While DeMint says the Heritage Foundation is supportive of the concept of immigration reform, he characterizes the current compromise as “blanket amnesty.”
Fmr. Sen. Jim DeMint: $6.3 trillion immigration price
tag ‘irrefutable’
By Jeff Zeleny, Richard Coolidge, and
Jordyn Phelps
The Fine Print
Former Sen. Jim
DeMint (R – S.C.) is standing by the controversial Heritage Foundation study
that put a $6.3 trillion price tag on the Senate immigration bill, saying:
“There’s no doubt that these numbers are real.”
He also says he has
no regrets about leaving the Senate to become president of the Heritage
Foundation, recalling his recent years in the Senate as similar to “being on a
treadmill going nowhere.”
“I’m at a place now
at Heritage where I can have more impact on public policy than I could as a
United States senator,” says DeMint.
As the Senate debates
an immigration bill, DeMint is at the center of a dispute at Heritage. The
conservative policy group released a report last week citing the $6.3 trillion
cost of the bill over 50 years, which many on both sides of the aisle have
rebuked as overblown. The report faced further scrutiny after it was discovered
that its co-author, Jason Richwine, has previously made controversial arguments
based on race.
“The towering cost of
moving forward this way is something everyone should stop and think, ‘Okay,
let's check the numbers out, see if they're real,’” DeMint says. “I think
they're irrefutable. I have done a lot of research in my life, there's no doubt
that these numbers are real.”
DeMint discounts the
argument made by supporters of the legislation that there will be long-term
benefit to the U.S. economy.
“Some are suggesting
that just having these additional workers is going to improve the economy and
help everyone…There is no way over a fifty year period that this is going to
improve the economy to a point that actually creates a benefit to American
taxpayers,” he says.
DeMint contends that
many of the estimated 10-12 million people to whom the bill would extend a path
to citizenship will rely on government services more than they contribute in
taxes.
“They take out over
$9 trillion, they put in around $3 [trillion], but the net is a cost to
taxpayers of $6.3 [trillion],” DeMint says.
While DeMint says the Heritage Foundation is
supportive of the concept of immigration reform, he characterizes the current
compromise as “blanket amnesty.”
“A true immigration
reform would create a lot of benefits for America…but to get those benefits we
don't have to offer this blanket amnesty for those who came here unlawfully,”
he says. “It’s not fair to the 4 million people all around the world waiting to
come here lawfully, costs way too much, and will make problems worse.”
For more of the interview
with DeMint, and to hear how this issue has strained his relationship with Sen.
Marco Rubio (R – Fl.), check out this episode of The Fine Print.
ABC's Eric Wray,
Betsy Klein, Alexandra Dukakis, Chris Carlson, and John Knott contributed to
this episode.
Senate Judiciary Committee Balks at Enforcement
Friday,
May 10, 2013, 9:32 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
AMNESTY… Legalizing Mexico’s Occupation and looting and
Obama’s Sabotage of Our Borders, Laws and American Culture… it will also be the
death of the GOP!
THE AMNESTY HOAX…. It’s nothing more than legalizing 40
million Mexican invaders and looters and calling them UNREGISTERED DEMS!
THE AMNESTY HOAX is devised to avoid E-VERIFY to help ease
more illegals into our jobs to keep wages depressed.
THE AMNESTY HOAX will be simply a continuation of Obama’s
war on the American worker, LA RAZA rights over American’s and OPEN BORDERS.
Comprehensive
Amnesty Threat
Overview
Often referred to as Comprehensive
Immigration Reform, pro-amnesty groups seek to offer legal permanent residence
to illegal aliens. Comprehensive Immigration Reform bills were introduced in
Congress in both 2006 and 2007.
In 2006, separate versions were passed in the
Senate and House, but an agreement was never reached in conference committee.
In 2007, a version in the Senate proposed by Senators John McCain and Ted
Kennedy with support from Pres. Bush failed to reach a cloture vote. The
grassroots effort from NumbersUSA members was a major reason why the amnesty
failed.
Often referred to
as Comprehensive Immigration Reform, pro-amnesty groups seek to offer legal
permanent residence to illegal aliens. Comprehensive Immigration Reform bills
were introduced in Congress in both 2006 and 2007.
