Kirsten Gillibrand
Summary (posts follow):
Senator from New York state, appointed in early 2009 to replace Hillary Clinton. She's a corrupt hack who had a B grade on immigration matters from NumbersUSA before being appointed and then, in less than two weeks, had flip-flopped and was supporting amnesty, the DREAM Act, and more. See the video of her sell out here.
Last modified Feb 4, 2009
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Kirsten Gillibrand supports anti-American DREAM Act - 12/27/11
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand offers "If the feds can’t pass the DREAM Act, New York state must do its part" [1], a misleading editorial that promotes that anti-American bill.
You won't know it from reading her editorial, but the DREAM Act would let the illegal aliens covered by it deprive some citizens of college, as well as having other negative impacts. See that link for the details.
See also...
Dozens of pro-illegal immigration groups were invited to Obama's mini-amnesty rollout and you weren't - 08/25/11
... Chris Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Jack Reed, and Sheldon Whitehouse.
Then, Sandweg conducted a "conference call with interested hill staff", involving Senators Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Pat Leahy, Bob Menendez, Charles Schumer, and Dianne Feinstein; and Representatives Gonzalez, Becerra,...
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011: new amnesty push from Leahy, Menendez, Durbin, Reid, Schumer, Kerry, Gillibrand - 06/23/11
... Charles Schumer, John Kerry, and Kirsten Gillibrand. See each of their names for background on them relating to immigration.
3. For the general downsides of comprehensive immigration reform no matter the specific details of the current bill, see that link. The CIRA2011 also includes the AgJobs bill and the anti-American DREAM Act. The latter would allow the illegal aliens covered by it to take...
"Temporary" Protected Status for Haitian illegal aliens pushed by profiteers (Haiti earthquake) - 01/14/10
... (link):
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, both Democrats, and (Representatives Lincoln Diaz Balart and Mario Diaz Balart) of south Florida, both Republicans, as well as John C. Favalora, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Miami... "If this is not a slam-dunk case for temporary protected status, I don’t know what is," said Kevin Appleby, a spokesman for the bishops. He...
NY Daily News conducts immigration hotline with NYIC ("Citizenship Now!") (+Gillibrand) - 04/29/09
... Albor Ruiz informs us (link) that Kirsten Gillibrand dropped by their event to promote amnesty:
"Right-sizing America's immigration system is one of the most pressing challenges facing our country, and I am committed to working with the Obama administration to pursue comprehensive reform that treats immigrants fairly and gives them a path to earned citizenship."
E-Verify extended for six-months; Leahy, Reid block five-year extension - 03/10/09
... Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu, and Kirsten Gillibrand.
Kirsten Gillibrand: "family reunification is a core value of America" - 02/14/09
... conducted an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and as one might imagine, they simply asked puffballs and failed to follow-up (huffingtonpost.com/mark-green/7-days-kirsten-gillibrand_b_166955.html). That includes the part where she said that "family reunification is a core value of America". In fact, such chain migration has only been a core part of our laws since around 1965 (link).
She...
Video: Kirsten Gillibrand caves in to illegal immigration lobby, supports amnesty - 02/03/09
... saga of New York's new senator Kirsten Gillibrand continues. As shown on the video (from ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=93243; transcript of her remarks below), she's now fully capitulated to the demands of illegal immigration supporters and says she supports comprehensive immigration reform.
No matter what she wants to call it, "reform" will be seen as an amnesty by millions of people around the...
Corrupted: Kirsten Gillibrand pledges to push "comprehensive immigration reform"; might oppose 287g - 02/01/09
... 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.
NYT: illegal immigration is "New York's special gift to America" (unhinged anti-Gillibrand editorial) - 01/31/09
... Red-faced with anger at country mouse Kirsten Gillibrand's Upstate ways, they lose it right about here:
Ms. Gillibrand's House votes on immigration amounted to a repudiation of New York's special gift to America. She allied herself solidly with expulsionist Republicans, who reject assimilation in favor of locking down the border, deporting 12 million illegal immigrants and enshrining English as...
Corruptible? Sen. Gillibrand edges closer to immigration "reform", wants to learn more - 01/25/09
... new senator from New York State Kirsten Gillibrand and she's already slouching towards comprehensive immigration reform, aka an amnesty for illegal aliens. Per the title of [1], she's changed her tone on immigration, telling television channel NY1 (my/Google translation):
Amnesty is not the correct way to solve the problem... I would do differently, I would control immigration, and I would make...
The right people oppose Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand over immigration - 01/23/09
... really tough or not, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's immigration position is already angering the right people.
* The New York State Youth Leadership Council sent an email to their mailing list urging their members to oppose her. Their message contained the same text from her site at the first link. At that link I pointed out that her position might not be that strong due to that text; the NYSYLC...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand immigration stance: tough or just for show? - 01/23/09
... new Senator from New York is Kirsten Gillibrand, and it appears that she might be at least slightly strong on immigration matters. However, just how "flexible" she'll be remains to be seen.
On the strong side, her voting record when she was a Congresswoman earned her a B grade from NumbersUSA (link). She co-sponsored the SAVE Act, voted to increase funding for the border fence, voted to punish...
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