rssHatch Introduces Immigration Bill… ‘For Show?’
Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 5:14 pm
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Like Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced an immigration bill last night just before the Senate shut down for its pre-election recess. There was little time to act on the bills — each was referred to committee — and they will likely both die there. But being on the verge of unveiling his own immigration legislation didn’t stop Hatch from criticizing Menendez’s timing: “Anything done in this time period is just for show,” he told Politico Tuesday.
Hatch’s legislation, unlike Menendez’s, focuses primarily on ensuring immigration laws are enforced. The bill would force police agencies to deputize their officers as immigration agents or face an end to their federal funding. (Some communities ardently oppose such policies and have removed themselves from other immigration enforcement programs.) The bill would also step up border security and workplace enforcement.
Hatch said his constituents demanded him to act on immigration enforcement. “It is clear in my talks with law enforcement officials and concerned citizens across Utah that much more remains to be done,” he told the Salt Lake Tribune.
Immigration advocacy groups were critical of the bill, calling it “dog whistle rhetoric” to gin up his base. “His bill doesn’t offer serious solutions,” Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum said in a press release. “Instead it duplicates work already being done on enforcement and won’t solve the crisis it purports to address.”
It’s fairly standard — and tiresome — for politicians to accuse the other side of pushing needless action for political purposes. But in this case, the irony seems worth noting. Here’s Hatch’s full quote to Politico:
And Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who previously sponsored the DREAM Act but doesn’t support it now, called it nothing more than a “cynical ploy for votes.”
“Sooner or later, we’ve got to do it, but anything done in this time period is just for show,” Hatch told POLITICO. “Apparently, [Menendez] thinks there is some benefit, but it is cynical and it’s not right to do it at this point. And it’s very unlikely for it to have any success. In fact, it’s impossible.”’
Note: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated Hatch is up for reelection in November. It has been updated to remove this sentence.
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Comment posted October 2, 2010 @ 10:29 pm
Its incumbent open-season, that all those who oppose immigration enforcement must be discarded, so legitimate lawmakers can take their places. Immigration law comes down to the main matter and that's money? It's the costs that American taxpayers have to bear, to subsidize anybody who slips past the border agents, or deceives the federal inspector at the airport. Costs to support illegal immigrants is substantial and the politicians, open border lobbyists don't want the true costs to be revealed to the American public. If the–REAL–fences had been constructed the full length of the US/Mexican border, Arizona would never have needed to enforce its own immigration laws. The whole cheap labor invasion has always been about money, throughout the most highlighted 30 years. Both parties must be held responsible, for this invasion. Sen.Menendez wants to further cripple the economy as any new path to citizenship, will be a huge appropriation from taxpayers. Remember that after all these 12 to 20 million people living here, will expect on being processed-to bring into America under the chain migration statute–ALL–their immediate family members. Mothers and Fathers, brothers and sisters and uncle and aunts. Sooner than later the sponsor will get fed up with the sick family member, who will then become a charge for taxpayers. GOOGLE–dialysis–illegal aliens-costs. Then you decide if the taxpayers are not being taken for a ride. Check out the expenditure of illegal immigrants in our hospitals, which would buy a whole country.
But nothing can be done about those who already have violated our laws, except mass deportation or the permanent operation of verifying the legal status of labor, by using highly upgraded E-Verify. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (an activist group concerned in reducing immigration to the U.S.), used the U.S. INS (ICE is the new merged version) statistics on how many illegal immigrants have illegally settled in each state. The U.S. Dept of Education's current overheads per pupil by state, and found the estimated cost of educating illegal immigrants students and U.S. citizen children of illegal immigrants in 2004 was $29.6 billion. Seven years later the amount appropriated as currently cannot even be imagined? In 2008, about 344,000 babies were born to parents of whom at least one was an illegal immigrant. These babies were given legal status, under the Fourteenth Amendment , as American citizens.
These offspring represented eight percent of the 4.3 million births in the United States that year. These figures are just estimates of illegal immigration to the United States, and there is very little data on the dollar value placed on taxpayers. However, one thing is a 100 percent for sure the cost of supporting foreign nationals and their broods, far outweighs what they pay in taxes or any other expenditure and is still spiraling upwards. This is why all incumbents must not be given a second chance, beginning with Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Reid like all the others has turned a blind eye to taxpayers in subsidizing millions of illegal aliens. His own state of Nevada as with California is overwhelmed with illegal aliens and the taxpayers have grave concerns for their sinking economies. We need representation of new Governors, Mayors and elected officials, who are opposed to any kind of Amnesty; the Dream act a subtle description of a path to citizenship.
I’m not overly fond of Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina but she at least won’t sacrifice California taxpayers as Jerry Brown to adjoin with other pro amnesty entities. The majority of Democrats are pro-amnesty, although a few Republicans are corrupted by special interest groups to attain the goal of allowing–ALL-to stay. Jerry Brown will be an open door to illegal immigrants, soaking-up even more citizen-legal residents welfare programs, that will be billions more dollars that taxpayers cannot afford. Ask“Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich who released figures from the Department of Public Social Services showing that illegal aliens’ children born in the United States collected nearly $570 million in welfare and food stamps in 2009. Approximately 23% of all CALWORKS and food stamp issuances in Los Angeles County are made to parents who reside in the United States illegally and collect benefits for their native-born children.
I repeat that business owners in the majority find no responsibility in paying for health care, education or a mixture of other freebies. Barbara Boxer of California is a strong advocate for Amnesty, so is Speaker Nancy Pelosi and many others, who if are returned to their Washington seat will aggressively seek another negative reform. This retaliation against all incumbents is the measure of proof that they have ignored the interests of all Americans, who have not been indoctrinated by the lying of the Liberal media or the open border fanatics.
American voter’s message is clear– that it’s time for incumbents to adjourn and go back to a private job or just retire on your copious benefits. Think about this–if we were not forced by law to pay taxes, to support the illegal household’s, we would have more than enough money to concentrate on our own impoverished American people. My guess the unions do not want billionaire Meg Whitman in office, because they will not be able to influence her as Jerry Brown with questionable monetary favors and campaign contributions? Let's face it–after a whole year has passed, this elusive illegal alien female maid comes out the woodwork to accuse Whitman, of all sorts of improprieties.
This lady has already admitted she broke immigration laws by using false identification, and then she suddenly comes forward to denounce Meg Whitman. Unions and other entities have plenty of money to spend, to deceive the Public with their own ideological premise? Incidentally–Gloria Allred has a ominous agenda and a political appointee of Bill Clinton. It's my opinion as an Independent that its all a fabrication. Call up your Senator or Congressman at 202-224-3121. Remember if we don’t speak up for ourselves–NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE. Lastly, keep a intelligent eye on the polling stations as illegal immigrants who have given us the finger on our immigration laws, will think nothing of violating our sovereign citizen’s rights in fraudulent voting, especially with absentee ballots in states with slipshod laws
Comment posted October 4, 2010 @ 9:41 pm
Arizona's bill has more teeth than anything so far in Utah. We should follow their lead an NOT water it down. Deport all illegal aliens and make them start over legally. NO AMNESTY, period!!! And no more anchor babies!! With the money we save, over time, we could possibly help them get their own hospitals, economy, etc. in order.
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