In 2006, separate
versions were passed in the Senate and House, but an agreement was never
reached in conference committee. In 2007, a version in the Senate proposed by
Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy with support from Pres. Bush failed to
reach a cloture vote. The grassroots effort from NumbersUSA members was a major
reason why the amnesty failed.
During the 2008
campaign, Pres. Obama offered support for amnesty, and with an overwhelming
majority of supporters in the House and Senate, newer versions of the failed
bills are likely to be introduced.
Update
Senate Judiciary Committee Balks at Enforcement
Friday,
May 10, 2013, 9:32 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA
On the first day of the Senate Judiciary
Committee's markup of the Gang of Eight's amnesty bill, one thing was crystal
clear -- the Democrat-leaning Committee and its two GOP Gang of Eight Members
are set on legalizing 11 million illegal aliens before any enforcement takes
place. The Committee voted down 5 amendments that would have required measurable
enforcement efforts occur before illegal aliens are legalized and given work
permits.
On all 5 amendments, the votes fell along
partylines with two exceptions - both Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey
Graham (R-S.C.), who are members of the Gang of Eight, opposed the amendments.
Their votes seem to indicate that the bill would lose Democratic support if
enforcement was put before legalization despite a number of different polls
that show that Americans support full border security before the rest of the
immigration system is addressed.
The defeated enforcement measures include:
- Sen. Jeff
Sessions - An
amendment that would require fulfillment of the Illegal Immigrant Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and the Secure Fence Act of 2006
to build a double-layerd fence along 700 miles of the Southwest Border
before amensty can be given to illegal aliens. Under the bill, DHS only
has to submit a fencing strategy before amnesty is given.
- Sen. Chuck
Grassley - An
amendment that would require DHS to reach the 90% apprehension rate, as
proposed in the bill, for at least six months before amnesty is given. The
bill currently requires DHS to submit a plan describing how they'll try to
reach a 90% apprehension rate before amnesty is given.
- Sen. Mike
Lee -
An amendment that would require Congress to approve DHS's Southern Border
Security and Fencing Strategies before the amnesty is given to illegal
aliens.
- Sen. Ted
Cruz - An
amendment that would require securing the border, including massive
increases in personnel and resources along the border, and completion of a
biometric entry/exit system at all ports of entry before the amnesty is
given.
- Sen. John
Cornyn - An
amendment that would require the border secured, fencing completed,
E-Verify mandated for all employers, and completion of an electronic
entry/exit system at all sea and air ports before the amnesty is given.
A few amendments of note did pass, including:
- Sen.
Dianne Feinstein - An amendment that would reimburse states and
local municipalities for any pre-detention costs associated with the
detention of illegal aliens. The bill currently calls for reimbursement of
only the detention costs.
- Sen. Chuck
Grassley - An
amendment that removes all instances of "high-risk" from the
bill. The original bill requires DHS to attempt to reach a 90%
apprehension rate in "high-risk" sectors, which were defined as
sectors with at least 30,000 annual apprehensions. This amendment requires
DHS to reach the 90% rate over the entire Southwest border.
On March 4, 2013, a Fox
News poll found
that 69% of American voters support securing the border before dealing with the
rest of the immigration issue. On March 20-21, 2013, a Rasmussen
poll found
that 64% of likely voters support securing the border before legalizing illegal
aliens.
For a detailed description of Thursday's
markup, see our live
blog.
*
The principal
beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are affluent Americans who hire
immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work. Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers
lose $190 billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding
of the labor market at the low-wage end.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MONITOR
from the May 28,
2009 edition
What will
America stand for in 2050?
*
MORE welfare
and JOBS for ILLEGALS and no real border security…
AMNESTY from OBAMA and MEXICO’S GANG of LA RAZA 8
THE
LIES, the SPIN and then MORE LIES and then MORE WELFARE:
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told
Fox News that newly-legalized immigrants will be given a provisional status and
“will have to stay in that status until at least ten years elapse and [border
security] triggers are met," but loopholes could create a fast track for
some illegal immigrants.
*
HOW AMNESTY DESTROYED GOP
HOW
SENS. JOHN McCAIN and MARCO RUBIO BUILT OBAMA’S LA RAZA DEM PARTY and the
MEXICAN WEFLARE STATE in AMERICA and DESTROYED THE GOP IN SO DOING.
