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Senator Chambliss Wants to Keep ‘Handicapping’ American Children

They didn’t ask for this. They came with their parents who may have come here illegally and obviously did come here illegally, and yet they are having to pay really a higher price than what their parents have had to pay. And we need to think about the overall issue and those young people who are qualified to be educated, qualified to go into the Armed Forces, qualified to go into the workforce, and yet they’re going to have this handicap hanging over their heads.

- REPUBLICAN SENATOR CHAMBLISS (GEORGIA)

Wow, Senator Saxby Chambliss–one of the last standing pillars of Republican nativism who just won re-election on the basis of several lies–actually said that? Yes, back in 2004 (and not in a parallel universe) when the DREAM Act was being considered. At that time, Chambliss had some issues with punishing innocent kids and adolescents for crimes and alleged transgressions they had not committed. How unfortunate that he now goes around calling the DREAM Act an amnesty for ‘illegals’ and wanting us to have a permanent ‘handicap over our heads.’

Can we get that ‘handicap’ parking permit? Oh darn, we can’t drive legally either …

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