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5 Ways Immigration Reform Will Impact Healthcare Providers in 2020 - JD Supra

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Margaret Thatcher

The United States is currently experiencing the largest sustained wave of immigration in its history. There are over 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants settling in the country each year. The foreign born or immigrant population according to the 2000 Census was well over 31 million, and the total had grown to 36 million by the end of 2005. There has long been a disconcerting tendency to view immigration one dimensionally. Some in the GOP consider illegal immigrants a fiscal problem and possible terrorists. The left sees them as potential voters and their future voting base.

All of these perspectives capture some aspect of immigration. But immigrants are much more than this. Immigrants are not simply things, they are human beings. As a result of their presence in the U.S., it has wide-ranging economic, cultural, demographic, national security, and political effects on our country. Whether one thinks the effects of immigration is on balance, a net gain or a net loss to America, the fact remains: its impact is very broad and not a single perspective. And the one area that affects each one of us is the one few people think, know or even care about: representation.

The issue of representation at the Constitutional Convention was so contentious it almost cost us the Constitution. Delegates from large states demanded representation in proportion to population. The smaller ones with less population argued such a compact would lead to unfair dominance for larger states. They said it was either equal representation or no deal at all. Agitated delegates from both sides of the aisle vowed to reject the document if they didnt get their way. Fisticuffs broke out, and Gouverneur Morris even challenged Elbridge Gerry to a dual when he hinted at compromising.

When Luther Martin of New York and others told Washington they were going home, Roger Sherman of Connecticut offered to combine the New Jersey and Virginia plans and create bicameral houses.

Delegates on each side rejected this Great Compromise a number of times before Washington convinced enough of them to end their feuding to save the Convention. And it barely passed by a slim margin.

Let us guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

George Washington

It was still not a done deal. The South rationed that slaves were part of their population? But slaves were not legal citizens, so the non-slave states abandoned their moral scruples and argued against this. To cut their losses they agreed to the dangerous precedent of a three-fifths compromise, giving the South greater representation than they were entitled to. We passed two amendments to right this wrong, but we are still counting non-citizens the same way as citizens for representation?

With the political dog fight over illegal immigration in our nation, few on the front line are making a case for the real reason why illegal immigration must be halted. This has a huge impact on the way Congress is populated and representation for American citizens. It also gives illegal immigrants a voice in the Electoral College since those votes are determined from total population, not just the legal citizens.

This abridges the representative rights of legal citizens in both Congress and the Electoral College.

A 2005 report by the Center for Immigration Studies calculating the impact of non-citizens on the distribution of seats in the House after the 2000 Census is alarming. Nine seats were given to non citizens. Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Michigan, Indiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin each lost seats due to this. Montana, Kentucky and Utah each failed to gain a seat they were entitled to because they had fewer non-legals than the others. California gained six seats based on illegal immigrants. Texas, New York and Florida each gained one. This is counting the way our Constitution was written, not using common core math.

Its not what the Constitution says that matters but what you read into it.

Joe Biden

Over 18 million non-citizens in the 2000 Census counted for 29 congressional seats. Yet Congress has failed to address this major flaw that disenfranchises the interests of legal American citizens in Congress. The South rigged the counting at the Convention, and the left continues to rig it against the right today. They welcome large numbers of illegal immigrants, knowing this will increase their numbers in Congress. They are keenly aware that this also gives them the advantage they need to disenfranchise the voters and the wishes of legitimate voting Americans in the Electoral College.

According to political scientist George Edwards III of Texas A&M, California has more influence in Congress and elections than any other state due to illegal residents. Census Bureau data since the 2000 count show non-citizen growth in the U.S. accelerated with Barack Obamas expansion of federal entitlement programs. In 2005, there were 21.7 million non-citizens in America comprising 7.4 percent of the population. They predict the 2020 count will show at least a 30 percent increase. They anticipate this to continue until we pass immigration reform.

The Democrat Party has a simple choice. They can either choose to fight for America's working class or promote illegal immigration.

Stephen Miller

The agreements and compromises, both good and bad, that established the U.S. Constitution and fine-tuned it with the 13th and 14th amendments clearly define representation for apportionment of seats in Congress and electoral votes according to the number of legal U.S. citizens. The intent of our Constitution was to provide a government owned and run by our legal residents and their legal representatives. Both the spirit and the intent of the Constitution are violated when Congressional seats and the number of electoral votes are determined with the inclusion of illegal U.S. residents.

Thomas Fuller said, A stitch in time saves nine. In 2005, Rep. Candice Miller, R-Michigan, tried to fix this flaw that dilutes the voice of legal citizens. She proposed a constitutional amendment to count only U.S. citizens for the purpose of reapportionment. This had no effect on the total head count, but would have reflected the true intent of the Census. She was crucified in committee by the left and the bill was sent to the legislative graveyard, never to be heard from again.

"It is outrageous people in our country illegally have such a profound impact on our own political system."

