-Key Democrat: ‘Immigration Reform Is Not About Enforcement‘
-Day 2: House Republicans Come Back with Tougher Border Bill Proposals
-Funeral Home to Be Transformed into Immigrant Shelter
1 Aug 2014
Friday at a press conference, President Barack Obama said in order to address the humanitarian crisis of ten of thousands of unaccompanied children illegally flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border, he was “going to have act alone.”
The president said he would use an executive order to “reallocate resources.”
On the prospects of legislation passing the House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said, “If the House does pass a bill, I can’t imagine it could be cleared on either side over here.”
Obama also argued if Republicans don’t want him to use his executive powers they simple need to pass legislation.
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http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/01/Obama-on-the-Border-Im-Going-to-Have-To-Act-Alone
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Key Democrat: ‘Immigration Reform Is Not About Enforcement’
1 Aug 2014 by Matthew Boyle
Democratic Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI), the Democrat U.S. Senate nominee in Michigan, told attendees of a town hall event in Detroit’s Mexicantown neighborhood that immigration reform was not about enforcing America’s laws.
“Immigration reform is not about enforcement,” Peters said in a short video clip obtained by Breitbart News. “It’s about finding a way to fix the problems in our immigration system.”
The event was held April 6, 2013, and was hosted by local pro-amnesty organization One Michigan—before the Senate passed the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. The organization pushed for that bill and frequently advocates on its Facebook page on behalf of illegal aliens.
This comment could become problematic for Peters, who is losing steam in what previously seemed like a sure bet of a Senate race for Democrats. Republican Terri Lynn Land has been gaining on Peters, as a recent New York Times and CBS News poll put Land up a point over Peters.
Land has been fundraising successfully as well, raking in $3.3 million last quarter, according to the Washington Free Beacon. She bested Peters, who pulled in just under $2 million.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that national Democrats are worried about the seat, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has already reserved $6.3 million worth of advertising in Michigan this year in an effort to protect the seat—which is currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).
If Republicans on a national level stop fighting with each other over immigration, it could become a powerful weapon with which to beat Democrats in elections.
A new poll from the Associated Press and GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications shows that immigration is now President Barack Obama’s worst issue. A whopping 68 percent disapprove of the president’s handling of immigration, and just 31 percent—down from 38 percent a couple months—approve of how he’s handling it.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, has long argued Republicans should unite against amnesty to beat the Democrats with the message.
“The GOP needs to flip the immigration debate on its head,” Sessions wrote in a July 2013 memo he distributed to the GOP. “The same set of GOP strategists, lobbyists, and donors who have always favored a proposal like the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue that the great lesson of the 2012 election is that the GOP needs to push for immediate amnesty and a drastic surge in low-skill immigration. This is nonsense.”
With the border crisis looming—and Congress and the administration in a free-fall over it—Sessions remains firm in his resolve for Republicans to use immigration to beat the Democrats heading into the midterms.
Interestingly enough, the not-so-conservative ex-Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA)—who’s now running in New Hampshire against incumbent Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)—seems to be the first Republican to get the joke. Brown aired what’s been thus far a successful hit on Shaheen, attacking her for standing alongside President Obama in support of amnesty for illegal aliens over support for American citizens struggling in the lagging Obama economy.
If that success continues, Michigan may be the next place Republicans target Democrats with the immigration issue.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/01/Key-Democrat-Immigration-Reform-Is-Not-About-Enforcement
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Day 2: House Republicans Come Back with Tougher Border Bill Proposals
August 1, 2014 by Jonathan Strong, Charlie Spiering & Caroline May
Obama’s Immigration Tools Are Limited: Krueger
A news story about the “shining” Scalise operation said it was savvy enough to go over the heads of lawmakers who “can’t be convinced.”
Twenty-four hours later, King is the most important and outspoken advocate for a new version of two immigration bills that GOP leadership hashed out with him and other key hardliners in furious late-night meetings after the original GOP plan went down in flames.
The underlying structure – two votes, on two bills, the second one long called-for by conservatives – is the same. But leadership strengthened the language of both in a variety of ways, including allowing border state governors to deploy the National Guard without President Obama’s approval.
In a closed-door GOP conference meeting, King told colleagues that while the package yesterday had a good purpose, now it has language to match its intent, according to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).
“I’m very satisfied that the things that I offered that it takes to fix the bill have all been embraced with the exception of asylum and that got too complex to deal with now, but we’ll deal with it in the regular order process,” King said afterwards.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, like King, switched from no to yes.
