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Mark Zuckerberg Affiliated Group Blast Airwaves to Back House GOP on Immigration
National Journal ^ | January 31, 2014 | Elahe Izadi

Posted on 02/01/2014 7:27:59 AM PST by xzins

The $750,000 worth of television ads say "House Republicans want to fix the immigration problem."

House Republicans looking to garner support for leadership's immigration-reform principles are about to get a little help from a group with ties to Mark Zuckerberg.

Americans for a Conservative Direction is the GOP arm of pro-immigration reform organization FWD.us, which is backed by the Facebook chief executive. And they will be airing roughly $750,000 worth of television and radio ads across the country, according to a source with knowledge of the ad buy.

The ads, which will air for 10 days on radio and cable television, describe the drafted principles unveiled to the Republican Conference during their retreat as a "conservative solution." Highlighted elements include border security and conducting background checks on those in the United States illegally. The announcer states the proposal is not amnesty. Children are shown while the announcer says the plan offers "a chance at the American Dream for those brought here as children."

"Step by step, House Republicans want to fix the immigration problem, which will strengthen our economy," the ad declares.

The next few weeks will be crucial in the immigration-reform debate, as members of the GOP caucus begin staking out their positions on the principles and as leadership figures out where a bulk of the lawmakers are in terms of support. Additionally, FWD.us is looking to sway opinon on the Hill with a memo attempting to discredit some groups opposed to reform as "anti-immigrant."


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KEYWORDS: acd; aliens; amnesty; banglist; betrayal; facebook; gope; markzuckerberg; randnesty; randsconcerntrolls
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To: xzins
"Step by step, House Republicans want to fix the immigration problem, which will strengthen our economy," the ad declares.

The GOP thinks that slave labor and suppressed wages strengthen the economy.

21 posted on 02/01/2014 8:06:00 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

No matter how much the enemy exposes itself, the American people remain permanently uninformed and unable to act.


22 posted on 02/01/2014 8:15:42 AM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans to endorse Cornball and George P! Stay tuned March 4)
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To: xzins
Eventually we will be a nation of serfs owned by a wealthy elite, a new aristocracy

That's what the Clintons, Cornyns, Bushes, Obamas, Grahams, McCains, McConnells, Boehners, all have in mind, but their supporters are too uninformed to know.

23 posted on 02/01/2014 8:17:38 AM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans to endorse Cornball and George P! Stay tuned March 4)
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To: xzins

0bama will only enforce and uphold the parts of the law that he likes. There should be no more legislation until 0bama is gone.
0bama is the illegal alien and it is he that should be deported.


24 posted on 02/01/2014 8:29:42 AM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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To: xzins

If you guys wouldnt get your pants all in a knot, we can use the thing to our advantage. Number 1. Secure the borders. That alone is an issue I am sure everyone can get on with. That alone will stall the rest. Get that part passed with the stipulation that before anything else can be passed, the borders must be secure and PROVEN that they are secure.

It would take years to prove it. Then the states and only the states must get on with kicking out those here illegally. Ignore the feds and their candy rulings. Just do it.


25 posted on 02/01/2014 8:39:27 AM PST by crz
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To: xzins

Zuckerturd doesn’t care about the amnesty part of the bill. He really wants the H1B visa increase part so he can import 20,000 software code monkeys from India. He’ll pay them minimum wage. Follow the money.


26 posted on 02/01/2014 8:46:38 AM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: 50mm

Dumb question but wouldn’t it make more sense to just let them code in India and send it back and forth via the net?
When they come here they’re gonna see rich Democrats and want a raise.


27 posted on 02/01/2014 8:48:02 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: nascarnation

Since these people control the Fed, they know they can deal with any raises by means of inflation.


28 posted on 02/01/2014 8:53:22 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Exactly. The whole logic here is if millions of people rob banks then they should all be given amnesty, it's ridiculous. The whole point of LEGAL immigration is for protection otherwise you get all kinds of people running amok in society such as killers, rapists, robbers, people with disease etc etc which is exactly what is happening and why there is such a huge list of American CITIZENS killed by illegals. So to me any politician who supports bypassing LEGAL immigration is flat out committing treason. They are willfully and knowingly putting the lives of the American people at risk.

Isn't it amazing how nobody ever talks about the victims of illegal immigration ?

Memorial to the victims of illegal immigration

29 posted on 02/01/2014 8:55:44 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: crz

They will not handle this one issue at a time, like with controlling borders. It will be a “comprehensive” law.

