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A question for Randi Weingarten of AFT

Can she explain why her immigration position is ultimately the same as Big Business and Big Banks?
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11 years ago
.@rweingarten: why is your #immigration position in effect the same as USChamber, the Koch bros, WalMart, Tyson Foods, & big banks? #ows
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom @lapham_katie #WIUnion #ows -I didn't see any buz folks getting arrested w/me last week in DC fighting 4 path to citizenship
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom @lapham_katie #WIUnion #ows-@AFTunion wants #cir-path to citizenship,stop the shadow eco&deportations/tearing familes apart
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom #immigration #ows -we like others are trying to get #CIR---my position same as LULAC,LARAZA,AFL-CIO,SEIU,CWA,UNITE-HERE.....
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom @lapham_katie #WIUnion #ows -and I really want to make sure the dreamers can not simply dream, but can achieve their dreams
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@Chasvoice: other than Soros, Casa was funded by VZ's Citgo: http://t.co/vfPlJEcAY4 Ask r/w bloggers why they won't lin…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: When even @jhinderaker takes a break from being a #Koch fan boy to discuss #immigration impact on wages, you know someth…
11 years ago
.@SunlightLaw @caffine_cigs Immigrants use welfare at higher rate than natives: http://t.co/Hs56ZDBODv @24aheaddotcom
11 years ago
.@24AheadDotCom @rweingarten Won't #CIR hurt your campaign to raise wages? http://t.co/lHlYGHLgkm
11 years ago
.@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Getting #CIR *IS* the position of #Koch, #Chamber of commerce, Sheldon #Adelson, etc.. Did you know that?
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@FereJohn @intenseCA: how Bill de Blasio will help the wealthy harm the poor: http://t.co/OSocw5enOM Don't fall for cha…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@lapham_katie: a very simple question that @rweingarten doesn't have an explanation for: http://t.co/BkGtfWKNL2 #union …
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: Dec 2012: Confirmed: DHS held off on arresting illegal alien intern of Sen. Bob Menendez until after election: http://t.…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@dorothy1961: organize a #Twitter campaign to let @SenTedCruz know this is *not* acceptable: http://t.co/jdw2NHco2t #tc…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@dorothy1961: please help me oppose or at least nudge #Teaparty / #GOP leaders who are bad on #immigration. Example nex…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@dorothy1961: @FreedomWorks was led by Dick Armey. Here he is supporting illegal #immigration: http://t.co/WFLUdvmrWD #…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@Mike_Beacham: it's not just Soros. Casa was funded by VZ's Citgo: http://t.co/vfPlJEcAY4 Ask r/w bloggers why they won…
11 years ago
@Glaivester @24AheadDotCom #CIR -NO- it does quite the opposite-it takes people out of the shadow economy-which is what drives down wages
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: it's no secret that USChamber is a major backer of #immigration "reform": http://24ahead.com/s/us-chamber-commerce
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: food processors, growers, WalMart, etc. etc. all want #immigration "reform". Denying that is to deny reality.
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: so, what do your allies-in-spirit want? Do USChamber, WalMart, etc. do things that *raise* wages, or *lower* them?
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: as for the #DREAMAct, it's basic math how it would harm Americans: http://24ahead.com/s/dream-act
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: it's completely false that legalizing illegal aliens will raise wages: http://24ahead.com/s/immigration-wage-floor
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: will newly-legalized illegal aliens be able to seek better jobs? What impact will that have on Americans in those jobs?
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: you're a cashier at the Fort Stockton #WalMart. #Immigration "reform" would mean 10 new competitors for your job. Cui bono?
11 years ago
.@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Basic economics - larger labor supply = lower labor price. Remember, #CIR doubles to triples LEGAL immigration.
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@jimveejr: House is planning piecemeal amnesty bills. Be skeptical of claims that amnesty is over. #immigration #tcot #…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@Lexa_Merica: Raul Labrador is downright *miffed*. But, he'll get over it since he's an amnesty supporter. Don't be foo…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@LSUJEFF: it's incredibly easy to stop amnesty: *you* organize an effort to ask amnesty fans tough questions. See my bi…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@JohnGaltTx: video of Ted Cruz wanting to legalize illegal aliens, double legal #immigration, 5x #H1B: http://t.co/jdw2…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@BilldeBlasio has a very non-liberal #immigration stance similar to Bloomberg: http://t.co/OSocw5enOM #NYC #NewYork #ow…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: Jun 2009: Anderson Cooper, Thelma Gutierrez of CNN promote anti-American DREAM Act: http://t.co/DJipghbwz8 #tcot
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: Jul 2011: Wall Street Journal, Ed Morrissey ignore immigration impact on teen unemployment: http://t.co/rWg4cGfvzs
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: Ben Powell of #TexasTech promotes Krieble's Red Card plan, H1Bs using shaky economics: http://t.co/feXlktIqSL #immigrati…
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: Dec 2008: Arguments against the DREAM Act: http://t.co/jAHjRTz1xa #tlot #sgp #tpp
11 years ago
RT @24AheadDotCom: .@chrismines: as a #Slate "expert", why can't @MattYglesias answer these simple #immigratino questions: http://t.co/cVC7…
11 years ago
.@24AheadDotCom @chrismines @mattyglesias Obama's numbers say all net economic benefit goes to immigrants themselves: http://t.co/HKwc4yryvb
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom @Mottel #immigration #AFT #teaching #education-Why repeat your misrepresentations-I answered you the first time-lets get #CIR
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: no "misrepresentations" on http://24ahead.com/c/69 just you failing to answer questions & your talking points shown faulty.
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: 3rd try. Pretend you're small town #WalMart cashier. #Immigration reform creates 10 *new* competitors for your job. Cui bono?
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom #WalMart #Immigration - the economists,#congressionalbudgetoffice &those off us who are pro family will tell u -that's wrong
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom -so you just oppose a path to citizenship for 11m people?U like a shadow eco?Deportations?
11 years ago
.@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Really? George Borjas says S744 takes $100 from worker, gives to employers. http://t.co/IHc3Sat7Nc
11 years ago
.@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Illegal immigrants not in shadows - @joseiswriting testifies before congress.
11 years ago
.@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Legalizing illegal immigrants will just shift shadow economy to next round of illegals. http://t.co/IFpKQCxfKk
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: thanks for hanging in there. Can you explain why you think my WalMart example doesn't reflect what would actually happen?
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom -i have no idea who you are or what you are talking abt?
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom @BadassNation66 #occupy -i have no idea what u are talking about
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: is it clear to you that you sent all these tweets: http://24ahead.com/c/69 and those were in response to my tweets?
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom -my immigration position is same as civ rts commy... We want a path to citizenship;also to stop ripping families apart
11 years ago
@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom I have no idea what they are talking about either. But I could sure use your BADASS help with cleaning up BTU!
11 years ago
@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Why did everyone look the other way when an ineligible candidate runs for office? Not cool. Not BADASS!
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: thanks for replying, but I have no idea what your "civ rts commy" (from a recent tweet of yours) means. Please spell it out.
11 years ago
.@rweingarten: our laws don't separate families, parents making bad decisions do: http://24ahead.com/s/separating-families Don't enable it.
11 years ago
@24AheadDotCom - our union has the same position on immigration as most of the nation's civil rights advocates-
11 years ago
@BadassNation66 @24AheadDotCom -which BTU
11 years ago
@rweingarten @24AheadDotCom Broward teachers union, sour from the get go elections, ineligible VP, union let it slide. Not badass or cool!