GOP immigration chief open to citizenship path

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...nship/2510021/

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.

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.

I think House should pass something. I think I would be happy with an indirect path to USC.

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?