Piety & Power, by Tom LoBianco: on Immigration


Mike Pence: Lump sum payments to temporary workers to leave U.S.

Pence started work on comprehensive immigrant reform. In 2006, a fix seemed imminent. Pence didn't think immigrants should be rewarded for breaking the law, but he also wanted something on the books. They emerged with a plan to boost border security, grant temporary work visas to immigrants, and encourage them to leave the United States after a few years by offering up lump sums from their Social Security benefits. It bridged the gap between far right conservatives angry at an influx of immigrants from Central America and moderate, pro business Republicans, led by the Bush White House. But the politics between the two sides proved trickier than Pence ever imagined. Hard-line conservative groups ran attack ads against him back home in Indiana, dubbing the plan, "Backdoor Amnesty." Pence eventually dropped the effort, after a long two years, when it became clear that no immigration effort of any stripe was likely to clear the House or Senate.
Source: Piety & Power, by Tom LoBianco, p.144-5 Sep 14, 2019

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Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
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Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
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