11-21-2014
GOP's Sessions: Obama's amnesty 'worse than you think'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Phone lines are melting on Capitol Hill with outraged citizens calling their elected representatives to complain about the president’s order effectively granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.
A number of Capitol Hill offices closed today for the Thanksgiving recess, but aides report hearing from upset voters even at the offices in lawmakers’ home states.
The offices of Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, confirmed a flood of complaints, and an aide to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., told WND, “We are getting tons of phone calls to block executive amnesty.”
“I don’t think the American people are mad at immigrants. They fully understand that immigrants would like to come to America. They’re mad at their government and their politicians. That’s what the anger is about, because we refuse to do the right thing,” Sessions said today in remarks made at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.
Sessions said “the situation is worse than you know,” noting an Obama administration official had told him the chances for a typical illegal immigrant being deported were now virtually nil.
The crucial question articulated by the senator was, “Do we believe in open borders or do we believe in a sovereign state that controls the entrance and exit to its country?”
As for the claim the country needs skilled workers to fill high-tech jobs, Sessions argued wages in the industry haven’t gone up since 2000, and Microsoft recently laid off 18,000 employees.
“The average working truck driver is working just as much as (Facebook founder) Mr. Zuckerberg. Just as much as the Wall Street masters of the universe. And who’s representing them? If you want to be able to lead the American people you should serve their interests,” said Sessions.
He added, “I don’t think this nation faces a crisis of lack of workers, we face a crisis of a lack of jobs,” he said.
He also pointed out the GOP was lectured it wouldn’t win any more elections without immigration reform, yet just had a landslide victory with a higher percentage of Hispanics voting for Republicans than ever before.
He concluded that those pushing so-called comprehensive immigration reform were either wrong or “have money at stake,” in a reference to big businesses seeking cheap labor.
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