The Gang of Eight Needs to Ride Into the Sunset with Their Amnesty Bill

NoisyRoom.net ^ | June 2nd, 2013 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

[Sheapdog]

The Gang of Eight’s Amnesty Bill (S. 744) is slated for a vote on June 10th. If there was ever a time to call your Senators and anyone of influence you know to oppose this bill, it’s now. In my state of Idaho, Senators Risch and Crapo take note. The voters are watching you and you better vote conservatively – get your collective arses off the fence already. I understand Crapo has stated he must study the bill first which is understandable, but I would like to make a point of order here. Amnesty does not serve any good and honest purpose. It provides a massive voting bloc for the progressive liberals and cheap, slave labor for corporations. It deprives Americans of jobs and further bankrupts an already bankrupt system. It is one thing to come in legally through the front door… It is quite another to come in the back as an invading force intent on “taking back” what is not yours and undermining our freedoms and constitutional rights. Senator Crapo and Senator Risch, we expect better from you – we expect you to do the right thing and vote ‘No’ on this bill. You sit on finance and budget committees; you know the impact of this legislation. So far, I am not impressed with the way things are turning in Idaho, with health care exchanges going into place for Obamacare and now an apparent ‘softness’ on illegal immigration. Four Mexican nationals were just sentenced in Idaho for involvement in a large methamphetamine trafficking organization in eastern Idaho. Hello? Take a hint already. Is the once great conservative state of Idaho turning into a steaming pile of progressive mashed potatoes? If so, count me out.

[Sheapdog]

****I put this article up as it lists 40 reasons to oppose this crap - a lot I have not seen stated anywhere else. F-n mindboggling. Here’s the first three.

FAIR’s Top 40 Reasons to Oppose the Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill

S.744 does not secure the border or strengthen national security. Instead, the bill rewards law-breaking and encourages more illegal immigration:

1. S.744 allows DHS to grant legal status (registered provision immigrant, or RPI status) in 6 months, before any measure to secure the border has been taken. (Sec. 3, p. 10; Sec. 5, p. 24)

2. S.744 includes the DREAM Act, which puts illegal aliens who entered the U.S. before 16 on a 5-year path to citizenship. However, unlike previous versions of the bill, there is no age limit and DHS may waive the work/study requirement. (Sec. 2103, p. 112)

3. S.744 grants amnesty to illegal farm workers and gives them green cards in five years. (Sec. 2211, p. 155; Sec. 2212, p. 177)

[SandRat]

More like ride off into a molten lava river.

[cardinal4]

Rubio turned out to be a major disappointment..

[Sparticus]

We need to start hammering this point home: “Amnesty means they get to stay.” Any fines or penalties illegals might pay to get papers are nothing more than bribes.

[RegulatorCountry]

This name, “Gang of 8,” does it sound as sixties retro-Marxist to anyone else as it does to me?

[Whenifhow]

How Senate’s 33 million green cards in single decade compare with all other decades — SHOCKING

https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/june-1-2013/how-33-million-green-cards-s-744-compares-rest-history-shocking.html

[SunkenCiv]

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  Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]

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• ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]

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  One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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[CottShop]

The gang of 8 needs to visit the families of AMERICAN CITIZENS who have been victims of VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIENS livign in this country (some 80,000 VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIENS are makign hteir way across our border- EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMINALS ends up in a town or city somewhere to commit their crimes on INNOCENT AMERICAN CIVILIANS

[[•Illegal aliens commit at least 2,158 murders each year – a number that represents three times greater participation than their proportion of the population.

•Illegal alien sexual predators commit an estimated 130,909 sexual crimes each year.

•There may be as many as 240,000 illegal alien sex offenders circulating throughout America. Based on studies, they will commit an average of 8 sex crimes per perpetrator before being caught.

•80,000 to 100,000 illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes are walking the streets. Based on studies they will commit an average of 13 serious crimes per perpetrator.

•In Operation Predator, ICE arrested and deported 6,085 illegal alien pedophiles. Some studies suggest each pedophile molests average of 148 children. If so, that could be as many as 900,580 victims.]]

http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_of_illegal_immigration_crime_summary.html

[CottShop]

[[She arrives at the figure of 240,000 offenders – a conservative estimate, she says – through public records showing about 2 percent of illegals apprehended are sex offenders.

“This translates to 93 sex offenders and 12 serial sexual offenders coming across U.S. borders illegally per day,” she says.]]

http://www.wnd.com/2006/05/36410/

So, aroudn 105 VIOLENT CRIMINALS comign across our border DAILY works out to

105x365= 38,325 VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIENS coming across our borders each year, and our govenrment wants to give them amnesty? in 10 years, that is 383,250 VIOLENT CRIMINASL ILLEGAL ALIENS that have ILLEGALLY Crossed our borders- and that is JUST the VIOLENT ones- the others go on welfare almsot imemdiately, soem steal SS numbers, steal identities etc-

Folks, this is NOT a small issue- this is a RAMPANT PROBLEM

[KittenClaws]

Without reading the article I’d venture to say, I don’t like this “gang of eight”. A gang of eight does not speak for the rest of our representatives, this country is not meant to be run by some gang...a gang that thinks they are the end all be all of opinion.

Screw the gang of eight.

[KittenClaws]

It chaps my behind, for sure.

8 reps do not speak for the States... And for those reps who allow this gang to usurp their responsibilities...a pox on them as well!

[octex]

It would probably shock everyone to find out how many hours were devoted by these eight Senators and all of their “staffers”, all paid for with taxpayers’ dollars, to create a draft POS amnesty bill of almost 900 pages that will never be passed!

Sorry for that long run-on sentence.