Thread: Republican Rep Lamar Smith Avoids Hard Line Immigration

Lamar Smith Avoids Hard Line on Immigration


Lamar Smith and Steve King will play integral roles in the House's implementation of immigration policy. | AP Photo

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN
12/23/10 6:25 PM EST Updated: 12/24/10 10:47 AM EST
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If conservatives expected Republican Rep. Lamar Smith to champion the most controversial anti-immigration measures when he takes control of the House Judiciary Committee next month, they’re in for a surprise.

After weeks of speculation that he would pursue a scorched-earth immigration agenda, Smith detailed his to-do list for the first time in an interview with POLITICO — and it’s an early but important signal that the new House Republican majority plans to attack the issue of immigration through the prism of jobs, rather than red meat for the base.

Smith’s first two hearings will focus on expanding E-Verify, a voluntary electronic system for checking the immigration status of workers that President Barack Obama supports and scrutinizing the administration’s record on worksite enforcement.

“They are what I call 70 percent issues — 70 percent or more of the American people support those efforts,â€

If your NOT PISSED OFF America your not paying attention

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

If your NOT PISSED OFF America your not paying attention

Simply because this guy said thathis first line of business would be on E-verify, these people took that one statement and ran this story but he does says that he will get to other points like removing citizenship simply for being born on U.S. soil aka Anchor babies

I think Lamar Smith will be very tough on immigration issues. Lamar Smith has an A+ of 95% according to NumbersUSA's report card.

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/my/co ... rd/RECENT/

We need to know he will be tough - not just think he might. And he better know that we are watching and voting and electing people who represent us instead of treasonous corporations.