Posted on 04/24/2015 5:38:16 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
The White House today welcomed a Federal advisory panel's recommendation to cut legal immigration by one-third. But the proposals met fierce opposition from Hispanic, Asian-American, Roman Catholic and Jewish groups, as well as from the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Representative Dick Armey, the Texas Republican who is the House majority leader, said: "The commission fails to tell us why we should so dramatically reduce legal immigration. It is long on recommendations, but short on analysis." He said the proposals were "a misguided attempt to make legal immigrants the scapegoats for America's problems."
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"Dick Armey Stuns Tea Partiers With Open-Borders Advocacy"
"Mr. Armey -- labeled as the "uber-organizer of the tea party movement" by a reporter today -- seems to have labeled as "goofy" most of the grassroots citizens attending tea party events. "
If Dick Armey and Gingrich had gone all in on this The GOP have had congress and WH from 2000- present. Maybe 4 years of a Dem in the WH during that period.
Instead 20 million documented Democrats arrived.
Yawn
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