Tamar Jacoby is president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers advocating immigration reform.
From the Los Angeles Times
Opinion
The immigration debate, again
Has the political landscape shifted enough to change the dynamics of immigration reform?
By Tamar Jacoby
May 7, 2009
Immigration reform -- you may think you've seen this movie before, too many times already. You know the arguments. You dread the polarization. And you doubt that Congress can do any better at making the compromises needed to fix the system.
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IN REALITY THE DEM’S NO REFORM CONTINUES AS PLANNED. WHILE THERE’S SOME PLAY ACTING THAT OUR LONG BORDER WITH NARCOmex IS BEING PROTECTED, IT IS IN FACT NOT. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MEX DRUGS POUR OVER THE BORDERS ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF MEXICO’S POOR, ILLITERATE, CRIMINAL and FREQUENTLY PREGNANT.
THE DEMS, PARTICULARLY IN MEX OCCUPIED MEXIFORNIA HAS VOWED TO SABOTAGE THE WALL, TO SABOTAGE E-VERIFY, TO WORK FOR CHAIN MIGRATION WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE REST OF MEXICO TO CLIMB OUR BORDERS AND INTO OUR JOBS. WITHOUT EXCEPTION, ALL THE DEMS, INCLUDING OBAMA HISPANDER TO THE POINT THAT WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS, TACO CRUMBS FALL OUT.
WHAT YOU WILL NOT HEAR OR SEE, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE, TAMAR JACOBY, OR THE DEMS, IS THE STAGGERING COST OF THE MEXICAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION. THE CRIMES WAVE, THE JOBS LOST, THE DEPRESSING OF WAGES, OR THE CONTEMPT THE MEXICANS HAVE FOR THE LAND THEY OCCUPY, OUR LANGUAGE, FLAG, LAWS AND VALUES.
NOR WILL WE EVER HEAR EVEN A WORD THAT NARCOmex SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. EVEN NOW THE RANTING MEXICANS BLAME THE UNITED STATES FOR THEIR DRUG CARTEL, ALTHOUGH NO ONE HAS HEARD THEM BLAME THE STUPID GRINGOS FOR HANDING OVER BILLIONS ($20 BILLION IN CALIFORNIA ALONE) IN SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE MEX FLAG WAVERS.
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But with the Obama White House rekindling the conversation about immigration, skeptics ought to think again. None of the problems have gone away, after all. Neither the economic downturn nor enhanced enforcement has driven 12 million illegal immigrants to leave the country. Enforcement is still far from effective, either on the border or in the workplace. And even in a recession, we still seem to need foreign workers, especially at the bottom of the economy.
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ENFORCEMENT IS DELIBERATELY INEFFECTIVE. THE MEX INVASION DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, OR OVERNIGHT. IT WAS BY THE INVITATIONS THAT WENT OUT SINCE THE AMNESTY OF 1986. IT’S ALL ABOUT DEPRESSING WAGES FOR EMPLOYERS.
IN LOS ANGELES, A CRIME AND MEX GRAFFITI DRENCHED MEXICAN BARRIO, 47% OF THOSE EMPLOYED ARE ILLEGALS. THERE’S ALSO 500-1,000 MURDERS YEARLY BY MEXICAN GANGS WHICH COST THE COUNTY ONE MILLION EACH TO PROSECUTE.
WELFARE PAID TO ILLEGALS, OBVIOUSLY AN INVITATION, IS NEARLY $40 MILLION PER MONTH.
THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXISTING LAWS AGAINST HIRING ILLEGALS.
TO FIX THE PROBLEM, SIMPLY PUT A FEW EMPLOYERS IN PRISON. THROUGH ATTRITION, WE WOULD HAVE OUR NATION BACK, AND HEAR ENGLISH AGAIN!
“What's needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NOT INTENTION OF EVERY ENFORCING THE LAWS.
But other things have changed since 2006 and 2007, when the nation last wrangled so bitterly over immigration. And although the new landscape hardly guarantees success -- immigration is never an easy issue, and some of what has changed will make it harder to pass reform -- it's going to be a different debate this year.
