Republican Congressman: Undocumented Immigrants ‘Should Go Home’

This afternoon, Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher went on a Steve King-style, anti-immigration harangue on the House floor and had this to say about undocumented immigrants and DREAMers:

"People who are here illegally should go home...It's better for them to do that.  So this has been a really a potential threat when we talk about family reunification and the rest, because there is a potential to triple the number of people who are currently here in this country illegally.  If…we legalize the status of those who are here illegally, we could be tripling the number of people and inserting this number of people into our system.  This abrupt population swell will fundamentally change America…causing major consequences…because…our population will mainly be poorer people.  People at the lowest end of the economic we will be importing tens of millions of poor people.

"…We'll have many more DREAMers coming here if we legalize the status of those who have been brought here illegally by their parents…"  [CSPAN, 5/1/2014, 2:14 p.m.]

What's his solution to solving the broken immigration system?

"Don't give jobs and benefits that belong to the American people to foreigners who are here illegally.  That's the solution.  [Undocumented immigrants] will go home.  They will go home in peace.  They have our well wishes.  [CSPAN, 5/1/2014, 2:14 p.m.]

Really, Congressman?

Shame on you and the House Republicans who, rather than lead, continue to ignore the undocumented immigrants' ordeal.  Speaker Boehner and the House Republican Conference should denounce these preposterous remarks and stand up for Americans' priorities.  The #TimeIsNow to get serious, end this tirade of excuses and nonsense, and fix our broken immigration system.