In other words, the Republican Party is finished. As their
numbers grow through immigration and welfare, democrats will become the
wholesale dominant party in America until everyone’s money runs out by all
those who milk the system, i.e., 45.2 million Americans subsisting on food
stamps and assisted house, energy, medical care and electricity—will ultimately
grow to 90 million and more. All of who work will be paying for all those who
choose to live for free forever.
Who are Obama’s LA RAZA party base of illegals. How
much of a threat to America is this Mexican fascism?
"Remember 187 -- the Proposition to
deny taxpayer funds for services to non-citizens --- was the last gasp of white
America in California." --- Art
Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party… NOW THE PARTY for LA RAZA
SUPREMACY
*
THE LIES, the SPIN and
then MORE LIES – OBAMA’S STAGGERING SABOTAGE OF AMERICAN BORDERS TO BUILD THE
LA RAZA DEM WELFARE STATE… TO KEEP WAGES FOR LEGALS DEPRESSED AND DESTROY THE
GOP WITH 40 MILLION DEM VOTING MEXICANS… and more climbing our borders daily!
AMNESTY: WILLIAM GHEEN (ALIPAC) EXPOSES OBAMA’S AGENDA TO
SURRENDER OUR BORDERS TO MEXICO
*
NAFTA
– OBAMA’S AGENDA OF A BORDERLESS LOOTING ZONE FOR LA RAZA!
THE OBAMA – McCAIN STEALTH
SURRENDER of OUR BORDERS
“What
we're seeing is our Congress and national leadership dismantling our laws by
not enforcing them. Lawlessness becomes the norm, just like Third World
corruption. Illegal aliens now have more rights and privileges than Americans.
If you are an illegal alien, you can drive a car without a driver's license or
insurance. You may obtain medical care without paying. You may work without
paying taxes. Your children enjoy free education at the expense of taxpaying
Americans.”
how do the la raza dems
build their party base of illegals? no borders, no enforcement, no E-VERIFY, no
legal need apply AND MUCHO DREAM ACTS of WEFLARE, OBAMACARE and now food
stamps.
“The
watchdogs at Judicial Watch discovered documents that reveal how the Obama
administration's close coordination with the Mexican government entices
Mexicans to hop over the fence and on to the American dole.” Washington Times
NEXT TO DRUGS, MEXICO’S
BIGGEST EXPORTS IS POVERTY, CRIMNALS and ANCHOR BABY BREEDERS = 18 YEARS OF
GRINGO-PAID WELFARE!
The danger, as Washington
Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing
poverty” in the form of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor…
AMNESTY IS ONLY ABOUT KEEPING WAGES FOR LEGALS DEPRESSED!
Heritage: Amnestied Illegals Will
Get $9.4T in Benefits; Increase Debt $6.3T'
what is the REAL cost of all that “CHEAP” Mexican labor? Add
it up and then factor in the MEXICAN CRIME TIDAL WAVE and the fact that the
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS now operate in 2,500 American cities!
VIVA LA RAZA AMNESTY and OBAMA’S OPEN BORDERS AGENDA???
GOP: OBAMA’S AMNESTY HANDOUT WILL COST THE
AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS BILLIONS!
OBAMA’S AGENDA OF PUTTING ILLEGALS INTO OUR JOBS – A case
for impeachment!... his sabotage of our borders, laws and citizens to build the
Dems’ party base of illegals.
WELFARE for ILLEGALS SOARS BORDER TO
AMERICAN BORDERS
Mexico responds to President Obama’s Open Invitation
to Invade and Loot the American People
THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL USES ARIZONA FOR GATEWAY TO AMERICA – SHOULD WE BE
THANKFUL FOR OBAMA’S SABOTAGE OF OUR BORDERS IN ARIZONA?
IS OBAMA, McCAIN and JEFF FLAKE TRAITORS OR SIMPLY HISPANDERERS FOR THE LA
RAZA ILLEGALS’ VOTES???
POST-ELECTION GIFT TO ILLEGALS: food stamps
OBMAMA’S
LA RAZA WELFARE STATE… plus illegals get all the jobs!