Bachmann told reporters that yesterday she was a “hell no and now I can be for the bill today. That is a tremendous shift and is actually happened in less than two hours time last night.”
So did Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), who cited how language to stop President Obama from expanding his Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program had been “watered down” yesterday and had been returned to its original form today.
“Man, we’ve been tweakin’ all night,” said Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), heading into the meeting, referring to changes to the legislative text.
Following the meltdown on the House floor, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) organized a meeting of key players on the issue in the Capitol. The group met from around 6pm-8pm, and Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) cited the meeting as a key turning point in the discussions, leading to today’s relative comity.
“I think the break through came by merely holding the meeting, to be honest with you,” Salmon, a member of the border crisis working group appointed by Speaker John Boehner, said.
“What we did is we just sat down rationally with leadership and with the people who were on the more moderate to liberal side of this bill. We sat down and we put this in three different categories: one was the concerns regarding DACA, number two was the other than Mexican, number three was the issue with asylum” Bachmann added.
“We were able to work through that and both sides were able to get to yes, with something they agreed on. We left that meeting and the leadership had to go back to the more moderates in the conference. And so I am grateful for everyone in the conference and we hear over and over again this morning. Everyone was thanking everyone — this is a far better bill today than it was yesterday and it is because we worked together to get a good process,” she said.
Though the package now has the support of key hawks like King, it is still receiving criticism from other top hawks.
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) said he is worried that Republicans will pass a first bill only to see the second bill, addressing DACA, fall.
“If you’re asking me to vote on a message bill, which is the border bill, then I also have to be part of the most important part of the message, which is DACA itself – that’s what’s creating the problem. So don’t ask me to message on the one part and fail on the other. That’s my problem,” Fleming said.
Salmon noted that about a year ago, an amendment from King that essentially defunded DACA passed the House with only six GOP defections. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), the chairman of the moderate Tuesday Group, said he expected to vote for the DACA bill this time, although Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), who voted against King’s amendment a year ago, said he was a no.
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks left the meeting telling Breitbart News that while both bill “have been improved” he remains concerned about the pace of the process and would prefer that the border bill and DACA bill be combined — or at least vote on the DACA bill first.
“This vote on a very important issue to the American people is being rammed through on less than 24 hours notice,” Brooks said. “I very strongly prefer that we publish today what ever bill there is that leadership is going to put forward and give the American people time to read the bill and then share their insight with their elected congressman. Right now the American people are being shut out of the process and as a consequence I am very much tempted to vote on on the 24 hour rule or the vote-today rule that is being offered.”
“I don’t have a crystal ball, but if I was betting I would bet that today you would see one or both bill passed and then we would leave Washington,” Brooks said. “That is strictly a guess.”
Exiting the meeting, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise signaled optimism about the bill, noting that House Republicans had a chance to give their input.
“We think we have a strong bill that shows we can address this border crisis that the president refused to deal with,” he said.
“We’ve always said we were going to keep working until we get our job done, the Senate going to leave without doing their work, the president refuses to do his work, but the House is going to stay, do our work and show that we can lead and solve a problem.”
When asked if he had reached 218 votes, Scalise replied. “We’re still working on it.”
Boehner had little to say to reporters as he left the meeting. “I’m not talking to anybody…” he said.
Texas Rep. Pete Sessions entered the meeting saying “we’re going to win.”
“I think I saw a puff of white smoke,” added Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA).
“Some of the most vocal naysayers getting up and praising it and saying that they’re going to be yeses and they’re going to be pounding the bushes for yes votes. It’s a new dawn. I’ve got to credit both Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise for their maiden voyage being a very successful one,” added Salmon.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/01/Day-2-House-Republicans-Come-Back-To-The-Table-With-Tougher-Border-Bill-Proposals
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Funeral Home to Be Transformed into Immigrant Shelter
Latest in string of shelter options considered by feds
August 1, 201 by Adan Salazar
Plans are set to turn a funeral home in South Texas into an immigrant processing center, the latest in a string of facilities secured in response to the surge of unaccompanied alien minors illegally breaching the southern U.S. border.
International Educational Services, Inc., a private contractor, has reportedly leased the Sunset Funeral Home building in the near-border community of Los Fresnos as part of an expansion effort aiming to further accommodate the influx, a funeral parlor employee has revealed.
http://www.infowars.com/funeral-home-to-be-transformed-into-immigrant-shelter/
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