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    CA Republicans Face Platform Battle on Immigration

    by Jon Fleischman
    18 Sep 2015

    California Republicans face a tough platform fight over immigration policy at this weekend’s state GOP convention in Anaheim.

    A spirited effort is under way to remove the hardline language of the current platform’s immigration plank, and replace it with much softer language that would represent a significant shift in the state GOP’s position.

    Currently, the platform reads (in part):

    We affirm our country’s absolute right to control its borders. We support legal immigration and the immigration laws which are already in place, and call on the government to enforce all laws on the issue. To take any other position would be a great unfairness to those who have complied with the legal system, and would expose California’s citizens to national security risks.

    An excerpt from the proposed new language reads: “We believe that only after the border is secured and the legal immigration system modernized, can we as a nation address the complicated issue of what to do with the millions of otherwise law-abiding folks who are currently here illegally. Like all Americans, Republicans hold diverse views on this issue.”

    The platform–the party’s foundational statement of principles and key policy positions–is reviewed and updated every four years. The review process began earlier this year, and will culminate with a full platform committee meeting on Saturday, and a vote on the final document on the convention floor on Sunday.

    For decades, the party’s platform has been a very conservative document, across the board. The elected drafting committee has advanced a document for consideration by the platform committee Saturday that largely maintains the status quo–except on immigration.

    Also headlining the a party confab will be former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who will speak Friday at lunch; Congressman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, who will speak at lunch Saturday; and John Bolton, former Ambassador to the United Nations, who will headline Saturday night’s dinner banquet.

    Originally, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had RSVP’d to speak at the Saturday dinner event, but a few days ago Walker’s campaign abruptly canceled his appearance.

    Also taking place at the convention are some minor party office elections, various workshops and training events, and hospitality suites and parties for delegates and their guests to enjoy.

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    "modernize"..."folks"...This wording and content is disgusting.

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    California Republicans set to soften stance on immigrants in the country illegally

    September 19, 2015
    By Chris Megerian

    A delegate committee at the California Republican Party convention on Saturday approved softer language involving illegal immigration in its platform, a new attempt in a long-running effort to boost support among Latinos.

    The changes come as the party's presidential primary has been roiled by heated rhetoric on the issue. New York real estate mogul Donald Trump, currently leading in the polls, has made his mark by urging crackdowns on immigrants in the country illegally.

    A final vote on the new platform from all the delegates at the convention is scheduled for Sunday.

    The new language was proposed by a Latino party official from Fresno, Marcelino Valdez, who wants the platform to be "more appealing to California's diverse electorate."

    The changes don’t eliminate the party’s opposition to “amnesty,” but they say “Republicans hold diverse views” on “what to do with the millions of otherwise law-abiding folks who are currently here illegally.”

    Yanked from the platform is the statement that “allowing illegal immigrants to remain in California undermines respect for the law.”

    The changes were unsuccessfully opposed by delegates such as Jon Fleischman, a conservative writer who views adding ambiguous language as “sending a welcome card to millions of people around the world.”

    Toning down the rhetoric is a good idea, he said, but hard if the party wants to value tough enforcement of immigration laws.

    “How do you sugar coat” the view that “I believe you’re a criminal and you should leave?” Fleischman said.

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