Amnesty-Addicted Graham Up to His Old Tricks with Gang of Eight Pal Durbin

Guest Post by Joe Guzzardi

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is back to his commitment for more immigration and amnesty for whatever number of illegal immigrants are unlawfully present. The estimated illegal alien population ranges from 11 to 30 million. Graham has teamed up with one of the most hardcore amnesty proponents and his one-time ally, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), on prior S. 744 legislation, dubbed the Gang of Eight bill.

The media, as is its practice, refers to the Graham-Durbin alliance as evidence of bipartisanship. In fact, while the two senators represent different political parties, they’re two peas in a pod when amnesty is the end game.

Graham and Durbin recently met with Jared Kushner, senior White House advisor, amnesty supporter and son-in-law to President Trump. The private meeting among the three covered a variety of immigration-related topics, including how to expedite citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA became the DREAM Act that had essentially the same citizenship goal. But in response to intense and unwavering public opposition, Congress has consistently rejected various DREAM Act versions since Durbin first introduced it in 2001. But recently, the never-say-die House Democrats passed the “Dream and Promise Act of 2019,” the party’s latest effort to provide certain young aliens with citizenship.

Durbin and Graham have similar immigration voting records. During his 35-year congressional career, Durbin has consistently voted in favor of more employment-based visas for foreign nationals, and against more effective border security, against ending chain migration, and against tighter scrutiny over refugee and asylee fraud. Graham also has refused to act to end chain migration, and has routinely over his more than 25-year career in Congress voted to expand visas for overseas guest workers.

Recently, a new bad actor has surfaced to get on board with Graham. Acting Department of Homeland Security Director Kevin McAleenan, an Obama administration holdover whose immigration vision is similar to then-DHS secretary Janet Napolitano, agreed with Graham during a Judiciary Committee hearing that if the Gang of Eight bill had passed, the border would be secure, and the Central American surge would never have happened. Baiting McAleenan, Graham asked if the promised additional border agents included as part of the failed 2013 bill wouldn’t have resulted in greater security. McAleenan readily concurred.

But both Graham and McAleenan have selective memories. As with previous amnesties, the Gang of Eight legislation would only have provided security years after aliens were put on a permanent residency path– if then. Security was the last-minute carrot dangled in front of skeptical Republican senators in order to get their vote.

Moreover, Graham and McAleenan have conveniently forgotten about the Congressional Budget Office’s findings regarding S. 744. The CBO estimated that 75 percent of illegal immigration would continue under S. 744. And that, the CBO continued, should the bill pass, by 2023, 4.8 million new illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children would be unlawfully present. CBO further estimated that approximately 3 million illegal aliens present in 2013 would not opt for legalization. The illegal alien population therefore would have remained at or about the same 11 million as when Graham and his gang partners first drew up S. 744.

The Gang of Eight bill, about which Graham and McAleenan waxed poetic, would have been a disaster for U.S. workers. Over its first decade and exclusive of temporary workers, S. 744 would have allowed in 33 million new workers that would have received lifetime valid employment authorizations.

Graham’s awful pro-alien, anti-American worker history is bad enough. But an alliance among Graham, Durbin, McAleenan and Kushner spells trouble for U.S. workers who yearn for a cohesive immigration policy that benefits citizens and existing legal permanent residents.

Another uphill battle against amnesty and a boatload of work permits for foreign nationals awaits Americans who want immigration to work for, and not against, them.

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BSHJ
BSHJ

We are so screwed…..and here I was keeping my eyes open for some “Storm” to change our course

Iconoclast421

That bill is eventually going to be passed. It might only happen after Trump is gone, but it’s going to happen. And it might even have free healthcare and free housing attached to the bill. Cuz why not. The american sheeple have already demonstrated that they’re willing to bend over and take it.

VOTE HARDER
VOTE HARDER

As if Trump is not in on it too, huh?

VOTE HARDER
VOTE HARDER

This same message has been shouted from the mountaintop on TBP several months ago and was rejected at that time. And don’t you forever Trumpers think that Trump himself is not just as complicit in this scam. After the president of Mexico rejected paying for a wall, Trump asked Congress to do so. Curiously, he did not ask for the wall payment during the first two years of his presidency — when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress — but waited until the Democrats, who largely oppose the wall, were in control of the House. All by Trump’s design.

You’ve been Punked and Trumped!
Please continue to vote your way out of tyranny. The tyrants will always listen to the voices of the slaves.

VOTE HARDER
VOTE HARDER

FLASHBACK!!

Spoiler

nkit
nkit

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It is being reported that another 35,000 Africans are on their way to the U.S. via South America. Moving through the Darien Gap, crossing into Panama from Columbia they move towards the U.S. admittedly seeking out sanctuary cities, benefits, and a better life – none of which qualify as legitimate reasons for asylum.
There will even larger numbers behind them as the U.S. becomes the world’s dumping ground for savages, criminals, America haters and other 3rd world scum.
These people should be confronted at the border by the U.S. military and turned around using force as necessary.

