{"id":2471,"date":"2013-02-08T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2017-08-14T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:44:53","slug":"legalizing-illegal-immigrants-a-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/02\/08\/legalizing-illegal-immigrants-a-bad-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Legalizing Illegal Immigrants a Bad Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cAs a former foreign service officer who has issued thousands of visas to immigrants who played by the rules, I believe there are several things Americans need to know before they decide where they stand on immigration reform.\u201d Said Dave Seminara writing in today\u2019s Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n
Mr. Seminara goes on to make a strong case why the current push for amnesty on Capitol Hill is a bad idea. Make sure to read the full article.<\/p>\n
Raul Labrador: Immigration Reform With Pathway To Citizenship Won’t Get House GOP Support<\/strong><\/p>\n Rep. Ra\u00fal Labrador (R-Idaho) warned on Thursday that he won’t vote for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and neither will his fellow House Republicans, a bad sign from someone who is considered one of the more pro-reform Republicans in the chamber.<\/p>\n “The people that came here illegally knowingly — I don’t think they should have a path to citizenship,” he said on NPR, according to Talking Points Memo. “If you knowingly violated our law, you violated our sovereignty, I think we should normalize your status but we should not give you a pathway to citizenship.”<\/p>\n