Posted by
Jack Cruger on Friday, April 10, 2009 11:59:45 PM
We are at a point, in our economy, that we should be ready for an upturn. South Carolina now has and unemployment nearing 12% and nearing the critical mass work force.
Many of the jobs that will see an upsurge in employment will be in the construction industry and with that will come surges in the supporting industries, such as home goods and large durable goods. Jobs in the landscaping industry, transportation of lumber, retail, and the list goes on.
For the life of me I can not understand the positions taken by Rep. James Clyburn when it comes to his voting record on immigration and amnesty. Clyburn’s 6th district has a very large population of black unemployed people and a large percentage of them are receiving Government checks of some sort and not working.
Black residents of South Carolina, as a whole, have a very high percentage High School dropout rate and could do the low level unskilled jobs. But most of them are more than well skilled in the industries named above.
So what is Clyburn’s reasoning? I can think of at least two. First, he will do anything House Speaker Pelosi tells him to do or he will lose his position as House Majority Whip. She has said many times that she is for a very liberal immigration policy and amnesty for the illegal immigrants. Second he wants to maintain a very high number of people, in his district, below the poverty line so he can justify earmarks, grants and other forms of entitlements or “daily bread”, so they will vote him.
Below are examples of the Clyburn’s voting record on immigration from Numbersusa.com:
2006: Voted for temporary amnesty for certain Central Americans Rep. Clyburn voted against the Tancredo Amendment to H.R. 5441, the fiscal year 2007 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill. The Tancredo Amendment would prohibit funds appropriated by H.R. 5441 from being used to administer extensions of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) amnesty for Guatemalans, Hondurans, or Nicaraguans. The Tancredo Amendment failed by a vote of 134-284-1 on May 25, 2006 (10:06 PM).
2005-2006: Cosponsored H.R. 3402 that contains provisions to reward illegal aliens with amnesty Rep. Clyburn was a cosponsor of H.R. 3402. Title IX of H.R. 3402 loosens the rules governing visas for victims of trafficking and domestic violence and their families and would reward certain illegal aliens with amnesty.
2002: Voted to reward illegal immigrants with the Section 245(i) amnesty in the House Appropriations Committee Rep. Clyburn voted for the Farr Amendment to H.R. 4775, a supplemental appropriations bill. The Farr Amendment would have re-instated for four months the Section 245(i) amnesty that encourages illegal immigration by allowing certain illegal aliens to pay a $1,000 fine, to apply for a green card in this country, and to stay without fear of deportation. The Farr amendment failed by a vote of 27-32.
2002: Voted to reward illegal immigrants with the Section 245(i) amnesty Rep. Clyburn voted for H RES 365, a four-month extension of Section 245(i), an amnesty for illegal aliens that rewards illegal immigrants with residency by allowing certain illegal aliens to pay a $1,000 fine, to apply for a green card in this country, and to stay without fear of deportation. H RES 365 passed by a vote of 275 to 137.
2001: Voted in favor of a four-month extension of the Section 245(i) amnesty Rep. Clyburn voted to reward illegal immigrants with amnesty by voting in favor of a four-month extension of Section 245(i).
1997: Voted against the Rohrabacher Motion to H.R. 2267 to kill the Section 245(i) amnesty Rep. Clyburn voted against the Rohrabacher Motion to H.R. 2267 to kill the Section 245(i) amnesty that allowed certain illegal aliens to pay a fee and avoid a 1996 law\'s provision that punishes illegal aliens by barring them for 10 years from entering the U.S. on a legal visa as a student, tourist, worker or immigrant. The Rohrabacher Motion failed by a vote of 153-268.
I am of the impression the Rep. Clyburn is motivated by either Nancy Pelosi or Race and only race when he can use it to his advantage.