As a Conservative, I'm continuously frustrated with the GOP. This is a reason why I'm a registered independent. Many Republican supporters of this so-called "Gang of Eight" legislation are putting politics before party when it comes to this issue. Republicans are letting their desire to win over Hispanic voters completely blind them to what is actually in this bill. This bill has some serious flaws.
The ironic fact about all of this is that the only requirement for creating a pathway to citizenship for immigrants that are here illegally is that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano is required to submit a plan to "achieve and maintain effective control in high risk border sectors along the Southern Border?" Are you kidding me?
I have been a resident of Arizona for the past 15 years and in 6 of those years, Janet Napolitano was the Governor of Arizona. Under her tutelage, we had more illegals come across our border than at any point in history. How in the world could President Obama appoint Napolitano as the head of such a department?
The bill also says there would be a 90% apprehension rate at three out of nine total border sectors, but Secretary Napolitano said that determining the apprehension rate is not possible because there is no reliable way to measure the total number of illegal border crossings. Napolitano said that they would focus more on the "trend" of illegal border crossings. That is just utter garbage.
What also really gets me is the fact that this bill allows the secretary to develop a fencing strategy for border security. However; there is nothing in the bill that requires the actual construction of any new fencing, so instead they will use drone surveillance.
If the initial DHS plan does not work, then there is a Plan B. Plan B is the creation of the "Southern Border Security Commission." The only thing this commission can do is make recommendations. In other words, this bill gives Napolitano sole discretion to determine whether this legislation has been successfully implemented and completed. This bill is a joke.
The bill would also give Napolitano a major say on how strictly we should enforce the law in the future. She had that job! Napolitano had that job for 6 years as Governor of Arizona and she was terrible at it. This bill needs to be rejected and if it isn't voted down, then the illegal immigration problem is going to be worse than ever.
I have a question. Who gets to decide who gets legal status? What kind of impact will this have on the taxpayers? It's going to have a horrendous impact. Most of these illegals will become dependent on the government. The bill states explicitly section 212(a), paragraph (4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act "shall not apply." This is regarding the first step on the pathway to citizenship. Ladies and gentleman, this bill is not about securing the border. This bill is amnesty for 11 million illegals currently in the United States. It is simple as that.
What this bill says is basically, "We should let the 11 million illegals who are here already stay in the country, then lets put this new law in place." I don't think so. This bill will come back and bite the taxpayers. MARK MY WORDS. If this bill is passed and it does not work, Democrats like Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Chuck Schumer are going to point the finger right at Rubio and he will never be able to run successfully again. His Conservative support is going down as we speak and Democrats don't like him either way. This is why we have lost the past two elections. We put up people to run for office who have no chance of winning. What happened to Chris Cox? He was the former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under President Bush. Barney Frank threw him under the bus and we haven't heard from him since. Will this happen to Marco Rubio?
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