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GOP lawmaker: Undocumented immigrants at State of the Union should be arrested
By LOUIS NELSON
01/30/2018 02:22 PM EST
Updated 01/30/2018 03:34 PM EST
A Republican lawmaker said Tuesday that undocumented immigrants in attendance at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address should be “arrested and deported.”
“Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress," Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) wrote on Twitter. "Any illegal aliens attempting to go through security, under any pretext of invitation or otherwise, should be arrested and deported."
The status of undocumented immigrants, and especially of those brought to the U.S. as children, has become a central issue in recent weeks, with an impasse over their fate prompting a brief government shutdown earlier this month. Democrats have demanded that protections for so-called Dreamers be codified into law, and multiple Democratic lawmakers have invited Dreamers as guests to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the Capitol.
Gosar, an immigration hawk whose Twitter account bears a post reading “no amnesty—period” pinned at the top, said he has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Capitol Police to “consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance.”
He also requested the arrest of any attendee who uses fraudulent identification or a fake social security number as they pass through security.
The statement from Gosar prompted a quick and bipartisan rebuke. AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), said he "clearly does not agree" with Gosar's suggestion. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is bringing a Chicago-area Dreamer as a guest to Tuesday night's speech, wondered online "how many Republican members of the House and Senate will condemn this attempt to punish Dreamers who were brought to this country as kids?"
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), said in an interview Dreamers remain protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Trump ended last year with a sixth-month delay so that Congress could codify protections for them into law. She recommended that Gosar "read the law" and said Democrats have been insistent on tying Dreamers' fate to the appropriations process "because we have questions about people like Gosar understanding the law."
"I'm outraged by the comments from Congressman Gosar. Perhaps he should resign from the Congress and go work for ICE. He may be better suited to that position," she said. "His view certainly expresses the most right-wing view that I can imagine. And on the a day when the president is giving a State of the Union, on a day when we hope to hear about the future of our country and a vision for all people who are fortunate enough to be living in the United States of America, these kinds of comments I find disgusting and outrageous and not suitable for a member of Congress."
Like Durbin, other lawmakers responded on Twitter.
"What's wrong with you?" asked House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) linked to Gosar's tweet and wrote: "The State of our Union is heartless and cruel."
Trump, who spent much of his campaign touting his tough stance on immigration, is expected to address the issue in his Tuesday night address. A White House framework would include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, as well as funding for the border wall Trump promised during the 2016 campaign, an end to the diversity visa lottery program and a dramatic curtailing of family-based immigration practices.
That deal has been met with a chilly reception from both parties on Capitol Hill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said money for a border wall was off the table after the president turned down a last-ditch offer that included such funding. Offering a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is likely to be unpopular with the House’s powerful arch-conservative Freedom Caucus, of which Gosar is a member.
GOP lawmaker: Undocumented immigrants at State of the Union should be arrested
By LOUIS NELSON
01/30/2018 02:22 PM EST
Updated 01/30/2018 03:34 PM EST
A Republican lawmaker said Tuesday that undocumented immigrants in attendance at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address should be “arrested and deported.”
“Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress," Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) wrote on Twitter. "Any illegal aliens attempting to go through security, under any pretext of invitation or otherwise, should be arrested and deported."
The status of undocumented immigrants, and especially of those brought to the U.S. as children, has become a central issue in recent weeks, with an impasse over their fate prompting a brief government shutdown earlier this month. Democrats have demanded that protections for so-called Dreamers be codified into law, and multiple Democratic lawmakers have invited Dreamers as guests to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the Capitol.
Gosar, an immigration hawk whose Twitter account bears a post reading “no amnesty—period” pinned at the top, said he has asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Capitol Police to “consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance.”
He also requested the arrest of any attendee who uses fraudulent identification or a fake social security number as they pass through security.
The statement from Gosar prompted a quick and bipartisan rebuke. AshLee Strong, a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), said he "clearly does not agree" with Gosar's suggestion. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is bringing a Chicago-area Dreamer as a guest to Tuesday night's speech, wondered online "how many Republican members of the House and Senate will condemn this attempt to punish Dreamers who were brought to this country as kids?"
