Posted on 05/11/2011 11:00:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Reid: ‘We Need The People Of America To Rise Up’ For Amnesty Bill Wednesday, May 11, 2011 By Eric Scheiner
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is calling on Americans to ‘rise up’ and let them know how important the DREAM Act is to them.
Reid made the comments at a confrenece on Wednesday in support of the measure that would allow qualifying illegal aliens to obtain legal residence status.
“As was said yesterday in El Paso by the president, we need the people of America to rise up and indicate to each of us how important this legislation is,” Reid said.
“I believe that the people in America need to understand that these young men and women who want to be educated, who want to be able to serve the military. It’s good for everybody.”
Senator Reid along with Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) say the Senate will bring the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act to the floor for a vote. The measure previously failed to pass during the lame duck session of the last congress when both chambers were under Democratic control.
The bill would allow qualifying illegal aliens to obtain legal residence status.
President Barack Obama addressed the previous failure of the DREAM Act and called for it’s future passage during his speech on immigration in El Paso, Texas yesterday.
Be careful what you ask for, Harry.
there’s actually a better chance of the American people rising up to demand that they cancel the Super Bowl and replace it with an AKC dog show...
caught a rerun of the movie Casino a few nights ago.
Boy did Dick Smothers ever nail this smarmy character.
I always think of the Senator from Godfather II.
Notice the clever turn of phrase.
"The people of America."
Not "The American people."
Citizens vs. non-citizens. Which group would be for this, and which would be against it?
Somewhat facetiously, which group is the larger voting bloc?
-PJ
The House passed the Dream Act when they had the majority! Now they are going to try and push it through the Senate!
Will they succeed?
We needed the people of Nevada to rise up in 2010 and look what they left us.
Harry is just beggin for another black eye.
It's amazing the things you can learn on the Internet. And from Harry Reid no less!
I’m rising up right now saying I am opposed to it...Waiting for the racist label from reid...3.2.1...
Hey!
Dean Heller just replaced John Ensign, Pinky Reid stands alone here.
Dean knows that the ONLY acceptable “Immigration Reform” is to begin sincerely enforcing the CURRENT laws!
I am still betting he can’t get 50 democratic senators.
A little clue Harry - if we rise up it ain’t gonna be for amnesty and you and you communist overlord better get the hell out of the way!
....with the help of so many out of state “Tea Party” contributions to gaff prone Sharon Angle.
Helped you to complete the sentence.
Don’t worry you senile old coot. You push amnesty again and the American people WILL rise up. Just you wait and see.
PASS THE WORD----EVERY STATE SHOULD GET THIS GOING Repubs should send letters out to every person listed on the voter rolls asking for proof of citizenship. Those who do not provide it are deleted from the rolls.
Usually the Sec of State in each state handles voter irregularities.
Unfortunately, this clown will be trying to shaft us until 2016 Thank you SEIU!
I think he actually meant “Central and South Americans need to rise up...”
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