy Carter and many others [3]. On October 13 they'll be holding a forum featuring unnamed Illinois...

Ask John McCain about the impacts of amnesty ("comprehensive immigration reform") - 8/30/2008

Here's a question you're urged to ask John McCain at one of his public events. Make sure and videotape the question and the answer, and then upload it to Youtube and other sites. If anyone asks this I can provide follow-ups, and of course feel free to adapt it to your speaking style or remove parts of the first paragraph as necessary: Senator McCain: the immigration "reform" yo...

First Panderer: Michelle Obama says Hispanics shouldn't have to live in fear of immigration raids - 8/28/2008

From this: Hispanics should not have to live in fear of raids by immigration agents, Michelle Obama told a Hispanic caucus to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. ..."We would have an immigration policy that brings 12 million people out of the shadows," she told cheering caucus members who shouted "Yes we can" in Spanish. Hispanics are often the first to suff...

RNC draft platform includes sham anti-"amnesty" provision; English not official language - 8/27/2008

... "legalization", "comprehensive immigration reform", or a host of other euphemisms for amnesty. Delegates from North Carolina and Colorado tried to have a provision opposing CIR put in, but were shot down: This sparked a heated discussion between members with a delegate from Washington DC who said that the Republican Party is a "not a xenophobic party, not an intoleran...

ICE scraps self-deportation plan; will crackdown follow? - 8/22/2008

A few weeks ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started a "Scheduled Departure" program where illegal aliens who'd received final deportation orders could turn themselves in to be deported. Only six people took advantage of the offer, and now ICE has shelved the plan (link).

John McCain at National Council of La Raza convention (charter schools, immigration "reform") - 7/14/2008

... want to fail again to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. We must prove we have the resources to secure our borders and use them, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States. When we have achieved border security goal, we must enact and implement the other parts of practical, fair and necessary immigration policy. We have economic and humanit...

John Harris/The Politico offers sham immigration "debate" ("Dear 44: Ideas for the next president") - 7/14/2008

The Politico is running a series called "Dear 44: Ideas for the next president" (politico.com/dear44) featuring two people on "different" sides debating various issues and offering advice for the next president. The Politico's John Harris offers an introduction to the series at politico.com/news/stories/0608/11113.html and has background on the two "sides" in the...

Barack Obama proud of attending immigration march (LULAC, Mexican government) - 7/08/2008

Barack Obama's prepared remarks for his speech at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) convention include him taking pride in having marched in support of illegal immigration at the Chicago event on May 1, 2006. Unfortunately, no one has yet asked him why he'd be proud of marching at an event whose main organizers have links to the Mexican government.

Obama, McCain, Clinton at LULAC convention (illegal immigration supporters; reconquista quote) - 7/07/2008

Barack Obama, John McCain, and even Hillary Clinton will all be speaking at this year's convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), an illegal immigration-supporting group that was once patriotic but has since been radicalized. As shown by the attendees discussed below, the convention will be a nexus of those who do not support what's in the best interests of the ...

For the last time: John McCain still supports amnesty ("It'll be my top priority yesterday, today and tomorrow") - 6/29/2008

... "flip-flopped" on "comprehensive immigration reform", aka amnesty. They base that on his supposed insistence on "border security first", as discussed here. McCain is simply trying to fool people.

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