Hillary Clinton,  Illegal Immigration,  Politics

Hillary Clinton Watch: House Immigration Bill – “I Realize I Would Be a Criminal, Too. My Staff Would Be Criminal…”

April 5, 2006 /

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at their Legislative Luncheon in Washington April 5, 2006. Clinton spoke about the on going debate on immigration and the need for health care reform.

ASSociated Press: N.Y. Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Wednesday that a House GOP immigration bill would make her and her Senate aides criminals, and warned of a “ticking time bomb” lurking in the U.S. economy.

Clinton’s latest comments on the immigration debate in Congress follow earlier remarks in which she said the bill, written by Reps. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Peter King, R-N.Y., would probably criminalize “even Jesus himself.”

Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, she claimed her work on behalf of New York constituents would run afoul of the House bill setting penalties for anyone who knowingly assists or encourages illegal immigrants to remain here.

“I realize I would be a criminal, too. My staff would be criminal. We help people with all kinds of problems,” said Clinton, D-N.Y., prompting titters in the audience.

PANDER PANDER PANDER……

First to Blacks (remember Bill’s office is in Harlem) and now to Hispanics……..

Rep. Peter King charged Clinton is the one spreading misinformation, saying the only way his bill would make her a criminal is if she was a “coyote,” another term for an immigrant smuggler.

“I hope that Sen. Clinton is not suggesting that she and her staff are members of an alien smuggling gang, or that she is a coyote posing as a senator,” said King.

Nahhhh, Representative King not a coyote……something worse…….political hack.

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