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PART OF THE “BITTERNESS” THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE MEXICAN INVASION, ASIDE FROM THE STAGGERING COSTS, IS IN DEALING WITH THE BLATANT RACISM OF THE MEXICAN PEOPLE. MEXICANS ARE THE MOST RACIST PEOPLE IN THIS HEMISPHERE. ONE HAS TO ONLY GO INTO ANY MAJOR CHAIN STORE THAT ONLY HIRES ILLEGALS, WHICH IS MOST OF THEM, AND EXPERIENCE THE ILLEGAL NEVER LOOKING AT YOU, AND BARELY GRUNTING, THEN WHEN ANOTHER ILLEGAL STEPS UP TO RING UP THE SAME ILLEGAL CLERK’S FACE BRIGHTENS UP AND THE COURTESY KNOWS NO BOUNDS.
IN LOS ANGELES AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY RACIST MEXICAN GANGS INTENT ON ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE DRUG TERRITORY. THIS APPARENTLY HAD NO IMPACT ON OBAMA’S HISPANDERING. THEY ALL SELL US OUT FOR THE ILLEGALS’ ILLEGAL VOTES!
WHILE THE MEXICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVELY RANT ENDLESSLY AS TO WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STILL OWE THEM, IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR ILLEGALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICAN THAT HOP THE MEX BORDER. THEY ARE KICKED IN THE HEAD, IMPRISONED AND THE LAWS AGAINST HIRING ILLEGALS IN MEXICO CITY ARE ENFORCED.
ISN’T IT TIME WE STOP BEING THE STUPID GRINGOS AND VICTIMS OF WALL STREET GREED?
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The most prominent feature of the new landscape is the recession, which at first blush makes reform more difficult. With unemployment still rising, many Americans doubt that we need foreign workers. Voters are thinking about themselves first. They have no patience for other people's problems. And, as always when times are hard, there's a danger that populist resentments will curdle into xenophobia, creating pressure to seal the border rather than craft a way for newcomers to come here to work legally.
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WE DON’T OWE THE MEXICANS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE CONTEMPT FOR THIS ONCE GREAT NATION, ANYTHING! WE OWE OUR OWN PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY OUR OWN CORPORATE OWNED GOVERNMENT ONLY WORKS FOR THE CORPORATE CLASS, AND DEPRESSING OF WAGES IS THEIR TASK. TOWARDS THIS THEY IMPORT BOATLOADS OF CHINESE AND INDIANS TO TAKE OUR JOBS, AND WHAT’S LEFT THE MEXICANS GET.
WHILE WE SQUANDER AMERICAN LIVES AN RICHS DEFENDING THE MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OUR BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN TO THE MEXICANS WHICH ARE THE MOST VIOLENT PEOPLE IN THE HEMISPHERE. HAVE A COUNT AS TO HOW MANY HEADS HAVE BEEN LOPED OFF OR PEOPLE DISSOLVED IN ACID? THAT IS MEXICO! VISIT LOS ANGELES TO GET A PICTURES OF MEXICAN VIOLENCE. OR PHOENIX WHERE HOME INVASION WITH MACHINE GUNS, AND KIDNAPPING ARE UP 500%.
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TRUE, THE RECESSION ISN’T HAVING ANY EFFECT ON THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT’S DETERMINATION THAT THERE WILL BE AMNESTY FOR 38 MILLION MEX FLAG WAVERS. HOWEVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID HELL NO TO THE OCCUPATION.
PERSONALLY I GET SICK AND TIRED OF MEXICANS CLAIMING THEY ARE HERE TO DO JOBS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO DO. REALITY IS “CHEAP” MEXICAN LABOR DID NOT MAKE THIS ONCE GREAT NATION. WE CAN SEE WHAT MEXICAN LABOR HAS DONE FOR MEXICO!
THERE IS NO JOB AN AMERICAN WILL NOT DO IF PAID A LIVING WAGE. THE REAL WAR HERE IS EMPLOYERS REFUSAL TO PAY A LIVING WAGE, AND THE FRONT FOR THIS IS THE U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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But so far, the recession isn't having that effect. Journalists and employers report that not even unemployed Americans seem to want to do farm work or day-labor jobs, at least not yet. Many fewer foreigners are coming to the U.S. in search of work: They know there are fewer jobs available. And the reduced flow seems to be easing American anxieties somewhat.
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THERE IS NOT GREATER ISSUE FACING THIS NATION THAN THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION!!! THE STATE LEGISLATURE DO NOT DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE THEIR CORPORATE PAYMASTERS HAVE PUT IT OFF THE TABLE.
BALANCING STATE BUDGETS? LET’S VISIT MEXIFORNIA WHERE BUDGETS RUN IN THE DEFICIT YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND WELFARE TO ILLEGALS SOARS.
