Thread: Conservatives for CIR Conference Call - May 12, 2010 notes

May 17, 2010

Conservatives for CIR Conference Call - May 12, 2010 notes

Posted by D.A. King at 12:52 pm
Conservatives for CIR Conference Call

May 12, 2010

Juan Hernandez: Conservatives for CIR, a loose coalition of groups, is pushing conservatives to engage in CIR conversations with the hope of creating a strategy for achieving it. We have many well-known evangelical leaders on the call today, but we will begin with a discussion by Sen. Charles Schumer.

Sen. Schumer: I have good and bad news. The bad news is that the immigration system is broken and causing pain to many in your congregations. The good news is that we know how to fix the system. I have been working with Sen. Graham for over a year and now have a plan. We know that recent public discourse reflects an increasing hostility toward immigrants. I think the fact that we now have support from Baptists, Catholics and others shows this is not just a Latino issue and that CIR is possible.

We are close to getting business and labor together on a compromise, but we need your help in getting bipartisan support for moving ahead this year. No one has criticized my proposal as amnesty but we are told that there will be no bipartisan discussion until the border is secured. That’s a talking point, not a solution. It is clear that nothing we do will be enough for those who oppose CIR. It’s also clear that there aren’t enough votes in the House or Senate Judiciary Committee to pass a piecemeal “secure the border firstâ€

OK fundamentalists---What about your own people---many of whom contribute to their denomination's mission programs----who are forced out of livelihoods by illegal aliens? I suppose you didn't consider that.

Sen. Schumer: The public wants the borders to be secured. We have already placed tremendous resources on the border. The only way to stop illegal immigration is to tell employers that they can no longer hire illegal immigrants. The biometric Social Security card I have proposed will stop 90 percent of illegal employment. But this is only part of the solution. We have to pass CIR. Even Dobbs and O’Reilly have made supportive statements about my plan. It’s a moderate bill. The public viewed the one in 2007 as not being tough enough on illegal immigration.

Got no problem with telling employers not to hire illegals, but then the illegals have got to be deported. Making illegal aliens legal is a mockery of telling employers not to hire them. One day the employee is illegal and out of a job, but can reapply the next day as a legal? HELL NO!

We demand ENFORCEMENT AND DEPORTATIONS!!! NO rewarding these criminals with legal status, get em out!!!