House Republicans Vote To Defund Obama Immigration Efforts
Source: Huffington Post
House Republicans Vote To Defund Obama Immigration Efforts
Posted: 06/08/2012 12:25 pm Updated: 06/08/2012 12:30 pm
WASHINGTON -- The House voted on Thursday to kill nearly every action by the Obama administration to reform the immigration enforcement system, approving amendments that would separate U.S. citizens from their undocumented spouses and end prioritization of deporting dangerous unauthorized immigrants.
"The administration is now saying, 'I don't like the laws, I won't enforce them,'" Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) said in support of an amendment proposed by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). "It would be equitable to an officer saying, 'I'm not going to enforce any drug laws, because I want to wait -- I may see a bank robber.'"
That amendment, and the 11 others offered and adopted by the GOP, stripped funding from government programs meant to make the immigration process, and treatment of immigrants, more humane and targeted toward the most dangerous. Many of the adopted measures transferred funding to border security, even though Customs and Border Protection would receive a $208 million increase in funding under Obama's proposed fiscal year 2013 budget.
Republicans have generally opposed every action by the Obama administration on immigration, even though deportations increased to record levels under his watch.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/house-republicans-immigration-defund-obama_n_1581052.html
what a bunch of dicks, I tell ya....
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Would make a video of all the Things the Republicans "killed" that Obama put forth. Maybe this country needs to be reminded who is doing the actual damage to this country.
barbtries
(28,824 posts)i am baffled why more people cannot see that.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)They say Obama does not do anything to control the borders but we see who stops efforts to get this matter under control. How many do you think uses illegal workers instead of paying a decent wage to American citizens. Why do the illegals come here, because they are hired.
PossumSqueezins
(184 posts)Or those poor Republicans would have to hold their breath.
Turbineguy
(37,423 posts)Let them hold their breath until they turn blue.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)cutting off the noses of the American people to spite the POTUS
asjr
(10,479 posts)of these rats newspapers and write them and call the rats out by name and inform their constituents how their reps are betraying them. They are working only for themselves.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Can we retire the Tea Party cohort in November?
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)foolish Republican action will really make them feel defenseless. No help from the Fed and after they all testified that they really needed the help.
NinetyNinePercenter
(7 posts)All of them.
BumRushDaShow
(130,125 posts)Turbineguy
(37,423 posts)are finding it difficult to get gardeners and maids?
Ian David
(69,059 posts)... until we don't have enough money left to deport bank robbers and murders.
Brilliant idea, Rethuglicans.
Harriety
(298 posts)I'm so sick of these assholes!
Volaris
(10,281 posts)THEY are the ones who really bitched that something needed to be done.
Its not they don't like what the Pres. is DOING, they're pissed that he is doing WHAT THEY WANTED DONE, and getting at least some of the credit for it.
And we can't have any of that, nosiree.
Hateful fuckers; they must think the whole country is full of morans.