CALIFORNIA’S PLAN IS TYPICAL OF MOST THE OTHER 49 STATES, ALL NOW OCCUPIED BY MEXICO. IN CA THE PLAN IS TO CUT TAXES FOR BUSINESS, AND CUT SERVICES GEARED TO THE MIDDLECLASS THEN HAND HIGHER TAXES TO THE SAME MIDDLECLASS TO PAY FOR THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION.
CALIFORNIA HAS THE LARGEST PRISON SYSTEM IN THE UNION, AND HALF THE PRISONERS ARE ILLEGALS FROM MEXICO. THESE ARE VIOLENT PEOPLE, NO WONDER MEXICO DUMPS THEM OVER OUR BORDERS.
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The difference showed up first in state legislatures, where immigration has been far less of an issue this year than last, perhaps because lawmakers have bigger things to worry about, like balancing their state budgets. And last month, the country's two big labor federations -- the AFL-CIO and Change to Win -- came out strongly in favor of immigration reform, arguing that it would help native-born workers, even in a downturn, by enhancing immigrants' power to bargain with employers and reducing unfair competition with Americans.
Bottom line: No doubt the recession will color the immigration debate to some degree -- but perhaps less than many expect.
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YES, THE LATINO VOTING POWER. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE TOLD THE ILLEGALS THAT IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ILLEGAL TO VOTE. IN FACT THE CA DEMS FOR ILLEGALS, FEINSTEIN, PELOSI, AND BOXER HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ILLEGALS TO VOTE BY SABOTAGING ALL ENGLISH ONLY BILLS, AND ANY LAW THAT MIGHT REQUIRE AN I.D. TO VOTE. NOT THAT MEXICANS DON’T HAVE A FRAUDULENT ID AT HAND, TYPICALLY POCKETS FULL.
CONGRESSWOMAN LORETTA SANCHEZ OF ORANGE COUNTY OBTAINED HER SEAT WITH THE VOTES OF ILLEGALS. ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE POLITICIANS ARE SABOTAGING OUR DEMOCRACY BY ENCOURAGING THE ILLEGALS TO VOTE.
BUT THEN THE POLITICIANS ONLY NEED THE VOTES, ANY VOTES FROM ANY SOURCE, TO GET INTO OFFICE. AT THAT POINT THEY BELONG THE CORPORATE CLASS, AND THE CORPORATE CLASS WANTS AMNESTY FOR 38 MILLION HEAVY BREEDING MEXICANS TO ASSURE WAGES WILL BE DEPRESSED FOR GENERATIONS.
THE ENTIRE CRAP ABOUT THERE BEING 12 MILLION ILLEGALS IS GOVERNMENT-CORPORATE PRAPGANDA! THERE ARE 15 MILLION IN MEXIFORNIA ALONE. TAKE A DRIVE FROM SAN DIEGO ALL THE WAY UP TO NAPA, WHERE NANCY PELOSI ONLY HIRES ILLEGALS AT HER ST. HELENA WINERY. YOU WON’T SEE MANY AMERICANS ALONG THE JOURNEY AND CERTAINLY WILL NO HEAR ENGLISH!
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The political landscape has also changed. The most obvious and dramatic shift is the new political power of Latinos. According to one estimate, nearly 11 million Latinos voted in 2008, compared with 7.6 million in 2004. They turned at least four states from red to blue.
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YES ILLEGALS SEE IMMIGRATION AS A LITMUS TEST. THEY’RE ACCOSTOMED TO SEEING AND HEARING POLITICIANS HISPANDER ENDLESSLY.
THEY MARCH ON THIS NATION ON THEIR CINCO de MAYO HOLIDAY WAVING THEIR MEXICAN FLAGS AND CURSING AT THE STUPID GRINGOS WHO WRITE THE CHECKS FOR THEIR WELFARE, BIRTHING, MEDICAL, EDUCATION, AND GRAFFITI CLEAN UP WHICH IN LOS ANGELES IS NEARLY $10 MILLION PER YEAR!
And there's no mistaking the new mood: Many Latino voters have come to see immigration as a litmus test. Though not necessarily their first priority, it has become a threshold indicator for judging politicians: "Does he or she like people who look like us, or not?" Democrats have gotten this message loud and clear, and many are embracing immigration reform as a potential wedge issue.
