Thread: NH-Anti-amnesty bill reformed; Committee okays amended versi

Anti-amnesty bill reformed ; Committee okays amended version

Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)
January 28, 2010
BY SHIRA SCHOENBERG, Monitor staff

This wasn't what the bill's sponsor had in mind.

Yesterday, the House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee took a controversial resolution opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants and turned it on its head.

The committee unanimously recommended that the House pass an amended resolution supporting comprehensive immigration reform.

The original resolution, sponsored by state Rep. Jordan Ulery, a Hudson Republican, stated: "Amnesty rewards illegal aliens for breaking our laws," and continued, "Amnesty would allow illegal-alien gang members, criminals, and terrorists to be eligible to become citizens of the United States."

The new resolution notes, "it would be impractical, if not impossible to expel the estimated 12 million people who have entered this country illegally."

It concludes with a resolution urging Congress "to develop and pass a comprehensive immigration reform program that provides a path to legal permanent resident status."

"I was dumbfounded," said Kris Schultz, New Hampshire state director for Reform Immigration for America, who testified against Ulery's resolution. "This was a complete 180."

At a hearing last week, several advocates of immigration reform testified against Ulery's resolution, calling it offensive and hateful.

Several of their points were incorporated into the amended resolution, which was introduced by Rep. Kris Roberts, a Keene Democrat.

The new resolution says that the U.S. "is a nation founded on legal immigration," citing the large numbers of immigrants who have come to the country legally, through visas, green cards and as refugees.

The resolution acknowledges Ulery's point that no one who has entered illegally should benefit from violating the laws; it states that comprehensive immigration reform should give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship but also not punish law-abiding permanent residents.

If the resolution becomes law, it will be sent to President Obama, the U.S. House speaker, U.S. Senate president and members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation.

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"I was dumbfounded," said Kris Schultz, New Hampshire state director for Reform Immigration for America, who testified against Ulery's resolution. "This was a complete 180."

Looks like the "pay off" was received.

The resolution acknowledges Ulery's point that no one who has entered illegally should benefit from violating the laws; it states that comprehensive immigration reform should give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship but also not punish law-abiding permanent residents.

HUNH?!?!?! Wow, I think I just got hit with a stoopid stick

This sentence makes absolutely NO sense!!! A "pathway" to citizenship is rewarding law violators!!!! ENFORCE THE DAMN LAW AND DEPORT!!!!!

And I bet Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) will vote in support of a CIR bill in the Senate (especially if it contains the new Guest Worker Program which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and many Republican lawmakers want) if it is introduced and brought for a vote before he retires at the end of 2010.

How the hell can those idiots TOTALLY change the Bill someone wrote??
It's like from a no to a yes!!!!!

New Hampshire

House STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Secretary:
Dianna Maffucci Phone:603-271-3554 (She needs a call tomorrow, they are gone now!)
Researcher: Ann FitzGerald Location: RM 203 LOB
Committee Members: Email Committee Members
Chairman: Patrick Garrity(d) Bills Currently in Committee
V. Chairman: Bills Originally Referred to Committee
Clerk: Sarah Hutz(d) Mailing list of Committee Members
*** Listen to Committee Hearings! ***

These are the *ssholes that need to get some mail!

Baldwin Domingo (d) Kris Roberts (d) Robert Haley (d)
Cynthia Sweeney (d) George Katsiantonis (d) Alexis Chininis (d)
Valerie Hardy (d) Thomas Katsiantonis (d) Alfred Baldasaro (r)
James Twombly (r) Anne Priestley (r) Lars Christiansen (r)
Frank Emiro (r) Dennis Fields (r) Leo Pepino (r)
Todd Smith (r)

603-271-3554

"The new resolution notes, "it would be impractical, if not impossible to expel the estimated 12 million people who have entered this country illegally.""

This is the same argument I hear locally from my acquaintances in GA . Thew two most common are --"It is a complex issue." and "You can't expect to remove 12 million people from the country--it's impossible."

I don't even argue anymore--and if anyone believes there are only 12 million here, they have not looked around. The estimate for Georgia is almost a million. That's in a state with an approximate population of 9 million plus.
From my reading over the past 3 years, my estimate is there are at least 25,000,000 and quite possibly more. Have you ever noticed the number of police including chiefs throughout the country with Hispanic names. Have you ever, randomly, picked a town or county and checked the names of the elected??


PS To my surprise, most of the officials of Concord are not Hispanic. They are just suicidal and do not want jobs for their children. the elected officials of Concord a
I guess that makes me a profiler and a xenophobe?? Or maybe a patriot???

misterbill wrote:
"I guess that makes me a profiler and a xenophobe?? Or maybe a patriot???"

I vote for number three: patriot (but with a 'capital P')!

And here is an article for your acquaintances in Georgia:

287(g) Stats: Most foreign-born inmates here illegally (from Gwinnett County, GA)
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-186891.html