Steve King Snubbed For Immigration Subcomittee

Not that it would help us, but LMAO at King.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_806001.html

The headline made me happy but reading the article made no difference... I had hoped they would get a moderate for this position.

American incarnation of the Nazi Party. Comparing people to livestock- why am I not surprised.
Which one of these fools will grow the mustache first? Boehner would look great with such a mustache, add to it his temper...

["B]Instead, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) selected Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), another immigration hawk with a slightly lower media profile.[/B"]

The same agenda and intent.

So we're livestock Mr. King? Machiavelli told me you better watch your mouth.....

Elton Gallegly is a recognized leader in the fight against illegal immigration. He has been named one of the “Top Ten Anti-Illegal Immigrant Hawks” in Congress and was named to the U.S. Border Control Hall of Fame.

He has used his position on the powerful Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law to successfully derail attempts to grant amnesty to those who are in this country illegally, improve interior enforcement, streamline deportation procedures, and prevent illegal immigrants from taking advantage of taxpayer benefits.

Immigration is not just an economic issue; it is a public safety and national security issue.

Elton’s commitment to eliminating illegal immigration led the then-Speaker of the House to appoint Elton to Chair the Task Force on Immigration Reform in 1995. Elton’s task force released a more than 200-page report containing more than 80 specific recommendations. More than 60% of the recommendations were signed into law the following year.One of those recommendations has evolved into E-Verify. E-Verify is an easy-to-use, accurate, computer-based, employee verification system that ensures people have a legal right to work in the United States. It’s free to employers.

Most illegal immigrants come here for jobs. The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent 11 million letters to employees whose Social Security numbers don’t match their names, so we know least 11 million illegal immigrants have jobs.

While some of discrepancies can be explained, most represent an illegal worker. And that 11 million doesn’t account for the underground cash economy.

In July, 14.6 million Americans were unemployed. It doesn’t take a mathematician to see how taking a minimum of 11 million illegal immigrants off employment rolls would increase jobs for Americans. In addition, if we take away the jobs and other incentives that invite people to break our immigration laws, most will leave of their own accord.

Currently, E-Verify is voluntary, although several states have made it mandatory. Elton is working with his congressional colleagues to make it mandatory nationally.

Identifying and deporting criminal illegal immigrants is also a top priority. Elton authored the law that established jail screening programs that enable immigration officials to identify and detain criminal immigrants before they are released on bail. The program is now in place in virtually all federal and state prisons and many local jails, including the jails in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

As a senior member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Gallegly wrote several provisions of the 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act. Those that specifically addressed the security aspects of illegal immigration include the expansion of pre-inspection efforts at foreign airports, increasing penalties for identification fraud and for false claims of citizenship, and speeding up the full implementation of an automated entry and exit data system at U.S. ports of entry. Elton Gallegly's work has helped move the debate in our nation’s capital, and he continues to be a strong and forceful voice for immigration reform that strengthens our borders though worksite enforcement and elimination of benefits and which prohibits amnesty for illegal immigrants.
http://www.gallegly.com/elton-galleg...mmigration.php

This lovely and kind individual got what he wanted signed into law by another useless Democratic president , Clinton, whose only interest was keeping businesses happy. I've read several opinion pieces from immigration lawyers that the push to make e-verify mandatory asap is underway in the House. There's a consensus that a newer Republican version of DREAM -more restrictive and with an even lower pool of qualifying people than the piece of @*#$ introduced in December- will be allowed to ride as a way to insure against a presidential veto by Obama. But I don't have any confidence in Obama. The key to any immigration reform in our favor is to take a page from their book and pass laws that can be expanded and evolved to address the issue, just like they did with IIRIRA in 1996. I think the best example of this is the version of CIR that was recently introduced in Utah. Utah! Of all places. Ha. If it passes and grants immigration status to state residents, I want to know how the right-wingers that finaced the AZ bill and its defense in the circuit court will argue against this 'state' rights issue.