“Since
President Obama came into office, SNAP participation has increased at 10 times
the rate of job creation, the annual spending on SNAP has doubled, and one in
seven Americans now participates in SNAP,”
*
Obama's 'Hispanicazation' of
America
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/08/obamas-hispanicazation-of-america-most.html
JUDICIAL WATCH
OBAMA’S SECRET AMNESTY! WHAT WILL IT
COST US?
The LA RAZA GANG of 8 Promise Obama, illegals, Mexico
and Employers of Illegals NO E-VERIFY…. in a time of national unemployment
crisis for Americans, the entire amnesty sham is really all about keeping wages
depressed with endless hordes of Mexicans!
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MONITOR
May 28, 2009
What will
America stand for in 2050?
The US should
think long and hard about the high number of Latino immigrants.
The principal beneficiaries of our current immigration policy are
affluent Americans who hire immigrants at substandard wages for low-end work.
Harvard economist George Borjas estimates that American workers lose $190
billion annually in depressed wages caused by the constant flooding of the
labor market at the low-wage end.
*
AMNESTY = Depressed Wages for Americans,
Poverty for Americas and Jobs and Massive Welfare for Illegals… it’s all about
keeping wages depressed!
THE TRAGEDY of LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
In America, all jobs go to foreign born
that are either imported or permitted to jump our borders!
The OBAMA – McCAIN Amnesty Promises NO E-VERIFY enforcement
to Employers and NO BORDER enforcement to LA RAZA invaders.
…isn’t
that what we already have going ????
Dream Act proposals are also a magnet for fraud. Many illegal
immigrants will fraudulently claim they came here as children or that they are
under 30. And the federal government has no way to check whether their claims
are true or not. REP. LAMAR SMITH
"It lets businesses that knowingly
violated the law off the hook," Mr. Krikorian said. "If they were not
withholding payroll taxes, they’re held harmless. If they were violating labor
laws, they’re held harmless. So this is a boon for crooked business."…
MARK KRIKORIAN
“Another force for amnesty is corporate America. Thousands of
businesses have hired illegals in violation of U.S. law. Amnesty for their
illegal workers means, de facto, amnesty for them”… PAT BUCHANAN
TOP – STEALTH AMNESTY
Is the CIA Investigation the OBAMA – McCAIN Amnesty as
a Surrender of American Sovereignty to Mexico?
OBAMA’S ASSAULT ON AMERICA FOR MEXICO
BEGINS WITH ARIZONA – CALIFORNIA ALREADY SURRENDERED TO MEXICO YEARS AGO!
high cost of
illegals in Arizona
Arizona’s illegal immigrant population is costing the
state’s taxpayers even more than once thought -- a whopping $2.7 billion in
2009, according to researchers at the public interest group that helped write
the state's new immigration law.
REP. LAMAR SMITH HAS CONSISTENTLY AND OPENLY VOICED OPPOSITION TO OBAMA’S ASSAULT
ON OUR BORDERS AND JOBS… even as most politicians HISPANDER for the illegals’
ILLEGAL VOTES.
Obama soft on illegals enforcement
Arrests of
illegal immigrant workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama,
according to figures released Wednesday. Criminal arrests, administrative
arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal immigrants at work sites all
fell by more than 50 percent
from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009.
The figures show that Mr. Obama has made good on his pledge to shift enforcement
away from going after illegal immigrant workers themselves - but at the expense
of Americans' jobs, said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican who compiled
the numbers from the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Mr. Smith, the top Republican on the House
Judiciary Committee, said a period of economic turmoil is the wrong time to be
cutting enforcement and letting illegal immigrants take jobs that Americans
otherwise would hold.
MORE OBAMA DREAM
ACTS of WELFARE for ILLEGALS?
REP. LAMAR
SMITH for PRESIDENT
"We could cut
unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal
workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the
Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the
American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help
citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than
fail to enforce immigration laws."
REP. LAMAR SMITH
THOMAS PEREZ – LA RAZA SUPREMACIST
WHO IS OBAMA’S LATEST LA RAZA FASCIST
FOR SECRETARY of LABOR?
EASING 40
MILLION ILLEGALS INTO OUR JOBS WITH FRAUD IDs – IT’S SOMETHING MEXICANS DO
WELL!
