Gibbs: 'Comprehensive immigration reform' or nothing

[Confederate Kahanist]

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The White House is going to insist on dealing with the invasion of immigrant workers – including illegal aliens – in one way: so-called "comprehensive immigration reform."

Spokesman Robert Gibbs responded to a question at the daily White House briefing today with confirmation that that program – routinely considered by border enforcement advocates to be a code word for amnesty for illegals – is the only option.

The question had been raised by Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House.

He asked, "The Center for Immigration Studies reports that in 2008 and 2009, 2.4 million immigrants, legal and illegal, arrived while U.S. citizens were losing 8.6 million jobs. And the question: Why are we importing a million workers a year when 17 million Americans can't find work?"

"Well, Lester, as you point out, we have a policy problem that has to be dealt with through comprehensive immigration reform, and that's the only way we're going to deal with it," Gibbs said.

The administration's effort to move that direction with a DREAM Act, which would allow illegal aliens who meet certain qualifications permission to remain, has so far failed in Congress.

The permission to stay has been a key part of a multitude of "comprehensive immigration reform" ideas that have been distributed. It essentially is described as a "pathway to citizenship" by supporters and a "reward for illegal behavior" by critics.

However, with the specter of the federal government developing a plan that would "reform" immigration completely, states are becoming concerned.

In fact, a lawmaker in Virginia just announced plans for a program that, if adopted, would ban illegal aliens from attendance at the state's public universities. The state would join several other states with similar plans.

Further, an organization for journalists says they should not even use the words "illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien," as only a judge can determine if someone is "illegal."

In a second question, Kinsolving asked, "The Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson wrote – and this is a quote, and it's his quote, not mine – 'Press Secretary Robert Gibbs picks fights with both conservative talk radio hosts and 'the professional left,' which uniformly backfire.' Do you believe Gerson is wrong?"

"I think maybe I should try out for speechwriter," Gibbs said.