Comments on: Live-Blogging the Jim Esch Immigration Press Conferance

By: Kyle Michaelis

Kyle Michaelis — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:13:16 +0000

Wow, it’s great to see a Democrat in Nebraska actually using this issue (and Bush’s appearance) to their benefit, particularly since it shines a light on real families that Republicans in the House would rather see destroyed than integrated fully into the American way of life.

Lee Terry, Jeff Fortenberry, and Tom Osborne should all be ashamed of the lack of compassion (and plain old common sense) to which their unnecessary and politically-motivated criminalization efforts speak.

Way to go, Mr. Esch.

By: Troy Jones

Troy Jones — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:10:10 +0000

The last time I checked “illegal” meant a person had broken the law. Why does Jim support ignoring people who break the law? Has Jim broken some laws that he would like us to ignore?

By: Dave Sund

Dave Sund — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:28:41 +0000

Troy, so you support sending teachers, priests, nuns, and other citizens of this country to jail simply for helping the immigrants who are already here? It’s that kind of short-sighted policymaking that continues to destroy our ability to effectively fight real crime.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:30:44 +0000

Hey Dave, they broke The Law. We should all just do what the righteous government says, regardless of what’s right. Remember - don’t think, just obey.

By: john

john — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 03:29:28 +0000

as i take it, Jim isn’t supporting amnesty, he’s supporting a common-sense approach to a problem of great importance. I think he’s saying the rhetoric needs to lose to the facts. He’s saying just what the US Catholic Bishops have been saying, which is that section 202, and many other parts of the house bill, are wildly immoral, illogical, and need to be dropped from any immigration reform.

Lee Terry supports all those sections and the full house bill, which puts him in opposition to the vast majority of americans, the catholic bishops, even the president.

By: Don James

Don James — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:50:19 +0000

Obviously the DNC/DCCC fooled you into believing this bill would make criminals of social workers. If you actually knew the details of the bill, you would know this was not true. Any House Member who supported it would in effect make criminals of his or her staff. DUH??? Why would anyone do that?

Here is the letter from HR 4437’s authors to the US Conference on Catholic Bishops:

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/bishopsimmltr4506.pdf

By: Call Center Services

Call Center Services — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 03:01:52 +0000

Dave

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By: kim duong

kim duong — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:37:01 +0000

thx for telling me information on jim esch i think it is right to help hispanic people even though i don’t know what happen to guys right here on this site but thx anyway….

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2006: A Year In Review at U. of Nebraska - Omaha College Democrats Blog — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:08:08 +0000

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