If we can believe those in the know, a deal has now been struck that is said will dramatically increase bipartisan support for this debacle of a bill and therefore increase the odds for U.S. Senate passage in overwhelming fashion. This 'deal', is said to have been arrived at on Wednesday after a group of Republican and Democrat negotiators is said to have come to an agreement on ways to shore up border security. But still, the list of all that is so horribly wrong with this bill remains far longer than the list of the supposed benefits to be gained by its passage. This is all nothing more than smoke and mirrors, an attempt to hoodwink the public until it's too late for us to do anything about it.
So after days of what were described as being some pretty 'intense' negotiations, a small group of senators struck upon that ever illusive compromise, one that was being floated more broadly in an attempt to better gauge exactly its level of support will be generated, or so Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee told reporters. "I think we've overcome the issues that have separated the group in negotiations. I think we're together now," Corker said. Sorry, but as far as I’m concerned, Corker doesn't instill all that much confidence especially since his recent teaming up with Joe Manchin earlier this year in coming up with a requirement for universal background checks for those buying a gun.
It still remains relatively unclear how this new 'deal' might be received by those senators considered to still be undecided regarding this most recent attempt at immigration 'reform'. If they're smart it will make no difference. Because as the saying goes, putting lipstick on a pig doesn't alter the fact that you still have a pig. This entire scheme is designed for no other purpose than to provide an escape clause meant to entice support from those Senators now sitting on the fence in the hopes that the Senate would approve the bill by a large enough margin that would then give it a greater chance of success in the House, which, as you know, is headed up by the very spineless, John Boehner.
A Senate aide who is said to be familiar with the talks said the tentative agreement called for what was referred to as "an unprecedented deployment" of law enforcement personnel at the southwestern border with Mexico and new commitments to strengthen border fences. Right, like that's going to EVER happen under this president. And as the Senate was busy concocting a way to pass this legislation, we had 25 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus who were meeting with that stalwart defender of the Constitution, John Boehner, to discuss prospects for a bill in that chamber. And I'm sure Boehner told them there was absolutely nothing to worry about.
Democrat Ruben Hinojosa of Texas, who chairs the caucus, said Boehner told them "there is a big effort on both sides of the aisle to come to some compromise" on a bipartisan bill that could pass in the Republican-led House. Now, as is usually the case here, I'm quite confident in the fact that we can reliably count on Speaker Boehner to cave on this truly important issue as he usually has no problem with, very enthusiastically, throwing the country under the bus, all in the name of political expediency. Boehner is nothing if not completely worthless as being any kind of an actual leader. And his trusty sidekicks, Cantor and McCarthy really aren't any better.
The Senate bill, in theory, which would bring the biggest change in U.S. immigration policy since 1986, would put 11 million undocumented residents on what called a pathway to citizenship, strengthen border security and update the U.S. visa system. But in fact I think most us realize that the specific purpose of this bill is to do nothing more than to grant amnesty to the 11 million who are currently here and will actually result in a massive influx of over 46 million MORE immigrants by 2033. Who in their right mind seriously thinks that this country will be able to absorb this amount of people? People, by the way, who absolutely refuse to assimilate and to learn English.
Corker indicated that the tentative deal, which he implied could still fall apart, contains additional money, on top of the more than $6 billion already in the bill, for border security operations. And a Republican demand that the Barry's administration achieve a 90 percent success rate in stopping illegal border crossings as a condition for the pathway to citizenship was "not a sticking point anymore," at least according to Corker. Now of course he didn't elaborate, why should he? Which should make us all more than a little leery about what language is actually contained in this 'deal'. Because the Democrats have, for a very long time, pressed hard to prevent such a link.
Frankly, I still fail to understand why it is that the Republicans are expending so much energy in their effort to try to pass what is such a seriously flawed bill. And I'm curious why it is that this bill, in its present form, has to be over 1000 pages and weigh 24 pounds. This is nothing short of pure insanity, and I'm embarrassed to say that if it does come to pass it will be because of one man, Marco Rubio. I find it sad that a man who professes to love this country so much, which why I voted for him, will be one who will have played a crucial role in it being forever altered, and not in a good way. I regret ever voting for this man, and will never do so again!
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