Jason Howerton
The Blaze
6/28/2013
A caller from Lubbock, Texas, on Friday told conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh that some illegal immigrants in his area don’t want amnesty because it means federal income tax and fiercer competition for cheap labor.
“Today I went out and was doing some ag’ work on some of the farms out here and got to talking to some of these guys, asking them about what they think about this. And they’re very, very concerned,” the caller said. “A lot of them were telling me, ‘Well, we really don’t want to become United States citizens.’”
He went on: “There’s two things that they brought up that really scared me. They do not want to become United States citizens. I said, ‘Why not?’ They’re afraid that the United States government is going to take so much taxes out of their paychecks once they have to pay into the federal income tax.”
“Are you kidding me on this?” Limbaugh replied.
“I am dead serious. They do not want to become American citizens,” the caller said.
The Texas caller said the illegal immigrants are also concerned that immigration reform will lead to a surge of immigrants, forcing them to “compete against cheaper labor.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Limbaugh reacted. “This is the theater of the absurd. So we have illegals worried that more of them will cause wages to fall and maybe jobs to be lost?”
“Correct. Now these guys are very, very concerned about this,” the caller said…
The article continues at The Blaze.
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Related: 68 Senators Vote to Create Incentive for Employers to Hire Amnestied Immigrants Over U.S. Citizens
The immigration bill passed by the Senate Thursday afternoon would give some employers a financial incentive to employ “registered provisional immigrants” (illegal immigrants granted legal status) instead of U.S. citizens…
Schumer on Rubio: I think the world of him
Please take a look at the article linked below to understand how the amnesty bill the Senate passed yesterday is… http://t.co/QlgKUF6xXH
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) June 28, 2013
Great job, GOP establishment… http://t.co/1VGJfX0nta
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) June 28, 2013
“Obama Calls Rubio to Congratulate Him on Immigration Reform” http://t.co/K8FUXBsFhG …Hope it was worth 30 pieces of silver.
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) June 28, 2013
Update: Michael Ramirez on Investors.com (full sized image at the link):
Update 2: Senator Rand Paul explained to Stuart Varney why he voted against S. 744
…”I just couldn’t go along with it,” he said, “and I’m fearful that […] we’ll still have significant illegal immigration with this bill.”
As for whether or not the bill could be fixed and then pass in the House, Paul hedged, replying with uncertainty. The problem, he contended, is that the current bill in the Senate gives the president veto power and the authority to make the ultimate decision – one that Paul said should be retained by Congress. [emphasis CAJ]
