Thread: Rep. King: Obama imm policies walking a 'dangerous path'

King: Obama immigrant policies walking a 'dangerous path'




April 16, 2009





Western Iowa Congressman Steve King continues to be vocal in expressing his displeasure with some of the policies of the new president.
This week the conservative Republican King issued a statement attacking Democrat Obama's current and potential immigration reform plans.
"The Obama Administration has shut down worksite enforcement, effectively suspending law enforcement on employers who are hiring illegals. They have shifted the focus from intercepting illegal drugs and people coming from Mexico to intercepting legal U.S. guns on their way to Mexico. Now the Obama Administration has come out in support of amnesty for law breakers," King says.
"Obama is taking the United States of America into an abrupt, headlong lurch away from the foundations that made us a great nation."
King, who is said to be pondering the possibility of a campaign for governor next year, said the American public wants the administration to enfore existing immigration laws. Amnesty is a "dangerous path" that will "sacrifice the Rule of Law," according to the Congressman.
"In our current economic crisis, Americans cannot afford to lose more jobs to illegal workers. With more than 12 million illegal aliens living in the United States and over 7.7 million of those illegal aliens working in the United States, America cannot afford to grant amnesty to those that have broken the Rule of Law. American workers are depending on President Obama to protect their jobs from those in America illegally."
The New York Times recently reported that Obama plans to begin addressing America's immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, based on statements from a senior administration official last Wednesday. The Bush Administration had also looked at some path of amnesty for those already established in the country, but did not enact the controversial measure.



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Congressman King is an American patriot! He is 100% right about Obama.