Posted on 12/03/2013 11:57:53 AM PST by jimbo123
Coming out of the 2012 election, comprehensive immigration reform seemed inevitable. The political power of the growing Latino population combined with a newly elected, popular president making reform his top legislative priority seemed like a recipe for fast action.
Unfortunately, comprehensive reform has not made it to the president’s desk for a number of political and policy-related reasons. Now, advocates for reform are wondering if the window for legislative action that opens between election cycles has closed. While the government shutdown and looming deadlines for another fiscal crisis are impeding passage this year, there is still an opportunity to make it happen in this Congress.
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“...wondering if the window for legislative action that opens between election cycles has closed.”
Sane people can only hope the window has closed. But, to be certain, keep the heat on your elected officials to kill off amnesty in ANY form, close the border, and shut off welfare to illegals.
GOPe leaders are all in favor of amnesty, we need to keep the heat on. Once they convince enough opponents that it won’t come up, the heat dies down and they pass it just after midnight saying “I haven’t been getting any calls on this lately”
Where’s the FENCE?
Boehner’s new amnesty director’s findings. She conveniently leaves out the part about the permanent democrat majority.
, immigration reform would:
• Spur economic growth. Immigration reform would cause the U.S. economy to
grow an additional 4.8 percent over a 20-year period, including 2.8 percent in the
first decade (as measured by gross domestic product, or GDP). Annual average
growth would be 0.24 percent higher, peaking at 0.35 percent in FY2019–FY2023.
• Reduce federal deficits. Cumulative deficits would fall by nearly $1.2 trillion over a
20-year period. About $180 billion of this reduction would occur in the first decade,
and $990 billion in the second decade.
• Jump-start the housing recovery. Immigration reform would dramatically
increase demand for housing units. This would increase residential construction
spending by an average of $68 billion per year over the 20-year period.
• Expand the labor force. By 2033, the labor force would be 8.3 million people
larger, an increase of 4.4 percent compared with the baseline.
• Offset aging of the workforce. After accounting for fertility, mortality, and
emigration, immigration reform would add 13.7 million people to the population by
FY2033. Just 6 percent of these people would be age 65 or older. By comparison, the
Census Bureau projects that 20 percent of U.S. residents will be 65 or older in 2030.
• Increase long-term wages. Wages would initially fall due to the large influx of
workers, but rise in the long-term. Real wages in FY2023 would be about 0.2 percent
below the baseline, but would be 0.5 percent higher than the baseline in FY2033.
http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/BPC_Immigration_Economic_Impact.pdf
Has there ever been a Republican Speaker of the House more stupid than John Boehner?
Future medicaid *customers* as Rev Al calls them.
She was the author of the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill in 2005.
What the hell is it about '20 million new DemocRAT voters' that they don't understand?
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