DREAM Act proposals are also a magnet for fraud. Many illegal immigrants
will fraudulently claim they came here as children or that they are under 30.
And the federal government has no way to check whether their claims are true or
not. REP. LAMAR SMITH - ONE OF THE VERY FEW IN
CONGRESS WORKING FOR AMERICANS!
DURING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM
2/3s OF ALL JOBS WENT TO IMMIGRANTS, BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. FEDERAL WORKPLACE
ENFORCEMENT of LAWS PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS PLUMMETD 70%.
Obama and Justice Sotomayor
(A LA RAZA PARTY MEMBER) Vow to Illegals to SABOTAGE E-verify!
VIVA LA RAZA SUPREMACY?
Mexico Builds the Great LA RAZA Welfare State in
American Borders and off the backs of Americans…and then they still get our
jobs!
The danger, as Washington
Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing
poverty” in the form of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor.
*
Obama
expands the LA RAZA WELFARE STATE OFF THE BACKS OF LEGALS!
SNAP
WELFARE NOW FOR ILLEGALS!
OBMAMA’S LA RAZA WELFARE STATE…
plus illegals get all the jobs!
“Since
President Obama came into office, SNAP participation has increased at 10 times
the rate of job creation, the annual spending on SNAP has doubled, and one in
seven Americans now participates in SNAP,”
Americans See Obama as SABOTAGING Homeland Security to Build his
LA RAZA PARTY BASE of ILLEGALS:
BORDER INSECURITY
NAFTA
– OBAMA’S AGENDA OF A BORDERLESS LOOTING ZONE FOR LA RAZA!
THE OBAMA – McCAIN STEALTH
SURRENDER of OUR BORDERS
“What
we're seeing is our Congress and national leadership dismantling our laws by
not enforcing them. Lawlessness becomes the norm, just like Third World
corruption. Illegal aliens now have more rights and privileges than Americans.
If you are an illegal alien, you can drive a car without a driver's license or
insurance. You may obtain medical care without paying. You may work without
paying taxes. Your children enjoy free education at the expense of taxpaying
Americans.”
AMNESTY: WILLIAM GHEEN (ALIPAC)
EXPOSES OBAMA’S AGENDA TO SURRENDER OUR BORDERS TO MEXICO
WIKILEAKS EXPOSES OBAMA’S AGENDA OF
ASSAULTING OUR BORDERS, AMERICANS IN JOBS HE WANTS TO FILL WITH ILLEGALS
See: CFR’s Plan to Integrate the
U.S., Mexico and Canada
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20050816.htm
The Great Alien Invasion - What's
Happening Now
http://www.rense.com/general69/inva.htm
OBAMA’S CYNICAL JOKE of HOMELAND SECURITY
According to DHS’s own reports, very little of our nation’s
borders (Southwestern or otherwise) are secure, and gaining control is not even
a goal of the department.
Obama Quietly Erasing Borders
WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Dem administration advancing 'North American
Union' agenda
Published: 12/15/2010 at 10:20 PM
OBAMA’S CYNICAL JOKE of HOMELAND SECURITY
According to DHS’s own reports, very little of our nation’s
borders (Southwestern or otherwise) are secure, and gaining control is not even
a goal of the department.
'We're being inundated': Vigilante Group
uses secret cameras to record the flow of illegal immigrants across the border
RASSMUSEN
REPORT:
WIKILEAKS EXPOSES OBAMA’S AGENDA OF
ASSAULTING OUR BORDERS, AMERICANS IN JOBS HE WANTS TO FILL WITH ILLEGALS
JUDICIAL WATCH:
It proves the Obama administration is willing to go to any extent
- including gaming the courts - to continue stonewalling the full story of its
lawless release of illegal aliens. Now, with the prison floodgates being thrown
open to illegal aliens under the phony pretense of abiding by sequester cuts,
it is more important that details of this threat to the public safety be
revealed.
Obama’s Promise of Homeland Security
to Americans (Legals) and his Vow to Illegals of Open and Undefended Borders
With Narcomex
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: OBAMA’S AMNESTY
WOULD ADD 100 MORE ILLEGALS AND COST AMERICANS (Legals) BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
Obama’s Promise of Homeland Security
to Americans (Legals) and his Vow to Illegals of Open and Undefended Borders
With Narcomex