Candice Miller

Representation based on population in government was the one most important component at the Constitutional Convention in 1787; and even moreso today. That is why the left is fighting any kind of immigration reform. While the right is squealing about financial impact and crime, the left is outflanking them with talk of compassion and care for the unnourished poor and the mistreated illegal workers and their children crossing our borders each day. As their allies in the media continue to defend this, the right just gripes, moans and cries elephant tears as they lose representation daily.

Although this problem doesnt garner headlines, our failure to fix this will be the defining issue that transforms America into a socialist banana republic instead of the republican nation gifted to us by our founders. Since he took office, all efforts by Donald Trump to fix this have been publicly scorned by the far left.

The liberties of our country and freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.

Samuel Adams

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Op-Ed: The great compromise and loss of representation - The Center Square

MIAMI I am dreading the 2020 presidential race, which I think will be the most brutal Americans have ever witnessed. Irrespective of who the Democratic nominee is, President Trump will use all the power and dirty tricks at his disposal to remain in power for another four years.

As was the case in 2016, if Democrats want to have any chance of defeating Mr. Trump, they will need the strong support of Latino voters. This time, however, they will have to work extra hard to get it.

The truth is that no candidate will be able to win the White House without Latino votes. Not even Mr. Trump, who got 29 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2016. A higher Latino turnout in states like Florida and Arizona could have produced a completely different outcome that year. Mr. Trump would never have won the presidency without Floridas 29 electoral votes and Arizonas 11.

The number of eligible voters of Hispanic background who did not cast a ballot in 2016 was heartbreakingly high. Over half of the 27 million eligible Hispanic voters stayed home. Why? Although many of them didnt want to vote for Mr. Trump, in part because he had made racist remarks about Mexican immigrants, they werent at all enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton.

This year, for the first time in history, Hispanics will be the largest minority group of potential voters in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 32 million Latinos will be eligible to vote in 2020, compared with 30 million African-Americans.

If Hispanics shake off their apathy and turn out in record-high numbers in crucial states, a Democrat may well defeat President Trump. But for this to happen, the Democrats must be honest with the Latino community: They must vow not to fall into the same traps they have in the past.

The fact that Julin Castro the only Latino to run for the Democratic nomination dropped out of the race should not be used as an excuse to stop discussing the issues most relevant to the Hispanic population: education, good jobs and health insurance. For Hispanics, it all comes down to economic opportunity, the fight against discrimination and the right to be treated as American citizens.

There is, however, another subject that remains painful for Latinos.

The Latino people hold a grudge against Democrats in general and former President Barack Obama in particular for two reasons: More than three million undocumented immigrants were deported during the Obama administration, and Mr. Obama didnt get through Congress an immigration reform bill that would have allowed millions of undocumented immigrants to remain legally in the United States.

I can guarantee that we will have, in the first year, an immigration bill that I strongly support, Mr. Obama, still running for president, told me during an interview in May 2008. The first year? I insisted. The first year, he replied.

President Obama didnt keep his promise, even though Democrats controlled Congress for most of 2009.

Janet Murgua, president of UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza), called Mr. Obama the deporter in chief, a moniker that always made him uncomfortable. The reality, however, is that the millions of deportations that took place under his watch broke Hispanic families apart.

Despite the Obama administrations failures with regard to the Hispanic community, many 2020 Democratic candidates, as well as the party itself, find it difficult to criticize the former president.

During the Sept. 12 presidential debate in Houston, I asked former Vice President Joe Biden if he and Mr. Obama made a mistake in deporting so many undocumented immigrants. The president did the best thing that was able to be done, he answered.

How about you? I responded. Im the vice president of the United States, Mr. Biden replied, failing to acknowledge that the administration had made any mistakes.

Mr. Biden highlighted the fact that Mr. Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has benefited over 800,000 undocumented young people known as Dreamers. The former vice president also thought it was outrageous to compare the Obama and Trump presidencies.

Still, the deportation issue isnt going away.

During a Nov. 21 campaign event in Greenwood, S.C., Carlos Rojas of the Cosecha Movement asked Mr. Biden to say that hed stop all deportations from Day 1 by signing an executive order. Mr. Biden refused to do that. I will not stop all deportations if you commit a crime thats a felony, he told Mr. Rojas.

Other Democratic candidates, such as Bernie Sanders, have taken a different stance. When I asked Senator Sanders in November, at a forum in Long Beach, Calif., whether Mr. Obama had made a mistake in deporting three million undocumented immigrants, he answered without hesitation. Yes, he said.

Mr. Sanders vowed to submit an immigration reform bill during his first 100 days in office. This is a promise I make, and I usually dont make promises, he told me.

The differing positions among Democratic candidates on important topics like deportations and the separation of immigrant families is causing fear among Hispanic voters and driving them away from the party. If Democrats really want to win Hispanic votes in the Nov. 3 election, they must stop making excuses and promise to avoid President Obamas mistakes. If they fail to do this, they risk alienating Latino voters and losing the election.

That is the burden of the past.

Latino voters will decide the 2020 election. Its as simple as that. If Democrats want to sway them their way, saying a few words in Spanish or posting a picture of themselves on Instagram eating tacos wont do the trick. Democrats have to explain how they plan to make Hispanics a real part of that social experiment called America. The Hispanic population is much more than an electoral fad. As the iconic Hispanic labor leader Csar Chvez said, We have seen the future, and the future is ours.

