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Rep. Steve King: Deported Haitians Could Help With Relief Effort
Rachel Slajda | January 15, 2010, 3:14PM
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told ABC News today that he thinks a new push to grant Haitian refugees temporary protection status -- allowing them to live and work in the U.S. legally -- is a political move by immigration activists. He also suggested that it may be better to deport Haitians, so they could contribute to the relief effort there.
"This sounds to me like open borders advocates exercising the Rahm Emanuel axiom: 'Never let a crisis go to waste,'" King said. "Illegal immigrants from Haiti have no reason to fear deportation, but if they are deported, Haiti is in great need of relief workers, and many of them could be a big help to their fellow Haitians."
King is the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Immigration.
(H/T Wonk Room)
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Mrs_Norman
January 15, 2010 3:38 PM
Stunning that people like this exist. It just boggles my mind how clueless these politicians are. Why do they have a voice and whom do people like this represent?! Just disgraceful.
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LonewackoDotCom3
January 15, 2010 11:53 PM in reply to Mrs_Norman
You know what's even more stunning? Some political leaders are trying to profit from this disaster in order to obtain more power. Not only that, but they're doing it despite the fact that what they're doing will braindrain Haiti, increase their dependence on the U.S., and reduce the chances of reform. For the names of those profiteering sociopaths, see the link.
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donquijoterocket
January 15, 2010 3:47 PM
Not so stunning that such people exist, always have probably always will, but that other people can be persuaded to let such a one represent them.
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lousgirl84
January 15, 2010 3:56 PM in reply to donquijoterocket
I couldn't agree more. Pathetic. Disgusting, pond scum slime.
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jenesq
January 15, 2010 3:48 PM
Iowa's greatest shame.
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henk
January 15, 2010 4:02 PM
I was watching a TV show about Chimpanzees. Alan Alda, I think. What they were saying was that while our DNA is very similar there are some very big differences in us. One of them being the Chimps inability to cooperate. There are instances were two might cooperate to get a food reward or something minor and they do have a social order, but on a whole, as a group they just couldn't get along.
I'm thinking the researchers may need to look a little harder at humans. Some of us may be more Chimplike than they think.
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Cath
January 15, 2010 4:26 PM in reply to henk
Researchers need to examine Republicans and Faux News pundits for starters.
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Riesz Fischer
January 15, 2010 4:04 PM
People like this are almost enough to make me vote for a Flaccidcrat.
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AndrewT
January 15, 2010 5:01 PM
Have any of you read the comments on the ABC page? Absolutely disgusting...
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fitley
January 15, 2010 5:09 PM
He has crazy eyes.
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LindyLou
January 15, 2010 5:12 PM in reply to fitley
Agreed. Just like Michelle Bachman's.
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ETSpoon
January 15, 2010 5:41 PM
Steve, shut the f*&% up! After thge cencus Iowa is due to lose a US Congressional District and your's is in the least populous part of the state.
Bu-bye.
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ETSpoon
January 15, 2010 5:41 PM
Steve, shut the f*&% up! After thge cencus Iowa is due to lose a US Congressional District and your's is in the least populous part of the state.
Bu-bye.
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Kuyleh
January 15, 2010 5:42 PM
If they aren't here legally, then they need to be deported for that reason alone. Nothing else.
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Matt Jones
January 15, 2010 6:08 PM
It's a sad comment on the state of the world that Republicans being complete and utter bastards like this no longer even registers as "odd". How very Christian of him.
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docrocktex
January 15, 2010 6:16 PM
Tacky.
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PortTabacco
January 15, 2010 7:46 PM
All those here that hate Rep. Steve King's opinion
raise your hands if you will allow deportable Haitians
to live in your home!
To be supported and cared for by you until Haiti can be
rebuilt!
I've got to see this happen.
Send them back to help in the relief effort.
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hstamp
January 15, 2010 11:21 PM
This is a great example of why we should support King's challenger in the 2010 elections, Mike Denklau. Denklau's website is http://www.denklauforcongress.com.
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redspoon
January 16, 2010 1:25 AM
The Haitians here wanting TPS are able bodied and fully capable of helping their loved ones and old neighbors back home.
They would be returning heroes, coming home with supplies for the injured and to help rebuild their homeland.
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PortTabacco
January 16, 2010 5:12 PM
Patriots remember to vote of Rep. Steve King.
He is committed to the American citizen and their needs.
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redspoon
January 18, 2010 4:28 AM
Our politicians grant 200,000 illegal Alien Haitians TPS while 200,000 American Veterans are homeless in their own country. TPS Haitians are being given work permits when 12% of Americans are unemployed.
Most illegals just want dual-Citizenship and open-borders. Google "work in the states build a life in Mexico" to find out what "just want a better life" Aliens are really up to.
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Tosh
April 28, 2010 9:23 PM
I was watching a TV show about Chimpanzees. Alan Alda, I think. What they were saying was that while our DNA is very similar there are some very big differences in us. One of them being the Chimps inability to cooperate. There are instances were two might cooperate to get a food reward or something minor and they do have a social order, but on a whole, as a group they just couldn't get along.
I'm thinking the researchers may need to look a little harder at humans. Some of us may be more Chimplike than they think.
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