{"id":19131,"date":"2013-06-09T14:32:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T18:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19131"},"modified":"2013-06-09T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T18:33:25","slug":"some-insight-as-to-what-is-happening-with-the-immigration-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19131","title":{"rendered":"Some Insight As To What Is Happening With The Immigration Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

It does not take a genius to figure out that our current immigration<\/a> system does not work. That is not the question. The question is, “What do we need to do to fix it?” One school of thought seems to make everyone here already legal to some extent and then close the borders at our leisure. The other extreme is to kick everyone who is here illegally out and then sort out the mess that follows. Neither approach will actually work.<\/p>\n

It was hoped that the ‘gang of eight’ in the House of Representatives<\/a> would help find a compromise position that most of us could agree on. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Breitbart.com<\/a> reported that Rep. Raul Labrador<\/a> (R-ID<\/a>) has left the House of Representatives version of the ‘gang of eight’ because of a change in the previously discussed bill. Initially, the House group had decided that illegal immigrants<\/a> should have to pay for their own health care, but as the talks continued, Democrats insisted that illegal aliens have access to government health care.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have tremendous respect for the members of the bipartisan group who have been working with me to fix our broken immigration system,\u201d Labrador said in a statement. \u201cBut after today\u2019s meeting, the framework of the bill has changed in a way that I can no longer support.\u00a0Like most Americans<\/a>, I believe that health care is first and foremost a personal responsibility. While I will no longer be part of the bipartisan \u2018Group<\/a> of Eight\u2019 House negotiators, I will not abandon my efforts to modernize our broken immigration system by securing our borders and creating a workable guest worker program.\u00a0I remain hopeful that the House can pass a bill around these principles and I will keep fighting to make it happen.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also reports that Senator Marco Rubio<\/a> is also looking for a graceful exit from the Senate ‘gang of eight.’ Politically, I think the best outcome of this debate for the President is for nothing to get passed. In looking at what the Democrat party<\/a> is insisting in including and excluding in the legislation, I suspect that President Obama<\/a> may get his wish. If nothing is passed, expect to see immigration as a campaign issue in 2014, with Democrats complaining that the Republicans are causing gridlock. Understand that the Democrats are making sure that there are enough ‘poison pills’ in their immigration proposals to prevent them from being passed. It is truly a shame that we have become so political that very few Congressmen are actually considering the well being of the country.<\/p>\n

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