Posted on 08/02/2017 1:48:01 PM PDT by AT7Saluki
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller found himself clashing with CNN correspondent Jim Acosta at Wednesday's White House press briefing.
"What the president is proposing here does not sound like it's in keeping with American tradition when it comes to immigration. The Statue of Liberty says, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses,'" Acosta said, quoting from the poem The New Colossus, which was inscribed on the statue after its erection.
"It doesn't say anything about speaking English or be a computer programmer," Acosta continued. "Aren't you trying to change what it means to be an immigrant coming into this country if you are telling them you have to speak English? Can't people learn to speak English when they get here?"
Miller pointed out that English is already a requirement of naturalization.
"The notion that speaking English wouldn't be a part of an immigration system would actually be very ahistorical," he said.
Miller further rejected Acosta's reference to the Statue of Liberty, noting that the poem Acosta had cited was added later.
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Acosta is a massive blowhard..when “Journalists” are nothing more than liberal Commie douche bags..gee where was all these “questions” during Obama’s 8 years in office..oh yeah almost forgot, they were too busy licking his a@@ and calling it ice cream
Stick ‘em in your hood, Jim
Let’s see your advocacy then
This Nation or any Nation have inalienable rights on who may or may not enter their country for any reason or no reason at all.
Poetry written by some 100 year old feminist doesn't change that.
He’s an activist not a journo.
Acosta was completely OWNED by Stephen Miller today. If he weren’t Jim Acosta and if he weren’t from CNN, I’d be embarrassed for him.
Assimilation is the only way immigration works.
Learning the language is part of assimilation.
When large numbers of foreigners enter your country without permission and bring their language and customs with them and occupy large chunks of it, it’s colonization.
The Statue of Liberty is a gift from France, not a document of constitutional law. France does not make our immigration policy, the president does.
Why is Acosta still allowed in White House press briefings AT ALL considering the way he’s acted? For that matter... why is CNN?
Kick them out. What are they going to do? Report negatively on the Trump administration?
I wonder if Acosta is one of those low wage ignorant workers Trump wants to keep out.
Little Jimmy PeePee Panties, throwing his daily toddler tantrum.
LOVED that Miller called him out for being the FOOL that he is. MAGA! WINNING!
Bring something of value to the table or stay where you are. We have more than our share of worthless citizens already.
Today, Rush said, “The Democrats and the media are having a daily conniption fit. They are beside themselves today because Trump’s immigration program is merit-based, English language is preferred, exactly like Canada has, by the way, exactly like New Zealand and Australia and many other countries that the left hail as enlightened.”
Exactly. Won’t make any difference.
It’s was great to get some Miller Time! He is well spoken, smart & courageous!
I really like Steve and Sarah.
They both give it right back to those media clowns.
Acosta left out the part none of the immigrants who came through Ellis Island, including my grandparents, ever collected on dime of public assistance. All of the immigrants at Ellis Island were physically inspected and sent back it the had any kind of disease. The immigration inspectors at Ellis Island knew who was coming in, where they came from (the country, county, and village or town) and where they were going. If the immigrant could not earn a living he was a problem for his relatives who sponsored him, not the taxpayers.
The Statue of Liberty is a monument to LEGAL immigration.
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Miller nailed Glenn Thrush of NYT too. Suggested all the lower-skilled immigrants be sent to the NYT.
Poor, tired, huddled, Democrat-voting, welfare client masses are all they want. White South Africans with PhD’s need not apply.
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