No Such Thing as a Republican DREAM Act

Originally Posted by h3wlett

This article is penned by non other than the despicable Tom Tancredo - a hateful excuse for a man who unfortunately has enormous sway amongst the Republican party regarding issues of immigration.

His views on illegal immigration in particular filter down to the dumbest of Americans and come out the other end as mindless "Dey took der jobs!" and "Illegal is illegal" chants.

In this article, Tom Tancredo, thankfully no longer a congressman, states his opposition to Marco Rubio's DREAM Act, and in essence any form of DREAM Act bill, whether it be from Republicans or Democrats.

His reasoning boils down to this:
In other words, his reasoning is like that of so many mindless Republican congressmen and women: The DREAM Act is amnesty; potential beneficiaries can seek no relief in the U.S. for they would be accused of jumping the "line".

All the while he claims
which translates into "you're shit out of luck."

Originally Posted by h3wlett

Thing is, you can't just dismiss his views as being that of an immigrant extremist. In the last DREAM Act vote, only 3 republicans sided with us.

Hence, the prevailing view of republican lawmakers is one that you or I may term "extremist."

This should unequivocably prove that passage of ANY form of DREAM Act is impossible unless done so through executive order or total filibuster proof majorities by the Democrats in both houses of congress.

Such scenarios are NEVER going to happen.

Rubio's bill is purely political pandering. It is an attempt to soften his image in the light of the stupid hispanic and minority electorate and steal votes for his party this November. He has absolutely no intention of seeing his version of the DREAM Act pass. He merely wants to bolster his party's image and gain some credibility on the political stage.

Originally Posted by h3wlett

Thing is, you can't just dismiss his views as being that of an immigrant extremist. In the last DREAM Act vote, only 3 republicans sided with us.

Hence, the prevailing view of republican lawmakers is one that you or I may term "extremist."

This should unequivocably prove that passage of ANY form of DREAM Act is impossible unless done so through executive order or total filibuster proof majorities by the Democrats in both houses of congress.

Such scenarios are NEVER going to happen.

Rubio's bill is purely political pandering. It is an attempt to soften his image in the light of the stupid hispanic and minority electorate and steal votes for his party this November. He has absolutely no intention of seeing his version of the DREAM Act pass. He merely wants to bolster his party's image and gain some credibility on the political stage.

Originally Posted by Alex QA

YUP , thats the problem these politcians ( republicans or democrats) they dont play checkers they play chess, them and their 6 years in the senate 2 in the house they have all the time in the world to position themselves for 2, 3, 4, years into the future, but us, we get fucked the whole way and we're only getting older, i feel by the time the DREAM act or any major immigration legislation passes America won't even be worth living in, just something to think about.