Sunday, June 9, 2013

Stealth Amnesty Vote Hours Away. Demand A Filibuster

Subject: Stealth Amnesty Vote Hours Away. Demand A Filibuster

Date: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 12:05 PM


Center For Individual Freedom

Alert: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Will Bring The Gang-Of-Eight Amnesty Bill To The Floor Of The Senate In A Matter Of Hours... And We Need 41 Votes To Kill It.

       We have good news and we have bad news. The good news is that the pro-Amnesty crowd doesn't have the votes to overcome a filibuster.

       And now for the bad news. Nobody can get a straight answer on whether or not Senate Republicans intend to muster the measly 41 votes needed to oppose cloture, sustain a filibuster and unceremoniously kill the Amnesty bill.

       Our course of action is clear and urgent. We must make them understand that any vote in opposition to sustaining a filibuster is a vote IN FAVOR of Amnesty.

       We only need 41 votes in opposition to cloture to sustain a filibuster and kill this Amnesty-first monstrosity dead in its tracks. But we have no time to waste… the vote will occur in a matter of hours.

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Here's The Latest...

       The Daily Caller reports: "At the moment, they [Amnesty supporters] do not have the 60 votes they need for cloture," and Fox News reports that even "Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said that the immigration reform bill doesn't have the necessary votes to avoid a filibuster in the Senate."

      
But again... we don't know whether or not Republicans intend to mount a filibuster and oppose cloture.

       As a matter of fact, Politico went so far as to report that Harry Reid is saying that Republican leaders have assured him that they "won’t oppose bringing the immigration bill to the floor..."

       Here's the bottom line: If 41 Republicans mount a filibuster, by simply voting against cloture, Amnesty for millions of illegal aliens goes down in flames... and that vote will occur in a matter of hours.

       If, on the other hand, they choose not to filibuster, and vote in favor of cloture, a Democrat majority in the Senate will pass Amnesty. It's that simple.

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So Why Won't Republicans Simply Vote Against Cloture?

       Our elected officials have played this duplicitous game far too many times. The sad truth is that some of them actually want Amnesty to pass, but they ALSO desperately need to be on record as voting against it.

       And left to their own devices, some of them will vote to bring the Amnesty bill to the floor, when it only takes 41 votes to kill it; and THEN vote against Amnesty knowing full well that it will pass on a simple majority vote.

       And once Amnesty becomes the law of the land, these same politicians will actually have the nerve to puff their chests and proclaim, "I opposed Amnesty."

       In other words, they want to vote for it, before they vote against it, and we're not about to let them get away with it. They can't have it both ways.

       We must not allow them to believe, for one second, that they can get away with simply offering token opposition to Amnesty when they actually have the power to stop it.

       Time is short. Our elected officials need to hear from you now and we need to make it clear. We want this amnesty bill killed... we want it filibustered... and any vote in opposition of a filibuster is the same as a vote for amnesty.

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And Make No Mistake, This Fraudulent Gang-Of-Eight "Immigration Bill" Is An Amnesty Bill... Plain And Simple.

       You've been hearing a lot of politicians making the rounds on the talk show circuit and attempting to sell you on the bill of goods that the Gang-of-Eight Amnesty bill is NOT Amnesty.

       Don't believe it for one second. National Review reported, "this is an amnesty-first bill, despite protestations to the contrary. Under its provisions, illegals would be made legal almost immediately."

       Senator Jeff Session recently proclaimed: “Like in 2007, this bill is amnesty before enforcement." Appearing with Sessions, Senator David Vitter said: “We’re very concerned that this bill is the same fundamentally flawed model from the past. It’s immediate amnesty with a promise of enforcement."

       Congressman Lamar Smith said: "When you legalize those who are in the country illegally, it costs taxpayers millions of dollars, costs American workers thousands of jobs and encourages more illegal immigration. By granting amnesty, the Senate proposal actually compounds the problem by encouraging more illegal immigration."

       So how do proponents of Amnesty claim their Amnesty bill doesn't grant Amnesty with a straight face? It's a simple deception really. They simply redefined the term "Amnesty."

       A paragraph in an article on the website Policymic.com illustrates the deception: "The term 'amnesty' is a very loaded word; it implies the immediate granting of citizenship to illegal immigrants."

       No... Amnesty doesn't imply "the immediate granting of citizenship" and it NEVER did.

       Amnesty is the granting of legal status to millions of people who broke the law. It has nothing to do with citizenship. Once they are here legally, they are here forever: Amnesty granted for millions and most likely for millions more to come.

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So How About A REAL Plan That Really Reforms Our Broken Immigration System?

       That would be the right thing to do… But Washington continues to transform into a place where politicians, more often than not, can’t help but get it wrong.

       Let's talk about what must be done to actually fix our broken immigration system. It's not difficult.

       First, we must secure the border... PERIOD. We don't need false promises of border security as part of some "comprehensive package" and we don't need any phony "trigger" provisions. We need Washington to enforce our current border security laws… then, if needed, STAND-ALONE legislation that further secures our border... PERIOD... END OF SENTENCE.

       Second, we need to streamline the process for the four million people around the world who are playing by the rules and are seeking to come to the United States LEGALLY.

       Jim DeMint with the Heritage Foundation echoed those sentiments: "You have been playing by the rules your whole life. The four million people waiting years for legal entry into our country have been following the rules too. Now, it seems that liberals favor those who do not abide by our country's laws."

       Echoing DeMint's sentiments, Senator Ted Cruz recently stated: "I think we should all be champions of legal immigrants making the system work and not just welcoming, but celebrating legal immigrants."

       And after mentioning that real reform should not be "held hostage to an issue that is deeply divisive," he went on to say: "We need to improve legal immigration... we need to streamline it... we need to reduce the bureaucracy... the red tape… the waiting periods..." because, "one of the reasons we see illegal immigration at the levels we do is because our legal immigration system is not working effectively."

       And then, only AFTER real reforms are implemented to the satisfaction of the American people, we can then - AND ONLY THEN - discuss what should be done with those who have entered the country illegally and their children. Americans are a compassionate people. We will do the right thing.

       But real reform will NEVER happen as long as Gang-of-Eight politicians in Washington keep trying to fool the American people into allowing them to enact Amnesty for millions of people who have broken our laws.

       Real reform will NEVER happen if we allow politicians to pass a Scamnesty bill... the sooner we kill this fraud, the sooner we can enact real immigration reform.

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