"If true, it shows Trump being the ultimate cynic and not having the courage to state his true beliefs to the American public who elected him. That's always been my biggest problem with Trump: his lack of integrity and consistent belief system."
March 1, 2017
Trump's
immigration stance: Different in public and in private?
By Ed Straker
I loved the
moment during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress when he
announced that the Department of Homeland Security is setting up an office to
publicize victims of illegal alien crime. The gasps and moans from the
Democrats were audible. I also loved how Trump talked about building a
wall and enforcing the law.
But President
Trump's public comments on immigration were markedly different from his private
ones. Just ahead of the State of the Union address, he met with the press
in a private meeting, and multiple sources (The New York Times, ABC News, CNN) reported the same thing: that Trump thinks
the time is right to legalize the "Dreamers." From the NYT:
Mr. Trump broke
from his tough immigration stance in a conversation with news anchors just
hours before he spoke and said he was open to a the kind of broad overhaul that
many Republicans and some of his core supporters have derided as
"amnesty."
"The time is
right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both
sides," the president told the TV anchors at the White House, according to
people present during the discussion.
But Mr. Trump
made only glancing reference to a broad immigration overhaul in his speech,
calling for a new "merit-based" system that only admits those able to
support themselves financially, and never mentioning legalization of
undocumented people. Overall, his speech held to the tough-on-immigration theme
that marked his campaign.
Hours before the
speech, Mr. Trump went so far on Tuesday as to raise the idea of granting
citizenship to young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as
children, one person present said. Such a change would go well beyond the
temporary work permits President Barack Obama offered them through a 2012
executive order.
During his
campaign, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. Obama's directive as an "illegal
amnesty," and promised he would immediately end the program if elected.
If true, this
would mean that Trump was not honest with his supporters on one of his most
important promises. It calls into question his integrity.
What Trump is
proposing to do is to go beyond even what Obama did. What's worse, he's
not even willing to wait until the border is secured. Even as we speak,
every day, new "Dreamers" sign up under the Trump "Dreamer"
program, which he took ownership of when he became president.
I thought the
idea was to at least secure the border first, and then talk about what to do
about those who remain here. Evidently, President Trump feels that there
is no need to wait.
This turnabout,
if true, is disastrous for several reasons. It makes absolutely no sense
to deport illegal alien parents but to let their children stay here. By
offering the kids amnesty now, before a border wall is built, before the nation
is secure, Trump is making the U.S. a magnet for illegals, especially
unaccompanied minors, just as Obama did. By making this concession now,
Trump has left no bargaining chips to negotiate with Democrats should he need
their votes.
Most distressing
is that Trump is saying one thing in private and another in public. With
multiple sources confirming this story and a lack of denial from the White
House, it is hard to believe that it is not true. If true, it shows Trump
being the ultimate cynic and not having the courage to state his true beliefs
to the American public who elected him. That's always been my biggest
problem with Trump: his lack of integrity and consistent belief system.
Ed Straker is the
senior writer at NewsMachete.com.
White House Officials Suggest Openness to ‘Immigration Reform’
AFP
Top White House officials told media outlets on Tuesday that they’re open to a compromise deal on immigration.
But the new reports lack any details about what compromise would be acceptable to President Donald Trump or the pro-American, anti-amnesty voters who elected him into power.
CNN reported Tuesday that
President Donald Trump is eager to pass an immigration bill, a senior administration official told reporters Tuesday.
The President is thinking about adding the topic to his speech tonight to a joint session of Congress, though either way an immigration bill remains a desire for his first term. The topic of enforcing current immigration laws is already in the speech, the official said.
The actual details of any proposal are vital because every faction in the huge political dispute over imported wage-cutting labor says they want a compromise.
In 2013, for example, the eight senators who drafted the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration bill claimed their bill was a compromise — even though it would have gutted sanctions for low-wage employers, granted an open-ended amnesty to millions of illegals, increased the inflow of refugees, and doubled the annual inflow of legal immigrants to roughly 2 million per year.
Pro-American reformers have pushed their own compromises, which include an amnesty for the 11 million-plus illegals in the nation in exchange for sharp reductions in annual legal immigration plus self-enforcing rules to sanction employers who hire illegal immigrants.
That’s the wage-boosting trade-off supported by Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies, who notes that any overhaul of immigration law requires some purchased support from some pro-immigration Democrats.
In his winning 2016 campaign, Donald Trump won huge public support because of his opposition to amnesty and to cheap-labor policies, and because of his promise to “buy American and hire American.”
In one 2016 speech, he urged a cutback in legal immigration to historical norms. He also called for a temporary pause in legal immigration, while repeating his promise for a wall that would stop illegal immigration. In August 2015, his policy paper declared:
We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities’ rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream.
On Feb. 9, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president is still opposed to the 2013 “Gang of Eight” bill.
But if Trump were to reverse his election-winning pro-American policies, he’d likely face severe political problems in 2018 and 2020.
According to CNN,
“It has to be a negotiation,” the official said, arguing that the bill theoretically could make people on both the “far right” and “far left” happy.“It could be good for everyone,” the senior administration official said. “People are exhausted” from debating the topic.
Any immigration reductions would be a strategic problem for Democrats because they are hoping that the rising tide of immigrant voters will bring them into power. Any reduction is also a problem for Wall Street investors because their stock-market calculations assume a growing population of welfare-supported immigrant consumers.
EL TRUMPO SURRENDERS TO THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA….
Obama’s amnesty handed to them on a silver platter.
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THE LA RAZA PLAN: California’s final surrender
to fly the Mexican flag within 4 years.
"The American Southwest seems to be slowly
returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single
shot." -- - EXCELSIOR --- national newspaper of Mexico
They claim all of North America for Mexico!
(WARNING! THE BELOW LINK IS GRAPHIC ON MEXICAN
HATRED OF LEGALS)
MEXICO
ANNOUNCES CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA ACCOMPLISHED.
De Léon, who introduced the bill, made his remarks at a
hearing in Sacramento on SB54, the bill
to make California a “Sanctuary State.”
California State Senate
President Pro Tem Kevin De Léon (D-Los Angeles) said last Tuesday
that “half his family” was in the country illegally, using false
documents, and eligible for deportation under President Trump’s new executive
order against
“sanctuary” jurisdictions.
TRUMP BACK-PEDDLES ON LEGALS AND
KEEPS
OBAMA’S ILLEGAL AMNESTY OPERATING….
It’s all about keeping wages DEPRESSED!
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