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    Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal

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    Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal
    By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer | April 5, 2006

    WASHINGTON --Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Tuesday that a House GOP immigration bill would make her and her Senate aides criminals, and warned of a "ticking time bomb" lurking in the U.S. economy.

    Clinton's latest comments on the immigration debate in Congress follow earlier remarks in which she said the bill, written by Reps. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Peter King, R-N.Y., would probably criminalize "even Jesus himself."

    Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, she claimed her work on behalf of New York constituents would run afoul of the House bill setting penalties for anyone who knowingly assists or encourages illegal immigrants to remain here.

    "I realize I would be a criminal, too. My staff would be criminal. We help people with all kinds of problems," said Clinton, D-N.Y., prompting titters in the audience.

    Democratic critics and the Catholic Church complain such language would make even humanitarian assistance to an illegal immigrant a crime; the bill's authors dismiss the claim as an absurd attempt to defeat the bill.

    Clinton urged the Hispanic business leaders to help defeat such measures by resisting what she called misinformation in the emotionally-charged immigration debate.

    "We need to help educate the entire American public. We need to put the face of America and hard-working Americans on this debate," she said.

    Rep. Peter King charged Clinton is the one spreading misinformation, saying the only way his bill would make her a criminal is if she was a "coyote," another term for an immigrant smuggler.

    "I hope that Sen. Clinton is not suggesting that she and her staff are members of an alien smuggling gang, or that she is a coyote posing as a senator," said King.

    The bill, he said, "has absolutely nothing to do with churches or social workers or senators assisting illegal immigrants. It is aimed entirely at alien smuggling gangs."

    Clinton also spent much of her speech warning of perils she saw ahead for the U.S. economy -- particularly rising government debt and a growing trade deficit.

    "We have to worry about the deficit, it's not an irrelevant problem and then when we combine it with the trade deficit we have a real ticking time bomb in our economy," said Clinton. "I hope that we can prevent it going off and that we begin to act responsibly."

    Congress last month raised the federal debt ceiling -- the amount the government can borrow -- to nearly $9 billion.

    The U.S. trade deficit soared to a record $724 billion last year, and the imbalance with China alone was $202 billion.

    Rising government debt could lead to higher interest rates, which Clinton said could hurt many homeowners if they see their adjustable mortgage interest rates rise.

    "When we spend money we do not have ... it begins to ripple through the economy and I think we're beginning to see some of those ripples now," said Clinton.
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    Amnesty.....Cheap votes for the Democrats, cheap labor for the Republicans!

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    Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal.
    She should be used to it.
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    "We need to help educate the entire American public. We need to put the face of America and hard-working Americans on this debate," she said.

    Well, you are doing a great job at this, but it certainly isn't what you have in mind. Quite the OPPOSITE!

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    Hey! hey! CAREFUL what you write. No disrespect allowed.
    She's the "smartest woman in the world!"
    The next president of the United States!


    What part of "We don't owe our jobs to India" are you unable to understand, Senator?

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    All i can say is Hey Hillary can you read my Finger. Here I'll hold it up a little higher so you can see it past your nose in the air. There is that better. You dont have a clue what it means to help people because you only see what is in it for you first before you Act and I do mean Act. Oh by the way how much money did you report because of your husbands dealing with the Ports deal he was backing. Hmmmmm
    Your Rights END where MY Rights Begin. You have NO Rights if You Are ILLEGAL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scubayons
    Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal.
    She should be used to it.
    sorry to tell her but under the Constitution and federal statutes, she's already a criminal

    The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, provides in part that "No person shall . . . hold any office . . . under the United States . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have . . . given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof"


    an act of treason and 18 USC 2381 provides that

    "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States" –
    "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" George Santayana "Deo Vindice"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scubayons
    She should be used to it.
    Vince Foster rolls over in his grave (again!).

    What part of "We don't owe our jobs to India" are you unable to understand, Senator?

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