House immigration bill’s co-author, Mario Diaz-Bala says debate could get ‘ugly’

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06-29-2013, 07:12 PM
JohnDoe2

House immigration bill’s co-author, Mario Diaz-Bala says debate could get ‘ugly’

House immigration bill’s co-author says debate could get ‘ugly’

Chris Moody June 28, 2013 Yahoo! News

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ao...090907869.jpegFlorida Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. (AP)

A co-author of a bipartisan House immigration proposal is predicting a tough road ahead for the legislation, but he said on Friday that ultimately a compromise will "prevail."
Florida Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said the process of negotiating a comprehensive immigration bill in the House could get "ugly" before a final bill passes. Diaz-Balart is part of the House's "Gang of Seven," a bipartisan working group that plans to unveil a version of an immigration overhaul they think can pass in the lower chamber.
“You're going to see ups and downs. You're going to see ugly things. You're going to see things that we don't like," Diaz-Balart said in an interview on Bloomberg's "Political Capital with Al Hunt" program. "Ultimately, however, I'm optimistic that the vast majority of the members in the House and the Senate, and the country, more importantly, recognize that we have a system that doesn't work and ultimately, when push comes to shove, in order to pass legislation, I think it's going to have to be something similar to what we've been working on. Ultimately, I think what will prevail is the desire to fix a system that everybody recognizes is broken.”
Members of the House immigration working group have declined to offer details about their bill, but Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who is part of the closed-door discussions, said on Friday that the group is "at the end of the process" and will introduce a proposal soon.
The Senate on Thursday passed its own version of an immigration bill, which combines enhanced border security measures with a pathway to legality for immigrants currently living in the United States illegally. House Republican leaders have said they do not plan to hold a vote on the Senate legislation. In an interview with Yahoo News on Thursday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said the House will move "deliberately" on immigration.

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06-29-2013, 09:36 PM
posylady

recognize that we have a system that doesn't work
Because nobody enforces the laws on the books. The laws on the books have been ignored so long..they have become forgotten. Most likely the same thing will happen to any new laws in this amnesty bill id passed and in a few years we will be right back were we are now only in a country we will not recognize anymore.
06-29-2013, 09:52 PM
Newmexican

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Originally Posted by posylady

recognize that we have a system that doesn't work
Because nobody enforces the laws on the books. The laws on the books have been ignored so long..they have become forgotten. Most likely the same thing will happen to any new laws in this amnesty bill id passed and in a few years we will be right back were we are now only in a country we will not recognize anymore.

How do they know that it doesn't work, they have never tried it.
06-30-2013, 02:24 AM
MinutemanCDC_SC

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Originally Posted by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)

Ultimately, however, I'm optimistic that the vast majority of the members in the House and the Senate, and the country, more importantly, recognize that we have a system that doesn't work and ultimately, when push comes to shove, in order to pass legislation, I think it's going to have to be something similar to what we've been working on. Ultimately, I think what will prevail is the desire to fix a system that everybody recognizes is broken.

The part of the immigration, citizenship, and nationality system that is broken and doesn't work will not be fixed by changing the immigration laws. New immigration laws will just be selectively enforced, and those new immigration laws the Executive Branch doesn't like will just be selectively ignored.

The only new law that makes any sense is dire and grievous punishment for not enforcing the laws.

In the case of an illegal alien who murders or kills while DUI, the top government official bearing responsibility for the illegal presence of that illegal alien shall pay in kind: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, suffering for suffering, pain for pain, a life for a life. In the case of an illegal alien who steals, the top government official responsible for the illegal presence of that illegal alien shall pay in kind fourfold: the official shall make fourfold restitution to the victim of the theft, in addition to any other fine or imprisonment required by the state.

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Originally Posted by the LORD your God in Leviticus 24:17-22

Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal. If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him— fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him. And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death. You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God.

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Originally Posted by Moses in Exodus 21:23-25

But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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Originally Posted by Moses in Deuteronomy 19:15-21

One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you. And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. Your eye shall not pity: life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.