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2/20/13, “As Country Club Republicans Link Up With The Democratic Ruling Class, Millions Of Voters Are Orphaned,” Angelo Codevilla, Forbes
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10/7/13, “Obama Admin Will Allow Amnesty Rally on National Mall During Gov’t Shutdown,” Breitbart, Tony Lee
“The
Obama administration will allow a massive rally for comprehensive
immigration reform on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, even though it is supposed to be closed due to the federal government shutdown.
Open-air spaces like the World War II Memorial have been barricaded since the federal government shut down last week, but an organizer for the rally told the Washington Examiner that the National Park Service will allow the rally and march.
As Breitbart News reported, immigration activists have called for volunteers to get themselves arrested at the rally in acts of civil disobedience.
The event will be a culmination of rallies across the country over
the weekend in which immigration activists demonstrated in 41 states
demanding amnesty.
A variety of immigration activist organizations, along with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the AFL-CIO, are organizing the event, which they claim will attract 10,000 people.
Lawmakers in Congress like House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) are
expected to be at the event. Members of the House are
trying to pass immigration reform bills that will allow them to go to
conference with the Senate, which passed its comprehensive immigration
bill in June that provided a pathway to citizenship for all of the country’s illegal immigrants.
The Congressional Budget Office determined that bill would reduce the wages of working class Americans while not solving the country’s illegal immigration problem.
House Republicans have been reportedly working under the radar on immigration reform, and Pelosi has said Democrats are willing to do “whatever it takes” to
get to conference with the Senate. House Republican leaders have also
expressed support in moving immigration reform legislation forward. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
who is the chairwoman of the House Republican conference, told
Univision’s Al Punto on Sunday that “there’s still time” for immigration
reform and that it is a “priority” for Republicans.
“We must pass immigration reform,” McMorris Rodgers said.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) indicated that immigration reform will be next on the House’s agenda after the shutdown and the debt ceiling debates are resolved.” via Free Republic
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Hateful billionaires like Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch spend to silence ordinary American voters, target 40 House GOP:
10/7/13, "Behind the scenes, business leaders press for immigration overhaul," McClatchy, Franco Ordonez
"The well-organized groups are led by some of the biggest names in
business, such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Facebook’s
Mark Zuckerberg. They’ve set their sights on GOP lawmakers from Southern
states like North Carolina, Texas and Florida, and have recruited local
business leaders and chambers of commerce to deliver a unified message
that immigration legislation is crucial to the success of local
economies.
They see a potential window of opportunity opening at
the end of the month to reignite talks. They’ve been quietly laying the
groundwork for months, holding backroom meetings and round table
discussions with interest groups, and sending lobbyists to lawmakers’
offices armed with the latest studies showing the potential impacts on
farmers and manufacturing if an immigration overhaul stalls.
The
high-wattage names involved go beyond Bloomberg and Zuckerberg.
Partnership for a New American Economy, led by Bloomberg, also includes
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, Rupert Murdoch of News Corp., and Bill Marriott of Marriott hotels. Zuckerberg’s group,
FWD.us., includes Napster co-founder Sean Parker and LinkedIn
co-founder Reid Hoffman.
Zuckerberg told members of Congress
recently that he plans to spend $50 million on advertisements supporting
members of Congress who back an immigration overhaul and pressuring
others who may be on the fence.
It’s part of a campaign blitz by
supporters of a comprehensive immigration legislation launching this
month that will include rallies and television spots and that will
culminate with an Oct. 28 business summit in Washington, D.C., that is
expected to attract hundreds of business leaders from around the
country.
About 40 House Republicans have been identified as influential voices
of the House’s conservative wing who can help convince the leadership
to bring immigration legislation to a vote.
They are largely part
of an increasingly influential freshman and sophomore class of House
Republicans that has pushed toward more conservative positions. But
they’re also seen as movable on immigration because they represent
districts with large technology, agriculture and/or manufacturing
sectors – industries solidly behind an overhaul of the system.
Those
representatives include North Carolina Reps. Renee Ellmers, Richard
Hudson and George Holding, Florida Rep. Steve Southerland and South
Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House’s immigration
subcommittee.
Jeremy Robbins is a policy adviser for Bloomberg
and director of Bloomberg’s Partnership for a New American Economy
coalition. He said the group’s strategy for getting House leadership to
move a bill forward is not to target the easiest votes, but the hardest
ones. And those pushing against House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on
many issues are these freshman and sophomore lawmakers who represent the
conservative wing of the party.
“If you want to move Boehner, the way to do it is you move the people who he is being responsive too,” Robbins said.
If
Ellmers is any indication, the strategy may be working. Ellmers, who’s
in her second term and last year opposed President Barack Obama’s
executive order blocking deportations of undocumented youth, sent a
letter last month to House leadership in support of an immigration
overhaul.
Doing nothing, she said, will cause economic harm to
North Carolina’s farmers and its hospitality and high tech industries.
She says this is not a so-called “path to citizenship,” buzzwords that
those on the right associate with “amnesty.” But she also says that
those who receive legal status should not be barred from ever being
citizens.
“I’ll admit I’ve gotten misinformation, and a lot of it
has been messaging and not being able to articulate what it is that
we’re looking forward to,” she said in an interview. “Border security is
paramount, but there is so much more to that.”
The
immigration debate that raged over the summer fizzled as Congress became
consumed with the crisis in Syria, a showdown over funding the
government and the looming debt ceiling fight. But the persistent
pressure by business leaders, and the responsiveness of Ellmers and
other Republicans who have indicated new support for immigration
legislation, is a sign that an overhaul still has a chance in the House....
Those opposed to the Senate proposal pressed
back, charging these business leaders with acting in opposition to
what’s best for American workers. Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions,
one of the staunchest opponents to the Senate bill, said businesses are
pushing a plan that would open the doors to more immigrant labor and
make it even tougher for unemployed Americans to get back to work.
“This
is the last thing we need in a time of low wages and high
unemployment,” Sessions said. “The result would be a further lowering of
the wages and job prospects for already-struggling workers. These
groups are pushing their public officials to advance their agenda.”
The
most contentious issue between Republicans and Democrats is the
so-called pathway to citizenship for those who came here illegally. The
Senate includes a pathway to citizenship in its bill, but many House
Republicans see it as a form of amnesty.
“It goes to the
root of their crime,” Holding said. “That’s why the punishment is
appropriate that they should never become citizens.”"...
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