Thread: Cornyn: Sanctuary City Bill a ‘Prerequisite’ for Immigration Reform

Dems blocked measure, claimed it was "punitive" and a "substitute for passing comprehensive immigration reform."

November 3, 2015 - 9:47 pm
by Nicholas Ballasy



Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told PJ Media that cracking down on sanctuary cities to cut back on crime is a “necessary prerequisite” to immigration reform.

Senate Democrats blocked a bill last week that would have cut funding for cities that do not follow federal immigration law by failing to turn over illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.

Cornyn, a co-sponsor of the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, was asked why he thinks Democrats opposed the measure.

“It’s pretty hard for me to understand that there would be any reason. They claim that this was a punitive measure and it was a substitute for passing comprehensive immigration reform,” Cornyn said on a conference call.

“But given the abuses and the overreaches of this administration with its executive order on immigration, which has now been enjoined by the federal court in Brownsville, and just given the fact this administration seems to condone outright lawlessness, I think there’s just a lot of concern about doing anything until we can crack down on some of these enforcement measures,” he added.

Cornyn said Senate Democrats are listening to their party’s leadership, which is asking them to “walk a plank.”

“I believe this is a necessary prerequisite to doing anything else on immigration because this was going to be a confidence-building measure, but unfortunately ended up being a no-confidence-building measure because of the partisan obstruction on this issue,” he said.

“This is not a partisan issue. There are communities all across Texas and all across the United States where innocent people have been killed and assaulted and otherwise violated by not just people who are here to work but people who are coming here and actively living a life of criminality and hurting innocent people.”

http://pjmedia.com/blog/cornyn-sanct...ration-reform/

If they ever pass Cornyn's version of "immigration reform" amnesty for illegal aliens, there will be no further pretenses of stopping sanctuary cities or doing anything else to stop illegals because most American states will quickly turn deep socialist Democrat blue!

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

If they ever pass Cornyn's version of "immigration reform" amnesty for illegal aliens, there will be no further pretenses of stopping sanctuary cities or doing anything else to stop illegals because most American states will quickly turn deep socialist Democrat blue!

W

Concerning Cornyn, I have mixed feeling. The following will explain why:

Voted against the 'gang of eight" amnesty bill.

Excerpt:

The bill has vehement opponents in Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with 27 others who voted in opposition to the bill. They argue that the bill is "amnesty" because undocumented immigrants would receive provisional legal status to stay in the U.S. before border and enforcement measures are met. They also allege that the bill won't ensure those measures will actually be met.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3511664.html

Career (2003-2015) grade scoresheet of C+ at NumbersUSA with an A+ for reducing illegal jobs and presence and a B for reducing illegal immigration at the border.

Sen. Cornyn voted against the DREAM Act in 2010. Said he supported it, but voted against it in the end.

Sen. Cornyn voted against Bush's 2007 amnesty bill because it wasn't tough enough on enforcement.

Sen. Cornyn has always voted against sanctuary cities (2 or 3 times during his career).

While Sen. John Cornyn says he supports immigration reform and the DREAM Act, he has never, to my knowledge, voted in favor of either. Honestly, I just don't know what to think of the guy, hence my mixed feelings. Obviously there are folks a lot worse on illegal immigration and border security in the U.S. Senate.