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/report-35000-more-africans-on-way-to-us-via-south-america/

Ginger
Ginger

If I was a black african (or jamacian, cubian, brazilian and so forth) I’d be coming with all haste, get in line for those reparatiions because they are coming.
2020 is going to be a real life shitshow.

22winmag - The South was Right!
22winmag - The South was Right!

What about the Keating 5?

At least shit-stained McCain was only trying to drain people’s life savings and get away with it.

These fuckers are trying to open the immigration sewage valves all the way.

The only borders that will ever close will be state, city, neighborhood, street, and home (castle) if the shit hit the fan, so oil your guns and be VIGILANT.

Anonymous
Anonymous

It’s become painfully obvious, that in power circles and battles, that the art of compromise has become infested with the skullduggery of blackmail.

Just what does Dickeyboy Durbin have on you, Miss Lindsay?
Did he take away your balls?

Either that, or Graham really sucks at chess.

GoneWest
GoneWest

Graham is owned by the same people who own Durbin…the people who benefit from illegal immigration, mainly big ag businesses, labor-intensive businesses, etc.

The best representation money can buy!

Anonymous
Anonymous

I want to know since my entire adult life I have worked , paid my taxes and obeyed the laws of my country and state so could I get amnesty if I write a couple MILLON in bad checks and be rewarded by keeping the money ?
My government destroyed the buying power and interest of my life savings and allowed 2 different pension agreements to evaporate in bankruptcy while turning a blind eye to the numbers of illegal invaders supported by my tax money !
No ! I thought so well the final defiant act “FUCK YOU”
Anybody that wants to allow anyone to be allowed to continue taking advantage of my country by residing here illegally or make them legal with a slight wave of an arm and a pen and a cell phone needs to be tarred and feathered and what the hell have their tongue cut out so we won’t have to listen to them insult American citizens especially the ones that worked to come here legally like my grandfather on one side and great grandfather on the other both became citizens and served in the military started businesses and educated their children to have a better start , something you assholes are stealing from my children ! Again “FUCK YOU”

Brian Reilly
Brian Reilly

Sen Graham is a useless piece of shit. He is not qualified to sit at the Big Deep State Table, but he hopes and prays that someday, just maybe, Soros and the Koch Bros. will let him wash their socks.

Overthecliff
Overthecliff

That is not what he is hoping they let him do.

VOTE HARDER
VOTE HARDER

VOTE HARDER COCKSUCKERS!!
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Iska Waran
Iska Waran

Hey wait – Kushner just brought about peace in the Middle East, so maybe he can work a miracle here, too. And by “peace in the Middle East” I mean an offer of $50B to the Palestinians to give up any hope of gaining any territory or their own state – to which they promptly replied “fuck you”.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Trump says we need more workers – I guess we know how this BS will end. He’ll act like he is holding his nose and still sign the new bill into law, called “immigration reform.” Just like he has done with the last three spending bills.

FEED THE SWAMP and hire more obama hold-overs! Now how long will it take for trump supporters to realize this guy is not their friend??

This asshole, (orange man) just endorsed Thom Tillis – NC Senator – an open borders, bought-and-paid for chamber of commerce lackey… and a never trumper. Trump says Roy Moore cannot win in AL. We cannot even get trumpy to put conservative people into Congress – so what do you expect?

Trumpy also pals around with Mr. Grahamnesty – who I can never understand how he always gets re-elected – no one in SC that I know likes the open-borders, homosecxual, neo-con weasel.

Trump has not put one, single conservative in any cabinet-level position – how can you ‘fix’ these issues when you retain the swamp creatures to “drain the swamp”?

Have you seen one serious attempt to indict the clinton foundation, Hillary for her treasonist breach of US National security, Holder’s Gun-running fast & furious, Clapper/Brennan national security leaks and Barry’s 23 scandals as reported on TBP several years ago – actually it up to 32 with Election Meddling.

There is no two party system here! There is only the “swamp”, AKA. The Establishment”. We are screwed! This was our last best chance to try and take back our country, but Trump is just running out the clock. The fighting and friction between the “two parties” is Kabuki theatre – just like the fights on obamacare – and when republicans did get the majority and presidency, they could not pass a repeal – what does that tell you?? Remember: The Gang of 8 had FOUR REPUBLICANS in it.

Dave
Dave

The answer is simple Lindsey Graham is a ‘Deep Stater’ par excellance. He was, after all, John McInsane’s shadow for so many years. In the event that no one noticed do you hear Lindsey pushing for an investigation of the real Russian collusion that occurred? Do you hear him supporting and cheering on Bob Barr? It is the intention of the’deep state’ to wreck America as a nation state. They are after all trying to push for a new world order that will essentially be borderless. Lindsey is no friend of the real America!

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