Thread: Schumer Promises 'Sweeping' Immig. Leg.

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Schumer Promises 'Sweeping' Immig. Legislation
Sunday, May 3, 2009 3:05 PM


New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is predicting that sweeping immigration reform will become law before the year is over.

Schumer, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate's immigration subcommittee, spoke at the New York Daily News/Citizenship Now! headquarters. He said he expected Senate hearings to lead to a major change in U.S. policy, the Daily News reported.

"I believe that this year, we can pass comprehensive, strong, fair immigration reform," Schumer said.

Schumer's comments came on the heels of President Barack Obama saying America can't continue with a "broken" immigration system.

Obama has stated that he supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes an eventual path to citizenship for millions of foreigners illegally in the United States. During his presidential campaign, he promised to make the issue a "top priority" during his first year in office.

Last week, Obama said immigration reform is necessary because the current system is "not good for American workers. It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers who are trying to cross a dangerous border. It is putting a strain on border communities … And it keeps those undocumented workers in the shadows, which means they can be exploited at the same time as they're depressing U.S. wages."

Obama said his administration would first work to secure America's borders before trying to reform U.S. immigration policy.

"If the American people don't feel like you can secure the borders, then it's hard to strike a deal that would get people out of the shadows and on a pathway to citizenship who are already here, because the attitude of the average American is going to be, well, you're just going to have hundreds of thousands of more coming in each year," he said.

"On the other hand, showing that there is a more thoughtful approach than just raids of a handful of workers as opposed to, for example, taking seriously the violation of companies that sometimes are actively recruiting these workers to come in. That's again something we can start doing administratively."

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Mr. Schumer, IMO, is a biased, narrow-minded, stubborn swine, and I don't want to catch the flu he is sneezing. Rather rude of an opinion, but I can't really express the expletives uttered when I watched that subcommitte hearing.

Originally Posted by Dianer

"If the American people don't feel like you can secure the borders, then it's hard to strike a deal that would get people out of the shadows and on a pathway to citizenship who are already here, because the attitude of the average American is going to be, well, you're just going to have hundreds of thousands of more coming in each year," he said.

It's amazing. he is beginning to sound just as deceitful as Bush. First they talk about closing the borders, then they "foul it up" so it stays open. They are hoping that they sucker people into thinking they are for securing the border when they are not at all.

Obama = Bush

Schumer is a traitor!

Last week, Obama said immigration reform is necessary because the current system is "not good for American workers. It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers who are trying to cross a dangerous border.

Is this what we call them now? mexican would be workers instead of illegal border crossers.

It appears that this administration is far more concerned about selling out this country,

I get the impression that Americans are only an after thought?
"the current system is "not good for American workers."

Americans are offered no solution but at Americans own expense we are going to have more foreigners shoved at us to take our jobs and us to care for

It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers who are trying to cross a dangerous border.

This is more open borders propaganda, Mexicans ilegally "commuting to their jobs" across the border die at the same rate as Americans commuting to their jobs, 1 per 10,000 "commuters". That's a lot lower death rate than the Mexican Flu!

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is predicting that sweeping immigration reform will become law before the year is over.

My Republican lawmankers will not be voting for it. Mark my word, it will be the last term in office if they do.

Dixie

Rather than getting mad at Schumer, be constructive and let this be motivation to keep up your calls and faxes to your Senators and Reps!!

Obama calls them, "Mexican would-be workers". What he really means is "would be citizens" who completely overwhelm our society.

Obama has stated that he supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes an eventual path to citizenship for millions of foreigners illegally in the United States.

Obama said, "It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers"

Well...if passage of comprehensive immigration reform provided paths to citizenship for the millions of illegals who are already here, there shouldn't be any WOULD-BE WORKERS !!!

So...by stating would-be workers, is he implying that there will be no limits to the numbers of foreign workers!!!

Obama said immigration reform is necessary because the current system is "not good for American workers."

No, the current system IS good but its enforcement IS NOT !!!