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Latino Voters Will Decide the 2020 Election - The New York Times

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NASHVILLE (BP) -- A Breitbart.com article recently highlighted the Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT), an organization credited with persuading multiple governors to allow refugees to resettle in their states.

The article also suggested the group has ties to the progressive billionaire George Soros. A number of blogs have circulated these rumors, charging the group and those affiliated with it as advancing an "open borders" mass immigration agenda. These claims have proved to be false.

What is EIT?

EIT is a nonpartisan coalition of evangelical groups who partner together to advocate for a bipartisan solution on immigration. According to EIT's Statement of Principles, the group advocates for a solution that respects the God-given dignity of every person, protects the unity of the immediate family, respects the rule of law, guarantees secure national borders, ensures fairness to taxpayers, and establishes a path toward legal status and/or citizenship for those who qualify and who wish to become permanent residents. In 2013, a resolution at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention drew directly from the EIT Statement of Principles.

Who is part of EIT?

Several evangelical organizations serve as the formal "heads" of the coalition, including World Relief, the Assemblies of God, the National Association of Evangelicals and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Numerous individuals, while not a part of the coalition itself, have also joined EIT's Statement of Principles assignatories. This includes Southern Baptist leaders Jason Allen, Danny Akin, Ronnie Floyd, Kevin Ezell, J.D. Greear, Johnny Hunt, Bryant Wright, Jack Graham, Fred Luter, James Merritt and many others.

What is the ERLC's role in EIT?

The ERLC frequently participates with coalition groups on issues important to Southern Baptists. ERLC's work with a coalition does not signify agreement with the other coalition members on every issue.

As such, the ERLC continues to work with other members of EIT to advocate for a solution to immigration reform. The ERLC originally partnered with EIT under the leadership of then-president Richard Land, partly in response to the Southern Baptist Convention's 2011 resolution, "On Immigration and the Gospel," which called for a just and compassionate solution to immigration reform. Messengers to the 2018 SBC annual meeting likewise passed a resolution "On Immigration," and current ERLC president Russell Moore has remained part of the coalition, advocating for immigration reform as stated in both the 2011 and 2018 resolutions.

Does George Soros fund EIT or the ERLC?

No.

Some accusing EIT, or member groups of EIT, as being "Soros-funded" point out that EIT is supported by the National Immigration Forum, and that an organization chaired by George Soros had awarded grant money to the National Immigration Forum -- which is true. However, the grant in question represented just 2 percent of National Immigration Forum's overall budget, and further, EIT has never received or utilized any money from either George Soros or a Soros foundation.

Additionally, the ERLC has never funded or been funded by EIT or NIF. Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum confirmed this in a statement to Baptist Press: "Quite simply, there has never been a single penny from George Soros that has gone toward the work of the Evangelical Immigration Table." Likewise, ERLC has never received funding from Soros.

The fact-checking website Snopes.com published a piece in December 2019 debunking this same Soros charge aimed at another evangelical organization. Thearticledescribes the Soros accusation as consisting of "convoluted connections," claims the charges, "stretch and distort the existing facts," are "factually insupportable," and "simply false."

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EXPLAINER: ERLC, George Soros and Evangelical Immigration Table - Kentucky Today

The dairy industry faced both losses and wins last year, largely supported by the NMPFs lobbying efforts in Washington DC. Paul Bleiberg, the VP of government relations at NMPF, spoke on the organizations podcast Dairy Defined about the years victories.

Bleiberg said NMPFs first notable achievement of 2019 was the successful implementation of the Dairy Margin Coverage program. It resulted in more than $300m in payments sent to producers across the country last year.

It was authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill and made available through USDAs Farm Service Agency (FSA). It offers protection to dairy producers from fluctuating milk prices and feed costs.

The NMPF made it a goal during the 2018 Farm Bill to significantly revamp dairy policies like this one as the current margin protection program was not working. Bleiberg said the organization was able to accomplish that objective.

The second accomplishment of NMPF's year was the progress made on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Its an immigration reform legislation that aims to re-stabilize dairys current workforce, according to Bleiberg.

He said months of negotiation led the House to pass a bipartisan bill that will both stabilize the current workforce and allow for access to a usable future flow of workers.

The House passing the USMCA bill was NMPFs third 2019 success story, with Bleiberg calling it a joint effort with the groups trade policy team. In 2020, the Senate is likely to pass the USMCA soon.

The signs point to them doing that but were hopeful that it happens very quickly and gets that one in the books, Bleiberg said.

A big focus of NMPF this year will be working with the Senate on the agriculture labor issue, following on from the success in the House. Beyond this and USMCA, Bleiberg called it a little bit of a mixed bag.

With an election year, sometimes legislative activity grinds to a halt, he said.

Transportation and infrastructure, childhood nutrition and the Dairy Pride Act all have potential for activity this year. But he also stressed that dairy can have a significant impact on the 2020 elections, as many big dairy states also act as swing states.

He encouraged milk producers to get involved with the issues and make their voices heard to their representatives.

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