Bob Goodlatte: Dreamers Should Not Get A Path To Citizenship

https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/20...tml?1377029217Lol,The Kids Act is not gonna get through the House if these are the details concerning such a bill.You're not gonna get enough House Democrats to go along with such a plan.

Dreamers cannot join the military[due to security clearance] or attend certain college programs without US residency of sorts.

"Good" "latte" i wonder whats good in that "latte". gottta be some strong shit thats messing up his ability to think straight. he needs some dreamers in his doorstep with cantaloupe calves to balance his judgement. our shit aint that strong.

This guy is just simpleminded and very moronic.

If all other laws stay the same, it's damn near impossible to get a work sponsorship now days given the numbers, even if Dreamers get a college degree like they're supposed to under the original Dream Act.

Still, I'd take it if it would apply to my age which it won't. If this thing does pass which it won't, it would be fun to watch you guys apply for it and complain about it though.

2016: R.i.p gop

The key issue isn't about getting citizenship. It's about getting a secure legal status. The permanent right to adobe and work are the key issues.

i wanna join military plzzz thats all i want.

Man PHUK all these Republicans. They still don't have a "consensus"?? How effin stupid is this? What a way of killing immigration reform...without even touching it! P*ssies. I'm going to say this again. The ENTIRE country wants it. The PRES wants it. The SENATE wants it. BIG BUSINESS wants it. ECONOMISTS and LAWYERS want it...but about 5-10 old white bastard congressmen don't want it and they most likely will have their way. Sad..If CIR fails, there will be tears of blood.

These GOP guys need to come out of the closet if not they'll be outed! Truth is they don't want to do anything about immigration besides more enforcement and as Gov Romney would describe it make it so hard people have no choice but to "self deport." Their GOP colleagues in the senate started discussing this issue after the elections last year and got it done in about 8 months. They on the other hand have been having "discussions" for apparently over 4 years and STILL DO NOT HAVE A CONSENSUS???
Whats amazing about these geniuses is they are allowing the "Small America" politicians from Alabama, Kansas, etc... dictate the path of their party on a NATIONAL issue. What are your reps from the big cities in Texas, California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona saying? Ok so California is not a battle ground state but you get my point. These numb-nuts are working on pushing their party farther into irrelevance. No one gives a you know what about the "Hastert Rule!" Funny how they keep saying the the senate bill wont pass in the house. If that is really true why don't you put it up for vote and lets see what happens. I'd like to see your GOP friends from Texas, Florida and Nevada vote against it. There is almost no reasoning with these "elected" officials from the GOP.

Republicans need to rethink their logic because to me it seems that passing a bill that doesn't include a pathway to a green card is going to give them the most grief from both sides.

Here are their options:

Do nothing on immigration. The hardcore Teapublicans, angry old white guys, and xenophobes will like it which may help extend their inevitable extinction for another election cycle or two locally. On the other hand, this will ensure they will not get any immigrant votes nationally for not only the next few election cycles, but anger us enough to where when we do become citizens, we won't ever forget what they did and no matter what else they bring to the table, we remember they wanted to destroy our lives and won't vote for them under any circumstances. Moderate Republicans realize this.

Pass the Senate Bill or something close to it with a pathway to citizenshipHardcore Republicans, angry old white guys, teabaggers, etc. will bitch and cry and vow to go start their own party and oust any Republican who voted for it. They may lose a few people in the south. On the other hand, from this point on, immigration is no longer an issue that the Democrats have the higher moral ground on and most immigrants who are citizens will vote on other issues. Sure, some of us will take longer to warm up to them, but by the time we're citizens, in 10 years or whatever, it's all water under the bridge. In my opinion, this is the best option for all involved.

Try a half-assed piece meal approach without a pathway to citizenship Hardcore Republicans, Teabaggers, angry old white men will still hate it and call it amnesty so they lose any short term gains. They also will lose much long term gain because immigrant communities realize this won't fix the situation fully so they'll continue to vote Democrat nationally so in an election cycle or two, with a full House and Senate, a much softer immigration bill will pass to provide the pathway to citizenship. This option still favors Democrats slightly.