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Steve King: No Legal Status for DREAMers

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07-19-2013, 06:56 PM
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The only relevance this has is that this guy will be the main opposition concerning a Dream provision in the House and should be watched.
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Rep. Steve King, arguably the foremost immigration hawk in the House, isn't open to the idea of providing a pathway to citizenship to the undocumented children of immigrants.

Next week, the House will consider a GOP bill that offers relief for young undocumented immigrants, called DREAMers. The bill is backed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and numerous Republican members have claimed there is a "consensus" to legalize young immigrants brought into the country illegally by their parents.

But King (R-Iowa) isn't among that consensus. He told Univision's Jorge Ramos that such a proposal would violate "the rule of law."

"One of the pillars of American exceptionalism is the rule of law," he said in an interview that will air on "Al Punto" this Sunday. "If we destroy that because the sympathy in our heart for the DREAMers is greater than our love for the rule of law, then we have failed our founding fathers and we have diminished the destiny of this nation."

The Iowa congressman's comments indicate the GOP proposal will encounter resistance from the right. But that's not surprising. Last month, King led an effort to pass an amendment through the House that would defund President Obama's deportation relief program for young undocumented immigrants.

King said he wouldn't be open to considering legalization of any undocumented immigrants until the "rule of law" is restored -- meaning when the border is determined to be secure.

"It isn't my responsibility to solve that problem," he said. "American citizens and legal Americans do not have a moral obligation to solve the problem of the 11 million people that are here unlawfully. That's the condition they willfully stepped into on their own and some of them will make the decision on their own of what to do, many of them, actually."

The most heated moment of the interview, however, came when Ramos confronted King over a 2012 comment, in which the congressman compared how America selects immigrants to the process of picking "a good bird dog."
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Honestly who gives a shit what this old bastard has to say.. He's never gonna be anything more than a representative so who cares.. Let him represent his people and that's it
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It's still surprising that a guy like this can represent the people. He is irrelevant though, he will always oppose anything that will benefit immigrants.
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LOL, I love this guy. I wish I could talk to him because I can never make sense of Republicans who are pro-life, talk about God's creatures, and still make dehumanizing comments about immigrants.
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LOL, I love this guy. I wish I could talk to him because I can never make sense of Republicans who are pro-life, talk about God's creatures, and still make dehumanizing comments about immigrants.
Couldn't of said it better myself
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He isn't exactly being dehumanizing though, is he? Or did I miss him calling for Dreamers to be shot on sight?
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He isn't exactly being dehumanizing though, is he? Or did I miss him calling for Dreamers to be shot on sight?
Did you read the last couple lines? Maybe he's alright in this article but there's plenty more articles where he is much nastier...
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Steve King, Bill Maher's favorite punch line.
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LOL, I love this guy. I wish I could talk to him because I can never make sense of Republicans who are pro-life, talk about God's creatures, and still make dehumanizing comments about immigrants.
That is if you aren't American, white, rich, and conservative.
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The ENTIRE country supports the bill including Conservative groups. The PRESIDENT does. The SENATE does. But it will not get approved because a HANDFUL of old white men don't like IMMIGRANTS personally. This ain't no democracy. Steve King...what a disgrace to the state of New York.
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