Thread: CA: Whitman will use troops on Mexico border if feds don’t

Sorry, but this comment just jumped out at me. Sounds to me like she is suporting comprehensive amnesty, or else.

[quote]“If Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform with enhanced border security,â€

Originally Posted by domack

Steve Poizner for Governor


Our country, and California in particular, has been built by immigrants who have legally crossed our borders in search of a brighter future. As Americans and Californians, we are right to welcome people from all over the globe when they are willing to play by the rules and obey our laws.

Unfortunately, illegal immigration is a growing problem in our state. In 2009, there were an estimated 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the United States, with an estimated 2.6 million – nearly a quarter of America’s total illegal immigrant population – residing in California. With our state budget in tatters, millions of Californians out of work, and a state prison system strained by massive overcrowding, California simply cannot continue to ignore the toll that illegal immigration takes on our budget and economy. In fact, illegal aliens cost taxpayers in our state billions each year.

Some have argued that illegal immigration is an issue for the federal government, not the states, and that there’s little that the governor of California can do to fix the problem. Steve Poizner believes these people are wrong. As governor, he will address the challenge of illegal immigration boldly and unapologetically. Steve will use the governor’s authority to fight illegal immigration with every tool at his disposal. As governor, he will advocate for the following policies:
1. Cutting Taxpayer-Funded Benefits To Illegal Immigrants
2. Holding Employers Responsible For Following The Law
3. Ending Sanctuary City Practices
4. Securing Our Borders
In This Section

* Cutting Taxpayer-Funded Benefits To Illegal Immigrants
* Holding Employers Responsible For Following The Law
* Ending Sanctuary City Practices
* Securing Our Borders

The Poizner Immigration Plan Includes:

Cutting Taxpayer-Funded Benefits To Illegal Immigrants: One of the magnets drawing illegal immigrants to California and keeping them here is the availability of taxpayer-funded benefits. Steve Poizner supports passage of a new law that would cut taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants in California. Federal legislation passed in 1996 enabled the states to pass laws that restrict the flow of taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, consistent with federal law. Ten states, including our neighboring state of Arizona, have already passed laws cutting such benefits. Steve understands that California is compelled by the federal courts to provide some taxpayer-funded benefits, but as governor he will work with our leaders in Washington to clarify the scope of taxpayer-funded benefits that our state must provide. In this time of economic crisis, Steve believes that California simply can no longer afford to provide taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants.

* Ending In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants At California’s Public Colleges And Universities. California’s Higher Education system is the state’s crown jewel and the standard by which other public school systems are measured. Illegal immigrants should not be given a taxpayer-funded subsidy in the form of in-state tuition at our public universities and colleges. This practice must end and, as governor, Steve will make sure that it does.

Holding Employers Responsible For Following The Law: Another reason that many illegal immigrants come to California is in search of jobs. Unfortunately, many employers continue to hire, knowingly or unknowingly, employees without proper legal status. Steve Poizner will require California businesses to verify the immigration status of their employees. To help employers with this task, Steve will work together with the federal government to establish a reliable and user-friendly employee immigration status verification system. Employers who fail to verify the employment eligibility of their employees will be sanctioned.

* Revoking Business Licenses For Non-Compliance. Steve Poizner is committed to ensuring that employers do not knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Employers that do so knowingly and repeatedly will not only be fined, but will have their state-issued business licenses revoked.

Ending Sanctuary City Practices: Steve Poizner will crack down on Sanctuary Cities, such as San Francisco, by withholding state funding from any California city or county that encourages illegal immigrants to locate there through Sanctuary City policies. For too long, Sanctuary Cities in California have compromised public safety by shielding illegal immigrants—even those who have been found guilty of violating our state’s laws—from federal immigration authorities. As governor, Steve will ensure that these Sanctuary City practices come to an end.

* Reporting All Illegal Immigrants Arrested For Criminal Activity To Federal Immigration Authorities. A community must share a good relationship with law enforcement in order to promote a culture of law and order. To engender such community relations, local law enforcement should not engage in racial profiling or the pursuit of suspects based solely on the suspicion that they may be illegal immigrants. However, once an illegal immigrant is arrested for a criminal act, Steve Poizner will call on all law enforcement agencies across the state to immediately report them to federal immigration authorities.

Securing Our Borders: California must lead the way in partnering with other border states and the federal government to secure our nation’s borders. Steve Poizner is committed to using a variety of state resources, including the California National Guard, to assist other authorities in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. Steve knows that stricter border enforcement is essential to dealing with the problem of illegal immigration.

* Creating A Multi-State National Guard Partnership To Secure The Southern Border. Previous piece-meal attempts to secure the border have failed. Without a unified approach by the four southern border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, illegal immigration will persist and continue to pose a problem for California. As governor, Steve Poizner will create a Multi-State National Guard Partnership between these border states. Through this Partnership, these states can do their part to help secure the border by deploying their respective National Guards to assist the United States Border Patrol and other federal authorities.

I'm going to give money to Steve Poizner he's way tougher on illegal aliens than Meg what's her face . Meg sounds like another Republican hack to me!

DANG. I NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS. who says you don't learn something everyday. my hat's off to Domack! thanks.

afp

p.s. i didn't donate very much to Meg

[quote="Newmexican"]Sorry, but this comment just jumped out at me. Sounds to me like she is suporting comprehensive amnesty, or else.

[quote]“If Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform with enhanced border security,â€

JohnDoe wrote:

She (Meg Whitman) put $40 MILLION of her own money into her campaign.

Seems like that would be enough since Poizner only put $19 MILLION of his own into his campaign.

That's the problem with high level political positions, only the rich can compete.

Wayneman wrote:

i donated to meg

afp

Why? You do realize that she supports amnesty for illegal aliens, don't you?

"it is “simply not practicalâ€

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• Opposition to “any attempt by the legislature to weaken employer verification requirements.â€

Here in lies the problem. You have to be filthy rich to win a high position in politics and we wonder why there is a disconnect between the politicians and the people. A middle class person has zero chance of winning office. A middle class person would better understand our plight and can relate to us a hell of alot more than some rich person who can live in neighbors where there is no illegal alien problem and can be shielded off from this crap. There needs to be a limit on how much money you can spend in any given election. It's ridiculous that these people can just simply buy an election and not have to really earn it.

[quote]“If Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform with enhanced border security,â€

[quote="miguelina"][quote]“If Congress fails to pass comprehensive immigration reform with enhanced border security,â€

[quote="domack"] I think we have our boy Steve Poizner, Meg is a useless hack! Maybe William can look in to Steve Poizner and see if ALIPAC can do an official endorsement.

OMGOSH. i had breakfast with a CA TPP rep, and no mention of Poizner. Maybe he hadn't announced yet. i NEED to find out because some of "us" maybe on the wrong side of the tracks aka Juan McAmnesty. seriously, you apparently CAN NOT read a book by it's covers ( ex: current admin.) i shall do some research. Domack's post sounds like a game changer for me and my patriot brethren. is there more to this than I am aware of? " I don't know but i'll find out."

p.s. please pardon my angry outbursts; i live and work smack dab in the middle of ground zero in an officially designated Hispanic gang zone. no fooling. imagine how i feel when i post. i'll try to be more calm in the future.


p.s.s. RE: my position on amnesty, see prior ps re: living and working in a DGZ.


afp

Originally Posted by wayneman

OMGOSH. i had breakfast with a TPP rep, and no mention of Poizner. Maybe he hadn't announced yet.

Yes he has announced and Whitman is running radio ads against him.