House Republicans Booed As They Vote To Deport DREAMers
 

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration..._source=feedly

To a chorus of boos from the gallery, House Republicans voted 224-201 on Thursday to approve an amendment that defunds the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The amendment, from Rep. Steve King (R-IA), undercuts the flexibility that allows the Department of Homeland Security to halt deporting DREAMers and instead focus on people convicted of crimes.
After the vote, the House Hispanic Caucus tweeted,”House Republicans just voted to treat DREAMers and undocumented spouses of servicemembers in the same way as violent criminals.” Only six Republicans voted against the measure.
As King’s amendment passed, the House gallery erupted in boos. Watch it:

King, a virulently anti-immigrant congressman, has already announced his intention to undermine any immigration reform effort. When Republicans last held a vote on a similar King amendment, it passed 238-175, with four Republicans voting against it.
But this time, the vote occurred at exactly the same time the House means to march forward on an immigration reform bill that would give DREAMers permanent legal status. The House Gang of Eight may have finally reached a tentative deal for a 15-year path to citizenship, after months of fractured negotiations on a bill. One indication of where the House stands on immigration is House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) vote today. Cantor voted yes on King’s amendment, even though he announced support for the DREAM Act (in theory) in February.

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So sad.

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...smh

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:) DId they approved?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...p_ref=politics

im pretty sure obama will veto right ?

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He won't have to. This won't even get through the Senate.

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so since this was a "house" bill , it first was voted by them next up the senate ?

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Well it goes to show that CIR isn't getting anywhere in house.

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I thought that in the house you have to have 2 third of votes to anything with it. That is only 53% you have to have 66%.

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It looks like the Republicans just deported themselves from the White House. Forever...
Steve King, what a heartless piece of shit...

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in some way this is good, theyre shooting themselves in the foot. it's not going to pass anyways

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This is ridiculous....

The House Republicans know it can't pass...
The Senate Democrats would never let it pass....
The media reports as if it had passed already....

What a waste of time for everyone.

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didnt they take a vote on it already

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Unfortunately it also shows that it will be incredibly difficult for any type of immigration reform to pass the house. What saddens me is the fact that I believed that at least Dream Act was gaining momentum and people were warming up to Dreamers.

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House Republicans have been doing this type of stuff a lot lately -especially with the Obamacare stuff. They've lost so they want to grandstand and have talking points.

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In that you are right, they don't like Obamacare but for some reason they care so much about it to not give it to immigrants. I just worry that their interests in having Obama fail are greater than reforming the status quo.

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Scary...

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Through? Hah, much less to.

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White House responds:

"These are productive members of society who were brought here as young children, grew up in our communities, and became American in every way but on paper. This amendment, sponsored by Representative Steve King, runs contrary to our most deeply-held values as Americans. It asks law enforcement to treat these Dreamers the same way as they would violent criminals. It’s wrong. It’s not who we are. And it will not become law."

http://i.imgur.com/bN8hzI8.jpg

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We can all agree CIR is done, so what do we do now? Another 4 years until the next push for CIR?

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how is cir done ? chillax , do you not have hope ? , this bill will die in the senate , the fights still there as for cir , we must keep fighting

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I understand but the house said they are not supporting the bill at all so that doesnt sound promising.

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Yeah they say that but all they need is a little pressure

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we shall rise , marches calls etc instead of being online here everyday

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Let's hope, any ideas on how to help? Does calling senators really help?

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It help passing a bill here in Oregon about giving licenses and instate tution.


We need to be persistent

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What can I do?

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i guess we can call our congress representatives since they are who will be voting on it next

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Good thing this has no chance of passing the senate. Obama could still veto anyways, so its all for political show.

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House is 15
Senate is 10

This means mean half way to 12.5 years?