Thread: Mayors Commend Bi-Partisan Senate Immigration Proposal

Mayors Commend Bi-Partisan Senate Immigration Proposal

Business Wire
March 25, 2010 Thursday
WASHINGTON, D.C.

With momentum growing for immigration reform, the nation's mayors welcome the bipartisan proposal offered by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC).

The Senators announced their proposal in an op ed in the March 19 edition ofThe Washington Post.

It would require: biometric Social Security cards to prevent illegal workers from getting jobs, strengthened border security and interior enforcement, a process for admitting temporary workers, and a "tough but fair path" to legalization for those already in the country.

"Mayors commend the Senators for their bipartisan efforts and hope that their proposal is quickly developed into legislation that will ultimately lead to comprehensive immigration reform," said Phoenix (AZ) Mayor Phil Gordon, Chair of The U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

"Mayors across the country deal with the consequences of illegal immigration every day.

It is critical that any legislation provide resources for cities and states which are disproportionately bearing the financial burden of our broken immigration system.

Additionally, it is essential that we seek to resolve this issue in a way in which the rights of both citizens and non-citizens are protected."

In January of 2009 the Conference adopted policy calling for quick passage of comprehensive immigration reform legislation based on:

1) increased border security and enforcement;

2) the protection of human and civil rights of both citizens and non-citizens being detained;

3) more support for city and state governments which are disproportionately shouldering the costs of the current broken immigration system;

4) the use of new technologies to match up foreign workers with jobs in this country that are going unfilled (guest worker program); and

5) the elimination of current obstacles to citizenship that have resulted in 10-12 million undocumented residents living in the shadows.


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These political game processes are funny and sickening at the same time.
Likely way this whole thing transpired:

The National Conference of Mayors creates a Task Force on Immigration Reform. It was probably demanded by "Civil Rights" activists, whose demands the Conference of Mayors is afraid to ignore, because they will be accused of...well, you know.

Which mayors do you think will most likely end up on this Immigration Reform Task force? Those who oppose the illegal invasion and are willing to publicly speak out against it? All two of them? No, of course not. Its going to be the ethnocentric and open-borders-advocating, big city mayors, who think they need to pander to their illegal alien residents.

This now pro-amnesty-biased Task Force writes up Policy Statements on amnesty. Surprise, surprise, their "policy" is pro-amnesty. Maybe all the mayors make a final vote on The Policy. Bet anything if so, its not a private ballot process. So many of them will go along to get along, and not appear to be, well, you know.

So The Policy is now formally "adopted", and the Chairman of the Conference - the Phoenix, Arizona mayor - announces that the National Conference of Mayors is in favor of amnesty.

This now implies that ALL mayors of ALL cities in the U.S. are in favor of amnesty. Even though 80% of the residents of those cities are against amnesty. So interesting to watch this sport of politics.

The Senators announced their proposal in an op ed in the March 19 edition ofThe Washington Post.

It would require: biometric Social Security cards to prevent illegal workers from getting jobs, strengthened border security and interior enforcement, a process for admitting temporary workers, and a "tough but fair path" to legalization for those already in the country.

As soon as any biometric Social Security cards were issued the ACLU would mount a legal challenge.
Just enforce the laws we already have---instead of going further down the slippery slope!

Just give them all ankle bracelets..and tickets South....


The Key word is ENFORCEMENT of the Laws....

Kathyet

It is critical that any legislation provide resources for cities and states which are disproportionately bearing the financial burden of our broken immigration system.

What resources? Taxpayers are tapped out. Ya think by giving 10-12 million illegal aliens greencards will make tax $$ magically appear? Please!

5) the elimination of current obstacles to citizenship that have resulted in 10-12 million undocumented residents living in the shadows.

What "obstacles" are we talking about? The rule of law?? There's a reason why those obstacles are there..to prevent people from entering this country and becoming a burden on our social welfare systems..which is EXACTLY what illegal aliens do! What we need is to toughen up enforcement and deport them all!!

Obstacles should be streamlined for those waiting in their own countries, many of them for more than 10 years to come in the right way! In addition, for every illegal alien deported means a legal immigrant can come here.

I have to laugh when I see 10-12 million figure. What happens when 40 million show up to become "legal"? Say Oops! Sorry we can only legalize 12 million of you? Riiight, I got a bridge for ya..reeeal cheap.

How can you do background checks on people who are using stolen ID? WHO verifies their backgrounds? Their 3rd world countries who send them here to wire money back home? Yeah, some background checks we'll get.

Brings to mind Castro emptying the jails in Cuba and sending them our way.

How many illegals who have yet to be caught have a family member who was deported and banned for re-entry for 10 years? I can just hear the "You're separating families" whines racheting up.

Amnesty is a bad idea all around, it's also an extremely bad deal. If these people were meant to be here, they would have applied to come legally. We don't need anymore "poor" sucking up taxpayer $$$, while they own all the latest gadgets and drive new cars; without contributing to OUR economy!

DEMAND ENFORCEMENT & DEPORTATION!!!

It is critical that any legislation provide resources for cities and states which are disproportionately bearing the financial burden of our broken immigration system.

They must mean broken immigration ENFORCEMENT, right?

Phoenix (AZ) Mayor Phil Gordon

What can you say except don't the people of Phoenix think it is time to get rid of this loser!