Thread: Pence: We will show 'great heart' on immigration

Pence: We will show 'great heart' on immigration

03/09/17 02:38 PM EST



Vice President Pence pledged to take a compassionate stance on immigration in a speech to a Latino business group Thursday.

Pence made the remarks in an address to The Latino Coalition, a group of Latino small business leaders, at its annual policy summit.

"As that debate goes forward we will, as the president promised, show great heart every step of the way," he said.

Pence said the administration would secure the borders and "restore respect for the laws of this country."

"The president and I believe that a system based on the rule of law will benefit every American, including our Hispanic Americans," he said.

Pence also quoted Trump's February address to Congress, saying that "real and positive immigration reform is possible."

Pence praised the business group, saying that that Hispanics are "leaps and bounds over every other American demographic" when it comes to driving entrepreneurship and the economy.


"I told [President Trump] I was headed your way and he was pleased to hear about it," Pence told the gathering.

"I told him I was headed to a conference entitled the 'Make Small Business Great Again Policy Summit' and he was very pleased."

Pence focused his speech on the Trump administration's regulatory policy. He told the audience that excessive regulations under President Obama hurt small businesses and repeated a Trump campaign pledge, now codified in an executive order, to erase two federal regulations for every new one set forth.

"When small business is strong, the American economy is strong," he said.

Pence also praised Latino small businesses as an agent of growth for the economy.

"The fact is, Hispanics are driving entrepreneurship and economic growth like never before," he said.

"The number of Latino-owned businesses grew over 15 percent over the last decade, leaps and bounds over every other American demographic," he added.

On healthcare, Pence said the Affordable Care Act made it harder for small businesses to grow, and pledged its replacement will come soon.

"The ObamaCare nightmare is about to come to an end," he said.

"I don't have to tell small business owners gathered here today about why this failed law has got to go."

The gathering was the first major public address to a Hispanic group by the president or vice president since inauguration.

Democrats were skeptical whether Pence's speech would improve relations between the administration and Hispanics, but welcomed more open communication.

"It's good that they realize they can have communication," said Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.). "We cannot get excited about communication without substance," he added.

"If it's just a meeting, there's no sense in getting excited," said Carbajal.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) said she hoped the coalition would use the opportunity to present demands to the administration.

"I'm hopeful, whatever is going to be the agenda for Pence, that those folks require some kind of accountability in that dialogue," said Lujan Grisham.






http://thehill.com/latino/323228-pen...on-immigration

"Pence said the administration would secure the borders and "restore respect for the laws of this country.""
"Pence also quoted Trump's February address to Congress, saying that "real and positive immigration reform is possible.""

I think once the wall is being built and immigration laws are enforced, they will start pushing for legalization of all the "good" illegal aliens. I know it's coming.

To hell with your "hearts" Pence and Trump! Enforce the damn laws like you promised! Time to rally Americans to fight these guys.

W

mcconnell just said he does not believe the wall will be built.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

To hell with your "hearts" Pence and Trump! Enforce the damn laws like you promised! Time to rally Americans to fight these guys.

W

Yep, Trump and Pence need to stop all this ridiculous talk about "hearts" and do what the American people voted them in office to do ....... and that's not amnesty!

We need "great heart" for the unemployed Americans, the underemployed Americans, poor Americans, homeless Americans, struggling Americans, from coast to coast and border to border. There is no room in our "hearts" at this time for illegal aliens, refugees, asylum seekers from anywhere for any reason. The INN IS FULL. Move on and out and stop coming here.

Let's stop with the hearts - and get down to business.

Have any actually been deported, or are all of them just being 'detained'?

Great question, nntrixie. I think they're largely being detained because they don't have enough immigration judges to rule on a deportation order. 12 new judges were sworn in recently, 50 more are in the pipeline, there are still 70 vacancies. There are 289, before the 12 and the 50. It wasn't clear if the 50 are part of the 70 or after the 50, there are 20 vacancies or the 70 are vacancies with no one in the pipeline to fill them, the latter is what I thought from the news report today, but it wasn't very clear. We need at least 2000 of these judges for the next several years, seems to me. There's a 508,000 person back-log waiting for hearings that will take at least 2 years to clear before any new ones are added and they're added every day.

A Congressman has introduced a bill to get this immigration judge agency more judges and staff. Didn't say how much or how many, but hopefully a lot.

The excuse of "great hearts" has been used for decades now to continue illegal immigration. President Trump and company need to stop this. You must tell those who are illegally here that the American people will no longer be second. America First. The American people are where hearts should show compassion.

Hearts and minds should demand countries fix themselves and allow their citizens to survive and thrive there. Taking millions and billions from us and making no progress must end. We have been throwing money away while corruption and evil is fostered with American taxpayer dollars. Foreign citizens need to demonstrate and riot and vote in their nations, not ours.

Funny to me how no one shows any "heart" for kids and young people arrested on non-violent drug charges with pot being the leader by far, yet they want to show "heart" to a bunch of drug-running, gang affiliated, con artists with scripted sob stories on why they should stay and perpetuate this illegal foreign drug business in our country all the while stealing jobs from Americans, stealing benefits from taxpayers, and daring to protest in our streets because we want our laws enforced.

It's just mind-boggling what's been going on.