DeMint on Defeat of Immigration Bill: “The American People Won Today”

Office of Senator De Mint ^ | 6/28/07 | Jim De Mint

[freespirited]

Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after the Senate immigration bill was defeated on a cloture vote of 46-53. This motion to end debate required 60 votes for adoption.

“When the U.S. Senate brought the Amnesty bill back up this week, they declared war on the American people. This act created a crisis of confidence in their government. Thankfully, the American people won today,” said Senator DeMint. “This is remarkable because it shows that Americans are engaged and they care deeply about their country. They care enough for their country to get mad and to fight for it, and that’s the most important thing of all. Americans made phone calls and sent letters, and convinced the Senate to stop this bill.”

“The Senate rejected this bill and the heavy-handed tactics used to ram it through. Americans do not want more of the same – amnesty and broken promises on the border. Americans want legislation to be written in public – not in secret – and they want Congress to engage in an open and fair debate.”

“There is a better way forward without this bill. The President has said that the border security measures can be implemented over the next 18 months, and they can be done under current law. Now the Administration needs to prove it and stop holding border security hostage for amnesty.”

“Once we have secured the border and restored trust with the American people, we can begin to take additional steps.”

[freespirited]

Look forward to the day that De Mint is the senior senator from South Carolina.

[kevkrom]

Now... ride the wave and introduce a BORDER CONTROL BILL -- with no amnesties, legalization, or other crap -- and stop the illegals from coming in! It makes no sense to bail out the boat while you're still taking in enough water to sink you!

[Bladerunnuh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE

[Paperdoll]

God bless DeMint and Sessions! They listened to us! We won’t forget the Senatesitters who didn’t at their peril!

[RockinRight]

Why stop there? Why not Fred Thompson’s VP candidate?

[redgirlinabluestate]

Correction. Mitt Romney’s VP! ;-)

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Now that we know Bush is hidding $4 billion dollars for "border security" we should put the pressure on to release the funds and enforce current immigration laws.

"RELEASE THE FUNDS"

[redgirlinabluestate]

The honorable Sen DeMint HAS endorsed Romney, you know.

[Christian4Bush]

bump!

[tumblindice]

It ain’t rocket science, Senators.
Forget `new & improved’ and enforce the law:

USC Title 8
PART IV—INSPECTION, APPREHENSION, EXAMINATION, EXCLUSION, AND REMOVAL
Sec. 1221. Lists of alien and citizen passengers arriving and departing.
Sec. 1222. Detention of aliens for physical and mental examination.
Sec. 1223. Entry through or from foreign territory and adjacent islands.
Sec. 1224. Designation of ports of entry for aliens arriving by aircraft.
Sec. 1225. Inspection by immigration officers; expedited removal of inadmissible arriving aliens; referral for hearing.
Sec. 1225a. Preinspection at foreign airports.
Sec. 1226. Apprehension and detention of aliens.
Sec. 1227. Deportable aliens.
Sec. 1228. Expedited removal of aliens convicted of committing aggravated felonies.
Sec. 1229. Initiation of removal proceedings.
Sec. 1229a. Removal proceedings.
Sec. 1229b. Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status.
Sec. 1229c. Voluntary departure.
Sec. 1230. Records of admission.
Sec. 1231. Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.

[redgirlinabluestate]

"RELEASE THE FUNDS"

Like Laura Ingraham said today:

BUILD IT!

[WashingtonSource]

Perfect summary: The American People Won Today. This does not happen too often. We should enjoy the moment and be thankful to our Creator that America still has a chance to salvage its future.

[NeoCaveman]

Look forward to the day that De Mint is the senior senator from South Carolina.

January 2009, I hope.

[gemma0000]

"We should enjoy the moment and be thankful to our Creator that America still has a chance to salvage its future."

It's refreshing to see somebody giving credit to God. Now, if we could only unite against abortion the way we have united against 'shamnesty', God's blessings would be poured upon our nation in such a way that we'd think we're in Heaven.

