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While he still considers the Senate bill amnesty, King tells Newsmax, "That doesn't mean there are groups of people in this country that I have sympathy for."
He cites those illegals who were brought to the United States by their parents as young children, for instance.
"Some of them are valedictorians — and their parents brought them in. It wasn't their fault. It's true in some cases, but they aren't all valedictorians. They weren't all brought in by their parents.
"For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds — and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," King tells Newsmax. "Those people would be legalized with the same act."
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/kin...7/18/id/515882
"there's another 100 out there!"
So we have Steve King going Wild Cobra on us.... so then I guess shooting them as they cross the border is appropriate.. the 130 pound'ers...
"There isn't anyone that can fairly characterize me as anti-immigrant,"
this is the "pick your immigrants like you pick good dog" guy. Univision loves this guy. he does wonders for the Repug re-branding, messaging-clarifying strategies.
An awful lot of moderate republicans are as appalled by this guy as most moderates independents and democrats are. But he is an absolute hero to tons of Tea Partiers, and Ted Cruz has been making this guy loud downright reasonable of late.
John Oliver/Daily Show raped this guy last night. Something like 70% of his own district supports comprehensive imm. reform, while about 50% support path to citizenship. Who TF voted for this asshole?
If a demagogue like Cruz or King ever becomes president the corporations that started the tea party would't even be able to control the people they've brainwashed into blaming minorities for their problems
the sheep falling for these smokescreens once again
the real discussion should be the implementation of Biometric Databases in the Immigration Reform:
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.
Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (.pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named “photo tool,” a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver’s license or other state-issued photo ID.
Employers would be obliged to look up every new hire in the database to verify that they match their photo.
This piece of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is aimed at curbing employment of undo ented immigrants. But privacy advocates fear the inevitable mission creep, ending with the proof of self being required at polling places, to rent a house, buy a gun, open a bank account, acquire credit, board a plane or even attend a sporting event or log on the internet. Think of it as a government version of Foursquare, with Big Brother cataloging every check-in.
“It starts to change the relationship between the citizen and state, you do have to get permission to do things,” said Chris Calabrese, a congressional lobbyist with the American Civil Liberties Union. “More fundamentally, it could be the start of keeping a record of all things.”
For now, the legislation allows the database to be used solely for employment purposes. But historically such limitations don’t last. The Social Security card, for example, was created to track your government retirement benefits. Now you need it to purchase health insurance.
“The Social Security number itself, it’s pretty ubiquitous in your life,” Calabrese said.
David Bier, an analyst with the Compe ive Enterprise Ins ute, agrees with the ACLU’s fears.
“The most worrying aspect is that this creates a principle of permission basically to do certain activities and it can be used to restrict activities,” he said. “It’s like a national ID system without the card.”
For the moment, the debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee is focused on the parameters of legalization for unauthorized immigrants, a border fence and legal immigration in the future.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...form-dossiers/
the NO FLY LIST could easily be the NO JOB LIST after this
wake the up.
who gives a if REP this or that called a a
they are about to implement a mandatory channel to allow or disallow employment of every US citizen and the one dictating will be the DHS, NSA and government
Meh... big gubmint already has my biometrics... took em like 5 times as part of the citizenship process...
yeah
let's go back to talk about whatever comes out of King's mouth, cause that will really affect our daily lives
While I share your concern about biometrics and the surveillance state, I couldn't disagree more about your perception about what politicos say.yeah
let's go back to talk about whatever comes out of King's mouth, cause that will really affect our daily lives
You already know your average Univision viewer that can actually vote will hear 1000x more about Rep King's remarks than biometrics...
Still will it matter if the Univision viewers vote the Dem party or the Rep party into power at next election?
not really. not at all. In the end both parties answer to the same master.
Just saying discussing laws that might affect every single american's right to obtain employment might be more important than who's winning the pointless propaganda war.
It's just entertainment, tbh... discussing laws that both parties agree with and will enact is seemingly just as pointless.
I see Rep King's remarks in a humorous way. Your typical politico disconnect with reality. Same goes with Weiner.
The real disconnect is your disconnect with reality that these laws still need to be passed and if passed will affect you and every single american not to mention your children.
Saying the 2 party bull is entertainment thus worthy of discussion and the laws likely being passed as pointless is a huge disconnect on your part.
Yes we would. Very sobering thought, isn't it?If a demagogue like Cruz or King ever becomes president the corporations that started the tea party would't even be able to control the people they've brainwashed into blaming minorities for their problems
Not really tbh. That's how history has always worked. A bunch of poor angry people people in the nation's majority race/religion taking out there economic frustrations on minority groups the rich have successfully scapegoated as the problem. Gone on like that for centuries tbh.
I want it to happen because all the tea baggers warning us that they're, "Gonna march on DC!" would have to ride their rascal scooters all the way from Mississippi to DC which would be hilarious too watch. Then they'd get back and end up using all their stockpiled ammo on themselves after realizing they forgot to TiVo Honey Boo Boo while they were in DC.
I'm fully aware these laws will pass and neither you or I can do jack about it *because* of the 2 party bull .
And I never said such laws are not worth discussing. Just start a thread and get the conversation going.
We discuss all sorts of here, from the Fed to soda taxes. I'm simply not moved by your self-appointment as the arbiter of what's worth discussing or not.
I just don't think they're electable, tbh... As a matter of fact, I think they're completely destroying the party right now.If a demagogue like Cruz or King ever becomes president the corporations that started the tea party would't even be able to control the people they've brainwashed into blaming minorities for their problems
Don't you know attacking the rich is socialist communist facist naziocrastic. It's also racist
as I'm not moved by your self-appointment as the arbiter of what's entertaining in politics or what's not
Ah yes mouse defend those corporate overlords paying you $12 an hour
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