L. Graham ignores senate rules to push bill

[Johan]

Lindsey Graham Breaks Senate Rules To Force Anti-Asylum Bill



Senator Lindsey Graham forced a bill to harshen asylum laws through the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, denying Democratic members the opportunity to dissent in blatant defiance of congressional rules.

“You’re breaking the rules of the committee. Mr. Chairman, this is unprecedented,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the panel. Graham ignored his colleague’s complaints and advanced the bill, the Secure and Protect Act of 2019, which will require asylum seekers from Central America to apply for asylum in their home countries and Mexico and extend the amount of time families can be kept in detention.
“Chairman Graham just broke FOUR committee rules in order to advance Pres. Trump’s bill to lock up immigrant children INDEFINITELY,” tweeted Senator Patrick Leahy Thursday. “Rules every Republican voted for 6 months ago. Rules I always respected as chairman.”

The bill is widely condemned by human rights groups and is not expected to win 60 votes in the senate.

“If “the cruelty is the point” of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, allowing for the indefinite detention of children would be its posterchild,” Sen. Leahy continued. “I wanted to introduce an amendment stripping indefinite detention from the Graham bill. Graham didn’t allow it.”

Lindsey Graham is one of the top recipients of campaign donations from the private prison industry. Private prison corporations have profited enormously from the Trump administration’s migration agenda, as they provide more than two-thirds of the beds for migrants in detention. The industry receives billions in government subsidies and is awarded extensive tax breaks, even though it has provided inhumane living conditions and uses migrants for slave labor.

After a visit to migrant detention facilities with Vice President Mike Pence last month, Graham expressed no sympathy for what the Department of Homeland Security recently described as a “ticking time-bomb.”
“I don’t care if they have to stay in these facilities for 400 days,” Graham told Fox News. “We’re not going to let those men go that I saw.”

https://citizentruth.org/lindsey-graham-breaks-senate-rules-to-force-anti-asylum-bill/

Another proof that Trump and his lackeys put their power, their agenda, before Rule of Law...

 

[Supafly]

LeningradLindsey follows in #MoscowMitch 's footstep. Deeper into the swamp, sellinbg complketely out.

So they decided to fully get on board, and to go under like their top russian asset, #TheDon

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

Lindsey is the largest piece of shit in government today.

South Carolina should be fined until they remove him from office.

 

[Johan]

 

[mongo18]

Lindsey is the largest piece of shit in government today.

That's a bit extreme mate. Don't forget McConnell is still there.

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

That's a bit extreme mate. Don't forget McConnell is still there.

McConnell is the biggest piece of shit in government today.

 

[ChuckFaze]

That's everything you need to know about the Democrats.

But, what the hell. There's also the very recent:
At the 1st Democrat Presidential Candidates Debate, Joe Biden along with ALL the rest of the Democrat candidates raised their hands that they were going to decriminalize illegal immigration. THEN in the 2nd debate, Biden says something along the lines of, "We have to have a way to send them BACK! Illegal immigration is a CRIME!"

At least Joe Biden is coming to his senses. And he wasn't the only one backpeddling regarding that issue.

 

[ChuckFaze]

Anyway, sounds like Lindsey Graham is a fucking HERO! artysml:
We need more politicians with BALLS who are not afraid to skull fuck the law breaking personified Democrats and anyone else who gets in the way of sending the invading migrants packing. :yesyes:

 

[zeeblofowl_1969]

The Democrats are foolish to be sure but called that ass clown a hero?? If that’s what we Americans call a hero then we are truly fucked.

 

[Supafly]

That's your argument? Boy, are you having the Trump fever.

Something can - at the same toime - be "wrong", and not to get reacted to with own murderous response. This is very possible, but only, if you would also aspire to keep your own formerly human standards. Which the Trump admin clearly does not want to, and, just to make this worse, for reasons to rile up the most vile of your fellow citizens.

I suspect you are among them, so this answer is not actually to you, you will probably find another alt-right meme and follow Trump on into darkness.

 

[xfire]

Illegal immigration is wrong, but Trumptards conflate illegal immigration with asylum seekers and others that are seeking legal entry, and want to shut the border down entirely which is patently stupid. Stop playing games to rile up the emotions of the not-so-bright Trump base and work across the aisle to solve the fucking problem; That is the, "librul" position.