Marco Rubio’s Immigration Scam: “You
Dumb Gringos”
Written by Gary North on June 20, 2013
My old friend M. Stanton Evans has written a report on the immigration
bill. What he discusses is not being covered by the media. I have decided
to share this with my readers.
He recognizes what this really is: a $50 million slush fund for
La Raza.
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On first appraisal, the amnesty/immigration bill before the Senate looks
pretty bad. On a more careful comb-through, clause by clause, it looks
much worse – like a complete disaster. It also looks like a massive
venture in deception.
Consider the oft-repeated claim that, under the bill, 11 million plus
illegal immigrants now in the U.S. won’t get legal status unless and
until the border with Mexico is secure. This claim has been incessantly
made by backers of the measure who call it “tough, conservative”
legislation.
Thus a former official in the second Bush administration flatly tells us,
“the bill’s path to citizenship doesn’t open until the border is
secured.” The same claim is made in radio/TV ads in conservative media
markets, featuring one-time tea party favorite, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio,
the main Republican spokesman for the bill.
These commercials are funded by a Silicon Valley group calling itself
“Americans for a Conservative Direction,” though conservatism isn’t
evident otherwise in Silicon Valley political projects, which tilt
heavily to Obama. One radio spot says of the bill’s approach, “it all
begins with border security,” while a TV commercial featuring Rubio
states, beneath his picture, “establish border security first.” Similar
claims have been made innumerable times in the run-up to Senate
voting.
That these statements are completely false can be seen by anyone who
bothers to read the legislation. In fact, all the bill requires is that
the Secretary of Homeland Security submit a “strategy” for securing the
border, then certify that steps to implement this are “commencing.” These
paper pledges would trigger the processing of applications for
“provisional immigrant” status that would in essence legalize
illegals.
The bogus nature of this “conservative” ad campaign was on full display
last week in two rather startling developments involving Rubio in person.
On June 13, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) submitted an amendment to the
bill saying the border must be demonstrably secure before the
legalization of illegals can happen. This was summarily rejected by a
vote of 57-to-43, refusing to put into the bill the very thing its
backers say is in it.
Interestingly, only five Republican senators voted against the Grassley
effort to toughen the legislation – and one of these five was none other
than Rubio himself. Thus the main spokesman telling us the bill is an
exercise in “toughness” voted to make sure it wasn’t.
And, just to make things crystal clear, Rubio on the previous Sunday gave
an interview to Spanish-language television, saying the exact reverse of
what is said by the “conservative” commercials in which he’s featured.
Contrary to the claim that “it all starts with border security,” Rubio
explicitly said, “first comes legalization. Then come the measures to
secure the border.”
(In fact, Rubio has made comments to this effect before, but these had
not been loud and clear enough to break through the bogus rhetoric of
“toughness.”)
Quite apart from Rubio‘s bilingual double talk, the bill itself says in
so many words that a lack of border security is expected by its sponsors,
since provision is made for that very outcome. The legislation says that
if, five years out, the border is not secure, a special commission will
be set up to look into the matter (a commission that, on the language of
the bill, would be toothless).
Also, even if border security could somehow be established, that wouldn’t
remedy the countless defects of the legislation. It is shot through with
provisos that would swell the number of aliens on a “path to citizenship”
to three or four times the 11 million illegals now in the country (if
that is in fact the true number). Most obvious of these are “chain
immigration” aspects that will bring in and legalize the spouses and
children of illegals, but there are many others of like nature.
One such is a “blue card” (temporary, eight-year) work visa, which might
not be a problem in itself, but links to other features. Once here, these
workers could qualify for “provisional” immigrant status, just like the
illegals, and thus get on the citizenship pathway also. Further, if a
future illegal gets apprehended, he can escape removal by requesting
“blue card” status for up to two and a half years after the rule is
final. Thus, presto-chango, future illegals would be made legal.
The bill is otherwise riddled with clauses that would help illegals avoid
removal, get into the country to begin with, seek “provisional” status,
apply for naturalization, ask stays of judgment, and game the system in
general. One of the words appearing most often in the bill is “waiver,”
closely followed by “appeals” “stays,” “reviews” and “exceptions” : A
thicket of legalisms that could and undoubtedly would be used to thwart
enforcement.
It’s of course unlikely that a Spanish-speaking immigrant who walks
across the border from Mexico would know anything of these legal
complexities, but the drafters have foreseen that problem also. The bill
sets up a fund, amounting to $50 million (with more money to be added as
needed), to represent illegals in every phase of the process – seeking
provisional immigration status, filing appeals, blocking efforts at
deportation, obtaining naturalization, and so on.
And who might be the people funded by this $50 million? They will be –
surprise – non-profit “immigrant-serving” organizations “whose staff has
demonstrated qualifications, experience and expertise in providing
quality services to immigrants.” In short, the money is a slush fund for
La Raza, the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund and similar outfits
whose stock in trade is fighting against immigration laws, and gaming the
immigration system (and who probably wrote the legislation to begin
with).
So much for “tough, conservative” law-making – and so much for Marco
Rubio as a conservative leader on this (or any other) issue.
http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/06/20/marco-rubios-immigration-scam-you-dumb-gringos/#ixzz2WlRxy2EP
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