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Posted on 03/08/2006 5:10:12 PM PST by paltz
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said Wednesday some Republicans are trying to create a "police state" to round up illegal immigrants.
Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke out on the U.S. immigration policy after largely staying away from an issue that has roiled Congress in recent months and spurred a number of conflicting proposals.
Speaking at a rally of Irish immigrants, Clinton criticized a bill the House passed in December that would impose harsher penalties for undocumented workers.
"Don't turn your backs on what made this country great," she said, calling the measure "a rebuke to what America stands for."
The House measure would make unlawful presence in the United States, which is currently a civil offense, a felony.
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Clinton said it would be "an unworkable scheme to try to deport 11 million people, which you have to have a police state to try to do."
She called instead for immigration changes "based on strengthening our borders in order to make us safer from the threat of terrorism."
The senator also sent a four-page public letter to constituents outlining her views on immigration. In the letter, she shied away from specifics but said she does support allowing at least some of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers to earn citizenship.
Such changes should include "a path to earned citizenship for those who are here, working hard, paying taxes, respecting the law, and willing to meet a high bar for becoming a citizen," Clinton wrote.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has offered legislation that would create separate worker programs: One for illegal immigrants already in the country and another for future immigrant workers.
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President Bush has argued for a temporary worker program that would allow illegal immigrants to keep their jobs in hotels, restaurants, nurseries, agriculture and other businesses that depend on low-wage laborers.
Neither effort has gained much momentum, partly due to fierce resistance from others within the GOP.
Last week Specter said emotions on the immigration issue are running high and he has seen "virtually no agreement on anything."
© 2006 Associated Press.
"The House measure would make unlawful presence in the United States, which is currently a civil offense, a felony."
I didn't know about that bill. I like this idea!
Go for it, Hillary. You will be dooming ANY chance of the Presidency.
Read the writing on the wall...we don't WANT people crawling over the border. No one...zero, zip, nada.
Hmmm...duh. Someone didn't read the article correctly.
Interesting thread on this subject over here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592710/posts
Seems that some FReepers think we're all nazis.
She used to be for illegals, then against, and now for again. Playing both sides.
I wonder how many votes she'll help garner for the GOP with this line? Good God in heaven, this woman is a complete idiot!
This week's polls must indicate she needs the illegal vote to win. Talk about flip-flop.
Ya know Shillery, Since when does America stand for lawlessness? Since when does America stand for ENTITLEMENT....?
I realize you don't have any respect for the law, and breaking the law seems natural to you... I mean laws just get in the way of your work...but DON'T ATTRIBUTE YOUR DISREGARD for the LAW OF AMERICA AS WHAT WE STAND FOR!
Just when I think I couldn't detest this woman anymore, she opens her mouth again.
If we do, in fact, need guest workers for our economy, then send the illegal aliens back home and replace them with legal immigrants.
We should never reward criminals, it only promotes more of the same.
So Hillarity thinks that ILLEGAL immigrants are here "respecting the law"....... given just how much contempt she has shown for our laws in her sordid career, I guess it's no surprise that her standard for "respecting the law" is so low it's in the sewer..
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Ditto. You have the Marxist Medusa nailed. Criminal as they come...just ask Vince Foster for openers....
I can't take another headline with a Clinton name on it. BTW I'm tired of a Bush headline also. Basically, I'm sick of this oligarchy. Aren't GW & Bubba brothers now?
In 1939 Hitlerys beloved FDR rounded up 2 million illegal aliens and sent them back to Mexico.
Eisenhower rounded up over 1 million illegal aliens and sent them back to Mexico in the 50's.
Hitlery has decided to pander to her future voter base. Make no mistake, she has figured out that real Americans will not elect her. This is a major policy announcement for a woman who has been on the enforcement fence until now.
Too many of us are too stooopid. Her husband was elected twice!
ATTENTION, all of you immigration hawks who thought Hillary! was going to carry this issue to victory in '08.
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