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Legalization-First Could Scuttle Immigration Plan

coveyrise Wrote: Feb 11, 2013 10:13 PM

Haven't we already seen this movie? Back in the 80s we were promised that if we just gave amnesty to all the illegals already here the border would be secured. So we granted amnesty to millions of illegals. Now here we are nearly 30 years later with no secure borders and we're talking about giving 11 million more wetttbacks amnesty again. Really? I mean, Really, when are we going to learn?

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jmg11 Wrote: Feb 11, 2013 11:33 PM

We have already learned. No one is in doubt about what this is about. It is just a power play by the left, they have to pull some sort of krappe while they think they are riding high.

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Legalization-First Could Scuttle Immigration Plan

To hear Sen. Charles Schumer tell it, lawmakers crafting an immigration reform bill will focus on two big tasks. "First, defining metrics that demonstrate that the border is secure," the New York Democrat explained at a Jan. 31 news conference. "Second, defining exactly what the path to citizenship looks like and how it proceeds."

For Schumer and some Senate colleagues, that is the short version of immigration reform: first, border security, and second, a path to citizenship.

But immigration reform as envisioned by the so-called Gang of Eight is actually a three-step process. Schumer left out the first part: immediate...

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