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Ianus 07-11-2013 06:21 PM
GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...nship/2510021/
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WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., has long said that the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants should never get a "special" pathway to citizenship. But for the first time, he is saying they could get some path.

Goodlatte, who holds considerable influence over the immigration debate as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said during an interview taped Thursday for C-SPAN's Newsmakers that he could see a plan where adult undocumented immigrants are given a temporary legal status, and could later apply for green cards and U.S. citizenship.

"To create a new category for people who came in here illegally does not sit well with a great many Americans," Goodlatte said. But, "I and other members are open-minded to the idea that they should have a way to come out of the shadows, to be able to work, to have their own businesses, to pay their taxes, to travel back and forth to their home country and elsewhere."

After attaining that status, Goodlatte said they could then apply for legal permanent residence and eventually U.S. citizenship through avenues that are already available to foreigners: marrying a U.S. citizen, having a U.S. citizen relative petition for them or having a U.S. employer sponsor their application.

"All of those are ways that they could then eventually find themselves permanent residents and ultimately citizens," Goodlatte said. "But none of those are special ways that have been made available only to people who are here illegally."

Figuring out what to do with the nation's unauthorized immigrants is one of the most contentious issues in the immigration debate and could sink any hopes of a rewrite of the nation's immigration laws.

The Senate passed a bill last month that allows the nation's undocumented immigrants to be placed in a temporary legal status where they can live and work legally, and then apply for their green cards 10 years later and U.S. citizenship three years after that.

House Republicans have resisted that plan, with some like Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, calling it "amnesty" for people who've broken the law and others, like Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., proposing a middle ground where people can get "long-term" guest worker visas, but not citizenship.

Democrats have fought back, saying any bill that doesn't allow the nation's undocumented immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens will not be accepted. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said such a bill would not pass the Senate, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said those proposals would receive no Democratic support.

Goodlatte is also embracing an idea to provide a quicker path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, known as DREAMers after a failed bill in Congress designed to help them. He is working with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., on a bill aimed at that population, and said his committee will hold a hearing on it before the end of the month.

The interview will air Sunday on C-SPAN and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

freshh. 07-11-2013 06:32 PM
Re: GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
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After attaining that status, Goodlatte said they could then apply for legal permanent residence and eventually U.S. citizenship through avenues that are already available to foreigners: marrying a U.S. citizen, having a U.S. citizen relative petition for them or having a U.S. employer sponsor their application.
Why am I not surprised?

All of this is a tactic to decrease the number of eligible voters in the future. They're convinced that there are not enough potential CIR beneficiaries with ties to the country to become citizens through existing channels...after all aren't they eliminating certain family categories? And changing the employment rules?

And if this is what comes out of conference, the Democrats either kill it and look like they were never serious about CIR or just take what the Republicans are offering.

I guess it could be worse. :|

VeryNicePerson1 07-11-2013 07:27 PM
Re: GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
The Dream Act they're cooking up is looking to be strict as hell.

They are emphasizing that it will probably only apply to very young individuals (not young adults)

So expect no more than maybe 15 or 16 years old age cap at the time of the bills passage.

Dreamer X 07-11-2013 11:05 PM
Re: GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
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Originally Posted by VeryNicePerson1 (Post 496969)
The Dream Act they're cooking up is looking to be strict as hell.

They are emphasizing that it will probably only apply to very young individuals (not young adults)

So expect no more than maybe 15 or 16 years old age cap at the time of the bills passage.
Yeah and you probably need some weird requirement like wearing an ankle bracelet and drug testing. -_- If it's going to be watered down as f*ck might as not do anything and wait til the 2014 elections where the some of the stupid repubs would be gone.

DA User 07-11-2013 11:29 PM
Re: GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
I think House should pass something. I think I would be happy with an indirect path to USC.

dtrt09 07-11-2013 11:46 PM
Re: GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path
 
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Originally Posted by Dreamer X (Post 497027)
Yeah and you probably need some weird requirement like wearing an ankle bracelet and drug testing. -_- If it's going to be watered down as f*ck might as not do anything and wait til the 2014 elections where the some of the stupid repubs would be gone.
Nooooo, see that's what both Repubs and Dems want; to use us for THEIR political gain. This issue needs to be off the table this year. We will gain by waiting exactly what we've gained now...nothing. Time is of essence because it means the opportunity is currently present, can you imagine the Dems saying "well, we have a weak candidate for Pres, so we'll just wait four years until a really good one comes along for whom we can advocate. Of course not.

I swear, this is exactly what the "non-profit" machines who receive political support from the White House and $$$$ at the expense of 'advocating for immigrants' are salivating for, salivating at the thought of having two more years of raking in donations to "push for CIR". I'm sorry, who exactly has been making noise out there for us since the Senate passed the bill? *Silence*. Even Univision would be expected to be flaming the Republican House, but I watched it this p.m., just to check, and not really showing much outrage at all. These people keep getting elected and these organizations keep getting millions and millions and everything stays the same. THEY have a vested interest in CIR not passing - the Dems have to defend 20 Senate seats come 2014 and if CIR passes, well...what exactly do they campaign on?? Failed gun control? Failed environmental regulation? National spying scandals? IRS scandal? We have Senate Dem retirements coming soon, too. Anyone else see a pattern?


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