The kind that allow presidents (apparently) to pick and choose the parts they like.


30 posted on 02/01/2014 8:58:13 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins

Ohio Jobs & Justice PAC

VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS

MEMORIAL

In honor of the thousands of American citizens  killed each year by Illegal Aliens. 

Deaths that could have been prevented if Congress and the President would have secured our border and enforced existing U.S. immigration laws.

~ (Please scroll down) ~

List of Victims

 

Lauren Bump, 24

Daughter, student, friend

Allegedly murdered by

Christian Bautista, 29

Christian Bautista, an  illegal alien has been arrested for the brutal stabbing murder of 24-year-old Lauren Bump.   Bump's body was found in a pool of blood on a trail in the O.P. Schnabel Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Authorities believe that Bautista stabbed Ms. Bump to death.

Bautista reportedly had several prior arrests dating back to 2005.  He was recently released from a Huntsville prison after serving 6 years for aggravated robbery. 

Ms. Bump was a graduate student at the Harding University's Physicians' Assistant program.  Friends described her as a happy and loving person.  

OJJPAC note:  Due to the Obama administration's failure to deport criminal illegal aliens, another American has been murdered.  The Obama administration's outrageous response is to expend scarce federal resources to sue Arizona and other states attempting to protect their citizens like Lauren Bump.  Our sympathies to the Bump family.

Sources: Family celebrates life of San Antonio park stabbing victim Lauren Bump, By April Molina, KSAT.com 1-9-14; Lauren Bump remembered in Harding University memorial, THV11.com, 1-12-14

 

http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp


31 posted on 02/01/2014 9:03:54 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: nascarnation

My company has worked with Indian sweatshops who provide engineering services . There are many problems associated with this including the money paid to the sweatshop middlemen, the time difference, the lack of transparency, corruption, theft of intellectual property and not having hire/fire control over employees. Basically, working with Indian companies sucks. All that goes away with the H1B visa increases.


32 posted on 02/01/2014 9:04:47 AM PST by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Republicans should just keep hammering seal the border first and they will sign onto amnesty.

Democrats won’t allow that to happen and Republicans can run on that.


33 posted on 02/01/2014 9:05:28 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Insurgent Conservative)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That’s powerful.

Imagine a demonstration in front of Facebook with every one of those posters as a sign.

Search for Zach Thurber as well. A 3 year old boy in Utah who was killed by a drunk illegal just a few weeks ago. Horrifying and enraging all at once.


34 posted on 02/01/2014 9:06:23 AM PST by Regulator
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To: rktman

Neither the Republicans or Democrats care about stopping third-worlders from crossing the border. The Democrats see fresh meat for them to buy votes with via government handouts. The Republicans are getting big bucks from corporations that want them here to drive down wages on jobs they couldn’t send overseas.

There are a few Republicans who want to stop this, like Sen. Jeff Sessions, but most simply don’t have any interest in doing anything about it.

Neither party cares about what flooding the country with tens of millions of people who care nothing about our history, culture, or language. They don’t care how much it destroys our way of life. All the Republicans care about is maintaining their positions, and all the perks that come with it. The Democrats want the same, but also to usher in a new socialist America where they get to decide where every dollar goes.

What little we have left after “free-trade” flushed our jobs down the toilet will be taken away by hoards of people who care nothing about this country, and are actively working to turn it into the same third-world cesspools they escaped to get here.

You can’t vote your way out of this.


35 posted on 02/01/2014 9:23:12 AM PST by TheGipperWasRight
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To: xzins

Good summary...

If there is no deportation...there is Amnesty. Pretty basic


36 posted on 02/01/2014 9:25:13 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (A Theory is not a Fact....It is not called the "Fact of Evolution")
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To: SeminoleCounty

Amnesty equals open borders. Period.


37 posted on 02/01/2014 9:27:57 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: xzins
Did they remember to broadcast the ads in Spanish to the people who will never EVER vote for them?

...sorry. I forgot to use my inside voice.

38 posted on 02/01/2014 9:33:58 AM PST by Redcloak (Winter is coming.)
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To: TheGipperWasRight

Man, the good old day when someone immigrating here wanted to embrace being an American and actually meaning it. I sometimes wonder if the current legal immigrants really mean it when the take the oath. I’m sure some do. Others taking it because they “have” to.


39 posted on 02/01/2014 9:35:11 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: Redcloak

Nope. German. They know most immigrants are highly educated German engineers fleeing outstanding beer and awesome automobiles.


40 posted on 02/01/2014 9:38:48 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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