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), said in an interview Dreamers remain protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Trump ended last year with a sixth-month delay so that Congress could codify protections for them into law. She recommended that Gosar "read the law" and said Democrats have been insistent on tying Dreamers' fate to the appropriations process "because we have questions about people like Gosar understanding the law."
"I'm outraged by the comments from Congressman Gosar. Perhaps he should resign from the Congress and go work for ICE. He may be better suited to that position," she said. "His view certainly expresses the most right-wing view that I can imagine. And on the a day when the president is giving a State of the Union, on a day when we hope to hear about the future of our country and a vision for all people who are fortunate enough to be living in the United States of America, these kinds of comments I find disgusting and outrageous and not suitable for a member of Congress."
Like Durbin, other lawmakers responded on Twitter.
"What's wrong with you?" asked House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) linked to Gosar's tweet and wrote: "The State of our Union is heartless and cruel."
Trump, who spent much of his campaign touting his tough stance on immigration, is expected to address the issue in his Tuesday night address. A White House framework would include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, as well as funding for the border wall Trump promised during the 2016 campaign, an end to the diversity visa lottery program and a dramatic curtailing of family-based immigration practices.
That deal has been met with a chilly reception from both parties on Capitol Hill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said money for a border wall was off the table after the president turned down a last-ditch offer that included such funding. Offering a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is likely to be unpopular with the House’s powerful arch-conservative Freedom Caucus, of which Gosar is a member.
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****, who's gonna cut my grass now?
Once they cut off welfare/disability to those who can actually work but don't really feel up to it, there will be some applicants out there.
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Better start looking
GOP lawmaker asks Capitol Police to arrest 'Dreamers' at State of the Union
Today, Congressman Paul Gosar contacted the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking they consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance.
https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status...s://www.democraticunderground.com/10141975236
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Maybe one of the roughly 400,000 Canadians who are still here with expired visas..or one of the 50,000 Irish can....Oh wait..they're white we don't want to throw them out even though they are not going to mow your lawn....probably just collect welfare and smoke meth or stay high on opioids..... you know when they're not raping or murdering...you know how those people are........
I'll take "How hateful and racist are the Trumptards on Steelernation" for 500 Alex.......
So half of Nova Scotia is here illegally?
I like Trump's address. He's very centrist in this speech. Lower drug cost, maternity leave, Second chance for felons. Also love the tax reform. My business makes out on that next year!
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Yeah, he is killing it so far. I don't know how anyone argues with any of this. He looks and sounds like the President right now.
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Agree 100% so far. Still waiting for that 1 idiotic comment that well steal the headlines. Hopefully it doesn't happen
“Americans are dreamers too.” Best line ever
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the first link i get when searching State of the Union
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/melania-trump-state-of-the-union-2018/index.html
melania breaks tradition and arrives with her guest rather than with the President....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/melania-trump-state-of-the-union-2018/index.html
melania breaks tradition and arrives with her guest rather than with the President....
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Dem responses are unhinged and embarrassing. Joe Kennedy would probably be an assistant janitor if his last name was Kane.
Got called out to work. Tried to listen on the radio but couldn't find a station where it was coming in good. Will watch DVR in the morning
Who said we don’t want them gone? Your stupid uneducated ******* ***. That’s who.
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Didn't watch (I'm babysitting a 4 year old for a few days so we watched Trolls). I woke up to the Early Today show on NBC basically mocking the speech and then heralding Joe Kennedy's speech as epic and groundbreaking. I expected no less.
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I thought the SOTU was excellent. The only bad thing I have to say about it is Trump clapping in the microphone. Kind of got annoying. A trivial gripe, to be sure. Beside that though, I thought he hit it out of the park.
Didn't stay up to watch any of the rebuttals. I knew what they would be. No way anyone was gonna go on TV and say "That **** was ****** awesome."
Didn't stay up to watch any of the rebuttals. I knew what they would be. No way anyone was gonna go on TV and say "That **** was ****** awesome."