Thread: GOP Congressman: All 500,000 DREAMers, '8 Million' Undocumented Immigrants Should Be

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GOP Congressman: All 500,000 DREAMers, '8 Million' Undocumented Immigrants Should Be Deported

The Huffington Post
By Adam Goldberg
Posted: 08/02/2014

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) appeared Friday night on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes" to discuss immigration and the current U.S.-Mexico border crisis.

Hayes tweeted a summary of Brooks' startling comments after the interview aired:


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.@RepMoBrooks just told me all 500,000 Dreamers under DACA and "8 Million" immigrants w/ jobs should be deported. #inners
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Hayes began the interview seeking clarification on whether Brooks viewed President Barack Obama’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) order as “illegitimate,” to which the congressman responded, “Yes I do.”

Brooks stated that he supported deporting the 500,000 DREAMers who have benefited from the president’s order, “and more.”

He also addressed the wave of unaccompanied minors who have recently crossed the border into the U.S., saying, “to the Democrats, the border security problem is really a question of where they come up with the money for the welcome mats and the Happy Meals.” Brooks elaborated, “they should not be fed and clothed for years, which apparently is the direction that the president wants to take us. Rather, those children should be taken care of here and very expeditiously reunited with their families back home.”

When pressed by Hayes on the deportation of undocumented immigrants, the Alabama lawmaker said that they are “taking jobs from American citizens” and that he “absolutely” wants to see them deported.

“There are 8 million jobs in America now held by illegal aliens, that’s 8 million job opportunities taken from American citizens,” said Brooks. When Hayes asked the congressman if he “would like to see those 8 million deported,” Brooks answered, “Yeah, if that’s what’s necessary to protect American jobs. Absolutely.”

House Republicans ultimately voted on Friday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, putting over half a million young people at risk of deportation. HuffPost's Elise Foley points out that the measure has no chance of becoming law as it would face opposition from both the Democratic-led Senate and President Obama.

Watch the interview in the clip above from 4:53 to 8:17 (via MSNBC)


LOTS of comments.

• William Miller · Top CommenterWhat part of illegal do people not understand. People that work hard, play by the rules oftentimes need a helping hand. Where will that come from if all is given to lawbreakers. If I were getting help I would be upset as my help could be lost to help someone that never contributed to the system.
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  • Donar Kress von Kressenstein · Sofia University, TokyoHave you never broken a law? I know one law you broke, it's the law of Nature you broke when you were born.
    Reply · Like · 107 · August 2 at 10:27am
    
    
    
  • Bryon Smith · Top Commenter · East Brunswick, New JerseyWhat part of they were children who came with their parents don't you understand?
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  • Chris Garrett · Top Commenter · U of Hard KnocksIf you were "getting help"?
    You need some help to understand compassion, your own immigrant history, your religion, and our country's complicity in the social and economic policies that brought these people here.
    Reply · Like · 158 · August 2 at 10:30am
    
    
  
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• Anthony Placebo · Top Commenter · College of CharlestonIf employing illegal immigrants were treated more harshly then we would not have to deport, they would self deport.
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  • Bob Merlin · Top CommenterHEY- Tony. Who employs these people? Right.. The big companies that want cheap labor. Why aren't we throwing the CEOs in jail?
    Reply · Like · 286 · August 2 at 11:26am
    
    
    
  • Anthony Placebo · Top Commenter · College of CharlestonBob Merlin Maybe we should be good point!
    Reply · Like · 113 · August 2 at 11:31am
    
    
    
  • Victor StLawrence · Top Commenter · Southside College PrepOkay Willard.
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• Paul Tirrell · Plymouth, MassachusettsHe is absolutely correct in saying illegal aliens are taking jobs and undercutting
  wages for American workers. They don’t just work in the hospitality industries
  but also in the trades some of the main stay professions in this country and what
  makes it worse is they are willing to work for dollars per hour less, not to mention
  overtime for straight pay, Sundays and holidays. We are a country of laws and
  it would be damn refreshing when liberals start to understand that.
  
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