[goldstategop]

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFRENCE! Your phone calls, e-mails and letters have made the difference. The political class pandered to powerful special interests. You took them on and you took on the President Of The United States and won. Our constitutional system of checks and balances works. If Congress wants to pass an immigration bill, it has to pass something you accept, not a behind the doors deal cooked up a handful of Senators who wanted to give the President a very questionable legacy. We knew it wasn't right for the country. But we'll keep at it until we do get our laws enforced and our borders secured and a fair immigration system is established in our nation, that works to put America's interests FIRST. That must be our guiding thought in the years ahead.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[noname07718]

Why not a “Writ of Mandate” or something like that. I don’t know the correct term but itforces the President to cary out the laws of the land.

[Grampa Dave]

"We all look forward to the day that De Mint is the senior senator from South Carolina."

Boxer, Fineswine, the Clintoons, Reid, Kennedy, Kerry and other left wing fascists in Congress will now try to silence Rush, Hannity, Anne and Free Republic in the dark corridors of the capitol.

They need to remember what happened to the Italian Fascists, who gained power before WWII at their end of WWII.

[Lurker]

It's a Writ of Mandamus.

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[anymouse]

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history's most famous last stands. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I of Persia (Xerxes the Great) could pass. After three days of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespian volunteers. The Persians succeeded in taking the pass but sustained heavy losses, extremely disproportionate to those of the Greeks. The fierce resistance of the Spartan-led army offered Athens the invaluable time to prepare for a decisive naval battle that would come to determine the outcome of the war. The subsequent Greek victory at the Battle of Salamis left much of the Persian Empire's navy destroyed and Xerxes was forced to retreat back to Asia, leaving his army in Greece under Mardonius, who was to meet the Greeks in battle one last time. The Spartans assembled at full strength and led a pan-Greek army that defeated the Persians decisively at the Battle of Plataea, ending the Greco-Persian War and with it the expansion of the Persian Empire into Europe.

The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is often used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain to maximize an army's potential,[5] and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds. Even more, both ancient and modern writers used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the superior power of a well trained army defending native soil.

There is also a large political significance of the Battle of Thermopylae, in that it was the first defining moment in which the disunified Greek city states first came together to form a significant alliance. It also possibly signified the beginning of the end for the Persian empire - drawing strength from the Battle, the Greeks began forming assaults against the Persian Empire, as a national body rather than small city states.

Dilios: He did not wish tribute, nor song, or monuments or poems of war and valor. His wish was simple. "Remember us" he said to me. That was his hope, should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be. "May all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones, "Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here by Spartan law, we lie." And so my king died, and my brothers died; barely a year ago. Long I pondered my king's cryptic talk of victory, but time has proven him wise, for from free Greek to free Greek, the word was spread that bold Leonidas and his 300, so far from home, laid down their lives... not just for Sparta, but for all Greece and the promise this country holds. Now here on this ragged patch of earth called Plateaea, let his hordes face obliteration! Just there, the barbarians gather, sheer terror gripping tight their hearts with icy fingers, knowing full well what merciless horrors they suffered at the swords and spears of 300. Yet they stare now across the plain at 10,000 Spartans commanding 30,000 free Greeks! Ho! The enemy outnumber us a paltry three to one! Good odds for any Greek. This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny, and usher in a future brighter than anything we could imagine. Give thanks, men, to Leonidas and the brave 300! To victory!

Battle of Salamis

The next morning (possibly September 28, but the exact date is unknown; the Hellenic Navy celebrates September 12 as Battle of Salamis Day), the Persians were exhausted from searching for the Greeks all night, but they sailed in to the straits anyway to attack the Greek fleet. When it became obvious to the Greeks that the battle was inevitable morale rose, the fleet enthusiastically took to sea and started singing the "paean"

Forward, sons of the Greeks,
Your children, your women, the altars of the gods of your fathers
And the graves of your forebears:
Now is the fight for everything.

Conservatives, we did it. We held OUR Congress accountable, against seemingly a unsurmountable invasion backed by those who attempt to control with wealth and greed. Let them know forever more, this is OUR country, OUR government. The only power they have is what we lend them. And today we showed that WE are THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, where freedom exists because we are willing to fight for it.

[reagan_fanatic]

On this day, the people won. Thank You so much for your tireless efforts, Senator DeMint.