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THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE NOT SOLD US OUT TO ILLEGALS, BOATLOADS OF THIRD WORLDERS TO TAKE OUR JOBS. THE SAME SELL OUT POLITICIANS ALSO VOTED TO SELL US OUT ENDLESSLY TO THE BIG BANKERS THAT CAUSED A GLOBAL DEPRESSION.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Monday, April 20, 2009
And compelling new evidence that H-1B visas for foreign workers lower the pay of information technology workers in this country. Critics say the report, by NYU’s Stern School of Business and Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, proves that corporate elites are importing cheap overseas labor simply to lower the wages of American workers. We’ll have a special report.
FEINSTEIN, WHO HIRES ILLEGALS AT HER SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL, IS LA RAZA ENDORSED. EVEN AFTER THE DEM’S AMNESTY BAILOUT WAS DEFEATED SHEA ND BOXER WENT TO TOWN TO GET 4 MILLION ILLEGAL FARM WORKERS AMNESTY ON BEHALF OF THEIR BIG AG BIZ DONORS. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ALL FARM WORKERS END UP ON WELFARE.
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But this attitude could hurt reform as much as it helps. Some Democrats will be afraid to get out ahead of anti-immigrant voters. And those seeking to use immigration for partisan advantage may prefer a long, polarized standoff to a compromise solution. A partisan Democratic push could also harden attitudes among Republicans, and entrenched partisanship on both sides could delay reform for years to come.
New arguments within the immigration reform movement will also complicate the debate this time around. It's a bigger tent than it used to be -- a stronger army fighting for an overhaul. But this also makes it harder for all the troops to agree on what's needed in a bill.
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THERE IS NO “OBAMA’S PROGRESSIVE BASE”. THERE IS ONLY OBAMA AND HIS WALL STREET INTERESTS HE’S ALREADY SOLD US OUT TO. THE AMERICA PEOPLE SEE THAT OBAMA IS NOTHING MORE THAN A WALL STREET SELL OUT, AND EXTENSION OF THE 20 YEARS OF BUSH, HILLARY, BILLARY, BUSH!
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Plus, outrage after President Obama prepares to push ahead with his plan for so-called comprehensive immigration reform. Pres. Obama is fulfilling a campaign promise to give
legal status to millions of illegal aliens as he panders to the pro-amnesty, open borders lobby. Tonight we will have complete
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AT 20% IN LOS ANGELES, WE NEED MORE ILLEGALS? NEITHER THE EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGALS, NOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NARCOmex THAT DUMPS THEIR PEOPLE OVER OUR BORDERS, EVER PAYS FOR THE STAGGERING COST. THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THIS COST ARE ALSO THE ONES MOST VICTIMIZED BY THE MEX OCCUPATION: THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS!
WORKING TIRELESSLY TO KEEP THE STATE AND COUNTRY FLOODED WITH ILLEGALS ARE ALL LIFER-POLITICIANS ADAPT AT SELLING US OUT TO THE CORPORATE INTERESTS FOR THE BRIBES THEY PAY. THEY ARE:
FEINSTEIN, BOXER, PELOSI, HONDA, ESHOO, LOFGREN, WAXMAN, BACA, FARR, SANCHEZ, HARMAN, REID AND OBAMA!
Advocates on the left now include not just Latino voters and unions (divided in 2006 and 2007, and often an obstacle to reform), but also a growing portion of Obama's progressive base. Meanwhile, on the center-right, employers who hire immigrants are engaging, finding the courage to speak up about how they need foreign workers.
The problem: Left and right not only frame their arguments differently, they also disagree on matters of substance. Most significantly, unions question whether the country needs reform that creates more visas for immigrant workers to enter the country in the future, while employers who hire foreigners say they can't sustain their businesses without them. THEY CAN’T SUSTAIN THEIR BUSINESS, GET RICH, AND PAY LIVING WAGES IS WHAT IS MEANT .
The question for the months ahead: Will these differences undo the reform movement, or will left and right find ways to compromise, broadening their base and expanding their power?
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ANYTIME SOMEONE SPEAKS THE TRUTH ON THE MEXICANS THEY’RE LABELED. MEXICANS HATE THE TRUTH. THEY’RE RACIST, HATE LITERACY, ARE FREQUENTLY IN CRIME, HATE THIS NATION, ITS PEOPLES, BORDERS, LAWS AND ARE HERE ONLY TO PILLAGE. DID LOU SAY THAT? NOTHING THAT LOU DOBBS HAS EVER SAID IS NOT FACTUAL! BUT YOU WON’T READ THE FACTS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, BECAUSE THE TIMES IS NOW OWNED BY MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE CARLOS SLIM. KISSING MEX ASS IS FOUND ALL OVER THIS NATION. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, DOWN TO THE WELFARE LINES CLOGGED BY ILLEGALS.
