rssBoxer and Fiorina Battle (in Spanish) Over Who’s Anti-Immigration Reform
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 8:55 am
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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pushing back against claims that her opponent, Republican Carly Fiorina, is the more pro-immigration reform candidate with a new Spanish-language ad. “Fiorina is against comprehensive immigration reform and prefers a discriminatory law like the Arizona law,” the ad states. “She is not with us.” As my colleague Jesse pointed out, a National Organization for Marriage-backed ad in support of Fiorina made the rather dubious claim last week that Boxer “voted against immigration reform to permit our people to come here legally to work.”
Which one is really against immigration reform? It depends on your definition.
Both candidates have expressed support for non-comprehensive reform efforts, such as reform of the guest-worker system. Boxer voted in favor of moving forward with the defense authorization bill, to which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was planning to attach the DREAM Act, in August. Fiorina broke with many members of her party by saying in September she would support the DREAM Act, which would allow some illegal immigrants to gain legal status in exchange for college or military service.
But it’s difficult to say how Fiorina would vote if she got to office. Some Republicans supported the DREAM Act as a standalone measure, but still voted to filibuster the bill that could have included it. Fiorina’s hard-line stances on so-called amnesty — or any path to legal status for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. — and her insistence that the government do more to secure the border points to a far more minimal definition of “immigration reform.”
Boxer, on the other hand, has argued for comprehensive immigration reform, which would allow some of the illegal immigrants in the U.S. to gain legal status while increasing border security and cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers.
Both candidates are attempting to win over Latino voters, who account for 21 percent of California’s voting population and generally support immigration reform — and that’s immigration reform under Boxer’s definition, not Fiorina’s. So far, at least, polling numbers indicate far stronger support for Boxer among Latino voters: As of Sept. 29, she led Fiorina by 38 points among Latinos.
Here’s Boxer’s ad:
And NOM’s ad for Fiorina:
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Comment posted October 13, 2010 @ 4:24 pm
Words are cheap, action speaks louder than words. Not just immigration reform bill, among other bills, GOP has long been a party of NO to interfere the progress of the U.S. and proposed bills that always promotes “help the rich and their rich friends and sabotage the poor.” Reject to be bullied by those people who called themselves conservatives by standing up for your believe and tell the evil ones and hypocrites they suck big time!
Comment posted October 13, 2010 @ 5:49 pm
NOVEMBER 2ND! A black day for Incumbents. Tread down the Liberal Extremist agenda?
SHOW THESE LAWMAKERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE. THEY SEEM TO HAVE FORGOT THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS?
THE—dominant issue you need to think about before you go to the polls is illegal immigration. Senator Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown in California and the majority of Lib-Democrats are all ready to pass some form of Amnesty. Illegal Immigration means simply billions and billions of dollars, taken by the IRS to support foreigners. The business who hire them pay zero towards their health care, education for their children and cramming the prison system. Amnesty or a path to citizenship is indeed a very costly proposition and our elected officials don't seem to care. In the Liberal-Democratic ego it just means more votes, never mind that the Heritage Foundation estimates the costs at $2.6 Trillion dollars. Organizations such as Judicial Watch, FAIR and NumbersUSA are disturbed that this will be the first issue before the new session of the Senate, enactment of some form of Amnesty.
Nearly every state has Sanctuary Cities which are like refuges for illegal nationals and politicians such as Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold and followers have voted to fund these communities. Investigate for your own piece of mind by using keywords in Google's Search Engine. Just remember to type this word–illegal alien and costs. If the repugnant amounts of cash appropriated by our lying governments don't affect your vote–nothing will? The Democrats ads keep slamming their adversaries about taxes, jobs and other chronic issues. Eight Million jobs are already available, but in the hands of foreign nationals instead of citizens and legal residents. Coming fast to Obama’s plans is a overhaul of our deteriorating infrastructure, so this would be a time to demand a permanent E-Verify program; not voluntarily. This new innovation can distinguish fraudulent documents of illegal labor and return jobs to American construction industry workers.
We must also be quick to respond that illegal aliens will vote in November that could impinge on all close races. Google–all these immigration subjects under the umbrella of Democrats and the GOP and understand you have the power. Taxes will be inevitably be extorted out of your pocket to pay for welfare programs. Google a US Senator, your state Senator or Congressman and view their stance and voting records relating to illegal immigration. THIS NOVEMBER WE CAN RID WASHINGTON OF ALL INCUMBENT, CAREER POLITICIANS, PRO-AMNESTY ENCUMBRANCES When you vote then think about the money being taken from your wallet, to pay for all the entitlements illegal aliens. Direct implications of this will invoke millions more destitute people, trying to reach America before the official signing.
If the US Government doesn't conform to the wellbeing of the people and–once and for all–seal the border, with the two matching fences as enacted by the 2006 Secure Fence Act the failure to stop the onrush will never end. Reckless politicians must end cutting corners and finish the job across the border region with the double fencing. This not just about Washington politicians, but all those elected officials who think another Amnesty is great for America? At this point in time it's not good for American jobs or raising low income wages or the US taxpayer or an out-of-control overpopulation. TEA PARTY candidates will measure up to America's interests or they too will not last long in the Capitol. THE PEOPLE—are ready to take America back from the special interests and the open border zealots, the corruption and other poison that has permeated every level of government. Whoever the new candidate for Washington, Sacramento, New York or other states will be carefully manicured for every Citizen and residents new political horizon. Harry Reid's state of Nevada has high unemployment and a huge populace of illegal aliens that this legislator has allowed to escalate.
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Comment posted October 14, 2010 @ 12:30 am
We all know that Boxer and the rest of the Dems believe that Mexicans should be allowed to violate any U.S. laws they want. To that extent, Dems are the party of slave labor and exploitation — they want to provide Big Business all the cheap labor they can instead of forcing businesses to follow the law and pay decent wages to attract legal workers.
Comment posted October 14, 2010 @ 3:38 pm
Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dumb? Take your pick. I need a new country.
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Comment posted November 1, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
Today 25% of kindergarten children are hispanic – 1/2 of them illegal or born to illegal parents. So that means in 20 years “America” will not be the great diverse American you know today but a Latino nation with all the accompanying problems, poverty, crime, corruption etc. Moving people from South American to North American does not solve any of these problems. They just bring the problems with them. So keep voting in those politicians who are against America and are instead for all those poor illegal immigrants who are just trying to feed their families of 10 plus kids off of your sweat and hard work.
This is not about racism it is about wanting to perserve your community, culture and enviroment. If I wanted to live in a latino community I would try to move to a Latino country. The latinos use the racist card as a tool to get their way and to prevent America from stopping the overburdening flow of illegal immigrants coming from their countries.
oh you are a racist because you do not want to speak spanish, have 6 families to one house and lots of loud music. It is not racist to not want to be forced to speak another language when you already have native language.
It is not racist to not want 6 families living next door when it was meant for one family.
It is not racist to not want loud music playing all night.
It is the structure of our culture, which then made our rules and laws. Like no noise after 11pm, or a certain number of people to a house or the fact that Americans speak English.
If you want America to stay America get out and vote all the people out who are for the illegal immigrants not matter if they are Republican or Democrat. Check out numbersusa for where the politicians stand.
Comment posted November 8, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
somepeople who are against immigration reform and don't want to fix the system don't want to be called racist which it would legalize them, and no to you ignorant people i don't support amnesty for people who harm other burglarize a building and or private property we are talking about public property that is as public as a playground.
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