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48. Wow, that sure says a lot. A consistent message from his behavior and his

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Mon Sep 4, 2017, 05:40 PM

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Bernie Sanders Discussing Immigration Work Authorization Programs With Lou Dobbs [View all] TomCADem Sep 2017 OP

With Lou Dobbs? I'll pass. RandySF Sep 2017 #1

Why not just do the Alex Jones show and get on with it. BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #41

Offs. Bernie has been speaking out for Dreamers for years. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #2

This Just Shows That Even Democrats and "Progressives" Will Attack Immigrants... TomCADem Sep 2017 #7

He never opposed allowing immigrants to work. The SPLC likened Bush's bill to slavery. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #9

and the two Immigration reform bills of 1996? BainsBane Sep 2017 #20

Wow, that sure says a lot. A consistent message from his behavior and his R B Garr Sep 2017 #48

It is the same anti-immigration positions, but dressed up in populist rhetoric... TomCADem Sep 2017 #49

I remember that. Sanders and Dobbs were like two peas in a pod. agreeing with everything. lunamagica Sep 2017 #3

and others agreed with them. BainsBane Sep 2017 #6

I always think it useful to examine candidates voting records BainsBane Sep 2017 #4

Btw Bernie cosponsored the DREAM act. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #5

So when Bernie told Lou Dobbs... TomCADem Sep 2017 #8

He opposed it because it created a permanent underclass of workers. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #10

"Do you have any proof he ever opposed immigrant workers?" George II Sep 2017 #11

Because Bush's bill treated workers like slaves. I already covered that, George. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #12

Is that an objective interpretation? I'm the "SON of an immigrant" myself. It was a good bill. George II Sep 2017 #13

No, as the DAUGHTER of an immigrant I say it wasn't. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #14

Praise the Lord. Got a link? George II Sep 2017 #15

LULAC - League of United Latin American Citizens LeftInTX Sep 2017 #19

So. Ted Kennedy was for treating immigrants as slaves? Who would have thought lunamagica Sep 2017 #27

He seems to have an obscure reason for many of his votes, aye or nay.... George II Sep 2017 #34

+1000, he voted no and then backed up his no vote with extensive R B Garr Sep 2017 #44

Not only that, he claimed that immigrant workers would result in lower wages for Americans... George II Sep 2017 #45

Could be, since he looks to stick with his scripted lines about the middle class, American R B Garr Sep 2017 #47

Jeff Sessions: DACA "denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans..." TomCADem Sep 2017 #50

Yikes, they do use the same rhetoric. This has been a great thread. Very illuminating, and R B Garr Sep 2017 #51

Doesn't Putting Millions In Fear of Deportation Create a Permanent Underclass? TomCADem Sep 2017 #46

+1,000,000 George II Sep 2017 #33

"I read something today that a lot of people coming into this country are coming in as lifeguards." SunSeeker Sep 2017 #16

. . BainsBane Sep 2017 #17

My god kcr Sep 2017 #18

Lifeguards?! Jamaal510 Sep 2017 #22

Sure they are. Look it up. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #23

You linked to the SPLC kcr Sep 2017 #24

I'm sure Bernie would have linked to the SPLC ... Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #25

Oh, I'm sure it was a mistake kcr Sep 2017 #28

I worked with lifeguards up and down the CA coast. They were not J1 visa holders. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #26

Well that settles it. You worked with some lifeguards. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #29

When you say lifeguards, people think of beach lifeguards, not resorts. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #31

In my part of Florida, the hotels and resorts have lots and lots of QC Sep 2017 #42

Problem there is that it is an exchange treestar Sep 2017 #36

Baloney. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #37

why would other countries treestar Sep 2017 #38

Working night shift at a Hershey packing plant for less than minimum wage. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2017 #39

My daughter tells me that Canada murielm99 Sep 2017 #21

Is it not at least a little embarrassing that... RandySF Sep 2017 #30

The challenge is we must never ever even give the appearance of giving succor to our enemies... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #32

as a meztizo clu Sep 2017 #35

Bernie sure does have a lot of sides to him doesn't he? BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #40

The data does not support Bernie's opinion. Adrahil Sep 2017 #43