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Grassley immigration amendment tabled (Border Enforcement)
Ted Barrett ^ | June 13th, 2013 01:05 PM ET

Posted on 06/13/2013 10:46:11 AM PDT by Red Steel

(CNN) - An amendment to the Senate's immigration reform plan that would have required strict border controls be in place before undocumented immigrants are able to begin the process that could lead to citizenship was tabled Thursday.

Democrats and a few Republicans voted 57-43 to table the measure, proposed by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa,

Democrats, who oppose the Grassley amendment because they think it sets security metrics that are not attainable

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; grassley; immigration; rinos
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1 posted on 06/13/2013 10:46:11 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

This is like Kabuki theater.


2 posted on 06/13/2013 10:50:01 AM PDT by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: Red Steel

Yeah, why enforce the law...not like they care if the law actually WORKS!?


3 posted on 06/13/2013 10:50:01 AM PDT by Rick_Michael (We are becoming a Mediocracy: By and For the mediocre. The flock of the wise must gather.)
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To: Red Steel

This monstrosity will pass and we are so doomed.
Freegards
LEX


4 posted on 06/13/2013 10:50:49 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Red Steel
Democrats, who oppose the Grassley amendment because they think it sets security metrics that are not attainable

We built the Panama Canal. We put a man on the moon. Humans built the great wall of china with sticks, stones and wheel barrows. We extract petroleum from 50 miles below the surface of the earth.

WE CAN BUILT A WALL FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN with the materials, equipment and technology that we have today. It would cost more than $22.4 billion to build a fence along the entire 1,969-mile border. That's chump change compared to the spending we are doing to support our illegal alien problem.

5 posted on 06/13/2013 10:54:45 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
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To: Tenacious 1
Where do you suggest putting the fence here?

That's Mexico on the left, US on the right.

6 posted on 06/13/2013 11:03:32 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Tenacious 1
A fence in only good if it is manned with the intention of keeping people out.

Clearly, the U.S. Gov't has no such intention.

We are kidding ourselves to think that either Party is concerned with border security.

7 posted on 06/13/2013 11:07:47 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Red Steel

“They’re not ‘illegal aliens’ and don’t call it ‘amnesty’ !”- SOB gang members


8 posted on 06/13/2013 11:09:44 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Red Steel

“Democrats, who oppose the Grassley amendment because they think it sets security metrics that are not attainable”

More like metrics that they have no intention of attaining.


9 posted on 06/13/2013 11:09:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: green iguana; P-Marlowe

The first feasible location on our side of the border.

A river....fence it a thousand yards back.

A mountain...fence it in reasonable locations.

This would be a true “eminent domain” issue to create a “no man’s land.” Or, for those willing to cooperate, it could be “no man except agriculture or other such use.”


10 posted on 06/13/2013 11:10:54 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Rick_Michael

it’s like gun control. don’t enforce/pass more!~


11 posted on 06/13/2013 11:15:36 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: xzins

Are you La Raza?

A defacto handing back of territory to Mexico isn’t what most people think of when they think of border security.


12 posted on 06/13/2013 11:20:04 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: xzins

Looks like a good place to have a Guard House with a Sentry and live ammo. Iam thinking between that and a rotting bloating corpse of the previous fool that attempted criminal invasion it would be a deterent.


13 posted on 06/13/2013 11:21:50 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: Red Steel

What Republicans voted against Grassley’s amendment ?


14 posted on 06/13/2013 11:22:23 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: green iguana

I think it is exactly what people think of in order to secure the border. Nobody would insist that the fence come to the last inch of American territory.

Are you La Raza?


15 posted on 06/13/2013 11:29:01 AM PDT by Piranha (We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

This was one big JO to the GOP voters. We will vote it out and then add amendments. The point is once the bill is on the floor, all amendments then have to pass to be added. Reid will simply ignor any he does not want or the dems have the firepower to vote down any gop amendment. Meanwhile, from here out the bill only requires a majority to pass and move over to the house. So, passage sans border security has been baked in by the very same people saying it was a principal part of it, namely Rubio. If they say they were scammed, don’t believe it, they knew what was going on all along. It was one big screw job to the public, the country and to their oath of office.


16 posted on 06/13/2013 11:32:08 AM PDT by Mouton (108th MI Group.....68-71)
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To: Red Steel

ENJOY READING THIS LIST OF ‘SO-CALLED’ “REPUBLICANS” who voted to KILL the Amendment....

Graham (R-SC)
Flake (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Rubio (R-FL)


17 posted on 06/13/2013 11:34:30 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: green iguana

We can’t very well put a fence on the Mexican side of the border, can we?

And a no-man’s land is not ceding territory to anyone. In fact, it’s doing the opposite. It’s saying it’s under your sovereign control.


18 posted on 06/13/2013 11:44:48 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: VRWCarea51

Guard house with sentry is a good idea. In a military operation, you don’t put a perimeter in just any old place. You put it where it makes sense. Same with a fence. It should be across the entire border, but it should be where it makes sense and offers the best position from which to attack.


19 posted on 06/13/2013 11:47:46 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

My point was that there are some areas where a fence is not needed, Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park being one of them.

I can’t imagine going to Big Bend and being stopped short of the Rio Grande by a fence. No one gets apprehended there, because few illegally cross there. There’s no where to go.


20 posted on 06/13/2013 11:54:55 AM PDT by green iguana
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