Here's the other big question: How strong are the anti-immigrant activists who dominated the debate last time -- talk radio and CNN's Lou Dobbs and their inflamed, angry followers. In fact, as poll after poll showed, these naysayers represented a relatively small segment of Americans -- no more than 20% to 25%. But they were loud and well-organized, and they managed to generate doubts about reform among a much larger group of uncertain, ambivalent voters.
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IN TOM TANCREDO’S DISTRICT THERE IS A STAGGERING INCREASE IN THE CRIME RATES BY MEXICANS. VICIOUS CRIMES, NOT JUST SHOPLIFTING, CAR THEFT, ID THEFT ETC. THAT MEXICANS ARE HIGHLY PRONE TO. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOME INVASIONS WITH MACHINE GUNS, KIDNAPPINGS, MURDER, MAYHEM. ALL DYNAMICS OF ANY CITY OR STATE WHEN THE MEXICAN OCCUPY.
I WOULDN’T COUNT ON “OBAMA’S POPULARITY” TO WIN AMNESTY FOR 38 MILLION ILLEGALS. ADMITTEDLY, HE PLANS TO PUSH FOR IT AS HE AS MASSIVE WELFARE FOR BIG BANKER CRIMINALS. BUT THE PEOPLE ARE CATCHING ON THAT IS PATTERN IS TOTAL SELL OUT TO THE SPECIAL INTERESTS. THE PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE MEXICAN OCCUPATION, AND SICK OF BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT. IT’S TIME THE OCCUPIERS WHO HAVE SUCH CONTEMPT FOR THIS NATION ANYWAY, GO BACK TO MEXICO AND LIVE LIKE MEXICANS THERE, AND AT THEIR COSTS, NOT THE GRINGOS!
Dobbs and former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo are already ratcheting up their anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the recession may help them. But it's also possible that things will play out differently, that some of the far-right's anger is spent, and that the doubts won't catch on as they did last time among the broader public. Voters are anxious and self-absorbed, but as Obama's election and continued popularity show, voters want things fixed. They want Washington to act boldly, to tackle hard problems, to make the compromises necessary to pass fundamental reforms. And immigration may well benefit from the new can-do, reformist mood.
Will it be immigration deja vu in 2009? It could be -- the same old stale debate or an equally uncompromising one. But enough has already changed that it could be different this time around. Who knows, this time, we as a nation might even get to "yes."
Tamar Jacoby is president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a national federation of employers advocating immigration reform.
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“What's needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known for years: Enforce existing law.” CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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By David R. Francis
Wall Street cheered and stock prices rose when the US Labor Department announced last Friday that employers had expanded their payrolls by 262,000 positions in February.
But it wasn't entirely good news. The statisticians also indicated that the share of the adult population holding jobs had slipped slightly from January to 62.3 percent. That's now two full percentage points below the level in the brief recession that began in March 2001.
Why the apparent contradiction? Reasons abound: population growth, rising retirements. But one factor that gets little attention is immigration. In the past four years, the number of immigrants into the US, legal and illegal, has closely matched the number of new jobs. That suggests newcomers have, in effect, snapped up all of the new jobs. "There has been no net job gain for
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“WE ARE NOW JUST BEGINNING TO SEE A GLIMPSE OF THE STAGGERING BURDEN ON AMERICAN TAXPAYERS” OF THE MEXICAN INVASION.......
A government study puts the cost of the Senate's version of reform at $127 billion over 10 years.
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“THE AMNESTY ALONE WILL BE THE LARGEST EXPANSION OF THE WELFARE SYSTEM IN THE LAST 25 YEARS” Heritage Foundation
"The amnesty alone will be the largest expansion of the welfare system in the last 25 years," says Robert Rector, a senior analyst at the Heritage Foundation, and a witness at a House Judiciary Committee field hearing in San Diego Aug. 2. "Welfare costs will begin to hit their peak around 2021, because there are delays in citizenship. The very narrow time horizon [the CBO is] using is misleading," he adds. "If even a small fraction of those who come into the country stay and get on Medicaid, you're looking at costs of $20 billion or $30 billion per year."
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