Thread: Amnesty push comming in Sept 09, says Frank Sharry.

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Immigration Reform by September 2009

Civil rights activits calculate that immigration reform, after Obama takes office, will be possible in September of 2009.

An immigration reform bill in the United States, where two consecutive times it failed in 2006 and 2007, could be a reality on September of 2009, coincided activists this Thursday.

"We trust and we are very optimists that it is possible that there will be a great period of approval between September of 2009 and March of 2010", explained Frank Sharry, director of the pro-reform group America' s Voice, in a telephone conference with other experts.

"I believe that that would be a good time period, between 2009 and early 2010, simply because there are no federal elections and besides, it is really important for us to resolve this in a moment in which we do not have excessive rhetoric regarding immigration reform circulating", said the archbishop of Los Angeles, Roger Mahony.

There's no way they can wait that long. The 2010 election cycle will begin. Candidates will fear the wrath of voters for pushing such an unpopular agenda.

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Originally Posted by ALIPAC

There's no way they can wait that long. The 2010 election cycle will begin. Candidates will fear the wrath of voters for pushing such an unpopular agenda.

W

Sharry belives that the economy will stop being an issue by then and that immigration reform (amnesty) will be palatable to Americans in September.
Wishfull thinking by Sharry and Mahoney.

Originally Posted by LawEnforcer

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

There's no way they can wait that long. The 2010 election cycle will begin. Candidates will fear the wrath of voters for pushing such an unpopular agenda.

W

Sharry belives that the economy will stop being an issue by then and that immigration reform (amnesty) will be palatable to Americans in September.
Wishfull thinking by Sharry and Mahoney.

There cannot be enough economic recovery by then for the economy to be a non-issue. And the economy is only one reason that Americans want to stop illegal immigration. I dont think the gangs are going to tone things down no matter what happens to the economy. Plus parts of the country still look like little mejico. Americans are tired and dont wish to encourage illegal immigration by having another amnesty. Even if the economy was booming by September, which I doubt, Americans will want to keep it booming. Illegal immigration is a drain on the economy no matter what condition it is in.

AUDIO clip of Frank Sharry telling that there will be a "great window of opportunity" between September of 2009 and March of 2010.



Scroll to the 17:10 mark. Sharry mentions that time frame. Also at the 28:10 mark, Sharry goes into further detail regarding why he feels that that time frame is a window of opportunity.
http://citizenorange.com/audio/NIF%20Br ... 09-1-8.WMA

"I believe that that would be a good time period, between 2009 and early 2010, simply because there are no federal elections and besides, it is really important for us to resolve this in a moment in which we do not have excessive rhetoric regarding immigration reform circulating", said the archbishop of Los Angeles, Roger Mahony.

Sounds to me like Mahony is not thinking clearly due to other things on his mind, like maybe little boys?

http://citizenorange.com/audio/NIF%20Br ... 09-1-8.WMA

This link no longer works. I was listening to the audio today at work about 3:00 pm and now it doesn't work????

The goons took it out.
No worry, I downloaded it yesterday. I can send anyone a copy. Just PM me your e-mail address.

January 11, 2009

US Immigration Reform Could Happen In September - Activists



WASHINGTON (AFP)--After two failed attempts in 2006 and 2007, immigration reform could finally be pushed through both houses of the U.S. Congress starting in September, civil rights activists said.

"We are confident and very optimistic that there's likely to be a big window of opportunity between September 2009 and March 2010," America's Voice pro- reform group director Frank Sharry said in a telephone conference.

"I think that would be a good time simply because there are no federal elections going on, and beyond that, it is really important for us to get this really done at a time when we do not have huge immigration rhetoric going on around the nation," Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archbishop Roger Mahony said.

Janet Murguia, president of La Raza, the country's main Hispanic lobby group, was hopeful immigration reform would be approved during the 111th Congress that started last week.

After the Nov. 4 general elections, Democrats are comfortably in control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The last immigration reform proposal in 2007 sailed through the House but stumbled in the Senate, where it came up one short of the required two-thirds or 60 vote majority.

Some 12 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S., most of them from Latin America, making Hispanics the largest minority group in the country.

Living and working conditions for illegal immigrants have worsened under the strict controls and rules of the Department of Homeland Security that President George W. Bush created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

In any case, "migration reform starts with President Obama's leadership," said Sharry referring to President-elect Barack Obama who will take over from Bush at the White House on Jan. 20.

"When the president is ready, we will be ready," said National Immigration Forum director Ali Noroani, also referring to Obama.

The previous failed immigration reform legislation in 2007 would have given legal status and a path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants.

Obama had been involved in negotiations over the text and immigration reform earned broad support from both Democrat Obama and Republican rival John McCain on the 2008 campaign trail.

All the rights activists concurred that Obama's economic stimulus plan will likely keep lawmakers busy in the first few months of the year.

Obama on Thursday said he wanted Congress to approve the $775 billion proposal as quickly as possible.

While an economic crisis is not the best time to present a substantial immigration reform package, Sharry said, "legalizing workers will increase wages, increase the tax compliance of the workers and the employers who hire them and it would restore the rule of law."

The latest immigration bill failed largely because of widespread disagreement among its sponsors, the rights activists concurred at the telephone press conference.

Murguia said a lot of the work for immigration reform has already been completed inside and outside Congress.

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid on Wednesday presented his legislative agenda for the new Congress and said immigration reform was one of its top ten priorities.

Since we are in a vacuum now with the immigration reform," said Mahony, "what is happening is that all this piecemeal that is being passed all across the country by cities, counties, states, is extremely unhelpful."


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Sounds to me like Sharry is fishing for donations.