Comments on: Skeptical on immigration reform

By: laffsatliers

laffsatliers — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:34:43 +0000

rlw: “Once Republicans separate themselves from the conservatives….” they will be Democrats. The “go along to get along” crowd now in control of the GOP are no better than Democrats. If Republicans reach across the aisle, Democrats will steal their wristwatch. Compromise according to Democrats is sit down, shut up, and vote the way Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi tell you to vote.

By: rlw895

rlw895 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:57:39 +0000

Like the deportation policy, I believe Latinos would also agree to a change in the rules regarding birthright citizenship. If presented the right way, I’ll bet 90%+ of all Americans would agree to a change. The only reason it hasn’t happened is until relatively recently, it hasn’t been an issue, and each party now believes it will get beat up by the other party if they propose a change first. I hope the compromise group adds birthright citizenship to their present proposals; it’s a golden opportunity to do something while the two parties have agreed to a truce of sorts. It will require an amendment to the Constitution, but I’ll make another bet, that if Congress sends an amendment to the states, it would be ratified in less than 18 months. All the amendment would have to say is ALL definitions of citizenship shall be pursuant to laws passed by Congress. Birthright citizenship would not go away, but it would be a subject of statutes, not the Constitution. My guess is Congress would, as a minimum, provide for birthright citizenship for all children born in the United States or land under U.S. jurisdiction overseas if both parents are U.S. citizens. Birthright citizenship at present is in the 14th Amendment, one of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Amendments, to ensure citizenship to all the freed slaves without further ado. For the same reason, the 14th Amendment takes other definitions of citizenship away from the states and puts them in the hands of Congress. The original purpose of constitutional birthright citizenship has long since passed, and now it is time to put all definitions of citizenship in federal hands, where they belong.

By: rlw895

rlw895 — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:57 +0000

Obama kept the Latino vote because Latinos agree with the deportation policy–focus on the bad actors and leave others alone. The reason Republicans couldn’t figure that out is because they have played out the lie that illegal immigrants suck up resources (instead of contributing to their creation) and maybe they even vote (for the Democrats who pay them off with benefits). That translates into taking more of their money in taxes. Why make up stuff like this? It’s because conservatives like America the way it is, or was, in their own mind. Once Republicans separate themselves from the conservatives and find a way to embrace change, they will be a more formidable oppontent to the Democrats.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:35:45 +0000

Politics my friend, politics…It is a chess game that is played everyday in our federal government!