{"id":2784,"date":"2009-12-15T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T21:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2009-12-15T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T21:04:06","slug":"georgia-congressman-phil-gingrey-on-the-democrat-amnesty-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/15\/georgia-congressman-phil-gingrey-on-the-democrat-amnesty-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey on the Democrat amnesty- again legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey on the Democrat amnesty bill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\n Contact: Stephanie Valle<\/p>\n<p>December 15, 2009 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Democrats Push Path to Amnesty<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) released a statement today following Congressman Luis Gutierrez\u2019s (D-IL) introduction of immigration legislation that could ultimately result in amnesty for all illegal immigrants in this country, which some estimates number as high as 20 million.  The bill, cosponsored by Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, would overhaul the immigration laws in the United States, giving illegal aliens a path to legal status.<\/p>\n<p> Congressman Gingrey\u2019s statement is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe introduction today of legislation by the Democratic Majority that would ultimately grant amnesty to illegal aliens is an absolute travesty.  Our economy is struggling, unemployment is at 10 percent, 15.4 million people are looking for work, and there are 6 applicants for every available job.  A blanket amnesty for illegal aliens would exacerbate this situation and I am strongly opposed to it.  Rewarding illegal aliens with the privilege of holding a job in the United States will not help American families struggling to make ends meet &#8211; and that, particularly in a time of economic recession, should be our focus.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a sponsor of the Nuclear Family Priority Act, which would eliminate \u2018chain migration\u2019 and restore the traditional immigration priority of nuclear families.  Since legal and illegal immigration are inextricably linked, this is a necessary step toward securing America\u2019s borders and reducing illegal immigration.  We must protect American workers and their families first.  Promoting amnesty does not do that, and I am strongly against this legislation, and any path to amnesty for illegal aliens in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Valle<br \/>\nCommunications Director<br \/>\nCongressman Phil Gingrey (GA-11)<br \/>\nOffice: 202-225-29<br \/>\nCell: 202-225-6<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gingrey.house.gov\/News\/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=162537\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey on the Democrat amnesty bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stephanie Valle December 15, 2009 Democrats Push Path to Amnesty Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) released a statement today following Congressman Luis Gutierrez\u2019s (D-IL) introduction of immigration legislation that could ultimately result in amnesty for all illegal immigrants in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}