{"id":5907,"date":"2014-02-14T16:02:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T21:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=5907"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:12:42","slug":"illegal-alien-agenda-at-democrats-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2014\/02\/14\/illegal-alien-agenda-at-democrats-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Alien Agenda at Democrats\u2019 Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, President Obama told<\/a> Members of Congress at the Democratic Issues Conference in Maryland that \u201cwhen it comes to immigration reform, we have to remind ourselves that there are people behind the statistics, that there are lives that are being impacted.\u201d\u00a0 The people behind the high unemployment numbers and impacted negatively by amnesty who lawmakers should be concerned about are the American workers<\/i>.\u00a0 Sadly that\u2019s not who the President and House Democrats at the conference are talking about.<\/p>\n

Obama told<\/a> House Democrats to pursue bills advancing an \u201cimmigration policy in this country that grows our economy, gets people out of the shadows, [and]makes sure that our businesses are thriving.\u201d\u00a0 He mentions business interests and illegal aliens, but where are the American people he is supposed to serve?<\/p>\n

House Democrats at this retreat are similarly focused on the needs of illegal aliens over those of unemployed Americans.\u00a0 Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Juan C. Vargas (D-Calif.) <\/span>posed<\/a> questions to the President about immigration, but these Members of Congress were also only concerned with the families of illegal aliens.\u00a0 Representative Sherman wanted to know what President Obama could do for parents of so-called \u201cDREAMers,\u201d illegal aliens brought to the country as children, if the House does not act on amnesty this year.\u00a0 Representative Vargas wanted to know what Obama was going to do about relatives of deported individuals.\u00a0 Yesterday\u2019s Democrats\u2019 retreat schedule shows that amnesty remains high on their agenda, including an <\/span>immigration panel<\/a> moderated by Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), featuring the presidents of two pro-amnesty groups: National Council of La Raza and Center for American Progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be fair, the way immigration reform was discussed at the Democrats\u2019 retreat doesn\u2019t sound all that different from the House GOP principles that Republican leaders proposed.\u00a0 (See <\/span>House GOP Retreat on the American People<\/a>.)\u00a0 Regardless of what political party advances it\u2014whether Speaker John Boehner puts a bill on the floor or the <\/span>House Democrats force one onto the floor<\/a>\u2014 <\/span>amnesty is still poor public policy<\/a> because it further displaces unemployed Americans, will cost taxpayers trillions over the next generation, and rewards law-breaking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, President Obama\u2019s message to the House Democrats at their retreat <\/span>was<\/a>: \u201cDon\u2019t take your foot off the pedal.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0House Democrats are all too willing to heed his advice on immigration policy.\u00a0 Together, these lawmakers just let illegal aliens drive their agenda.\u00a0 They don\u2019t care if they run down American workers to get there, as long as it is full steam amnesty ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n