Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. , addresses supporters during the Michigan Democratic election night party at the MGM Grand Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Photo: AP)
Representative John Conyers (D-Mich.) was speaking at a hearing on immigration policy held by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday when he expressed his hope that “no one” in his company would use the term “illegal immigrant.”
“I hope no one uses the term ‘illegal immigrants’ here today. Our citizens are not–” he said, breaking off to correct himself. “Our, the people in this country are not illegal. They are out of status. They are new Americans that are immigrants, and I think that we can forge a path to citizenship that will be able to pass muster.”
Conyers is the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
Watch his remarks via National Review, below:
For those who don’t recall, Conyers is the same representative who mocked those who ask elected officials to actually read the bills they sign into law for the rest of the nation.
“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,” he said. “What good is reading the bill if it’s 1,000 pages, and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”
Conyers is currently serving his 24th term in Congress. First elected in 1965, he is the second most senior member of the House of Representatives.
(H/T: National Review)
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AverageWhiteMale
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:21pm“Our, the people in this country are not illegal. They are out of status.”
“Patriots are not Gun Nuts, they are out of Patience”
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Ryan Beaulieu
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:27pmDrug dealers selling crack are not drug dealers and their actions are not illegal.
They are supporting their families and are American entrepreneurs.
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Sparhawk
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:29pmJohn Conyers isn’t mentally incompetent. He is out of his frickin’ mind.
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Maji
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:42pmChild molesters aren’t child molesters!
They’re Democrate senators!
That need to be out of status.
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oldguy49
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:42pmthis is not a rifle this is my best friend
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JRserious
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:45pmillegal aliens break the law by crossing our border without going through proper channels. they drive without proper license, without insurance. They work by not paying taxes off the book or by falsifying social security info or outright identity theft. this rep. conyers is a perfect example of why washington is broken. he is an idiot to a criminal degree. this patriot is definitely out of patience.
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Cavallo
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:08pmOh, good.. so my fully automatic maxim machine gun is then just.. out of status.. so is my neighbors field of unregistered medicinal hashish, right? The girl on the corner across town is just engaging in an out of status transaction. I get it now.. so will the government be enforcing or prosecuting out of status events? Or is that some animals are just more equal than others, under the law?
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perry1980
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:20pmWhat part of Illegal do you not understand.
You can call them Alien, Immagrant or whatever you want. As long as you put the word Illegal in front of it.
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Southerner01
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:37pmCOnyers is correct that “illegal Immigrant” is not the correct term. However, he takes issue with the wrong word. Illegal is accurate. Immigrant is not. An immigrant is one who follows the immigration laws and beters the coutry legally.
These people are not “out of status” they are ILLEGAL ALIENS. Not Immigrants, ALIENS.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:02pmPERRY1980, When the left pleases they often say that we are a Nation Of Laws. But, when they don’t like certain laws, meh they ignore that.
Hypocrisy much?
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junepug
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:16pmThe liberal mind believes the word “illegal” refers to a sick bird.
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garylee123
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:55pmAnd a “fee” is not a tax and “free healthcare” only costs $20,000.
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Gargent_Furball
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:20pmWE don’t have a Illegal immigration problem.
We have a Failure to enforce the law.
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CatB
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:54pmWe have a lifetime in government problem .. ESPECIALLY in Michigan .. you have to arrest these fools to get them out of office . (at least for a bit) … God Michigan wake up!
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earache-my-eye
Feb. 5, 2013 at 5:42pmCATB, they at least arrested his criminal wife but she’s out on probation now.
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elosogrande
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:20pmOut of status??? WTF does that mean? Conyers is a fool, and HE is OU OF TOUCH!
Vote this idiot out in 2014. He is too stupid to be a member of my country’s government. It is sickening to know that we have to foot the bill for this useless dolt for the rest of his life.
Talk about ******* away Taxpayer money!
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hatchetjob
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:36pmWhat’s the “status” of the apparatus, Gladys?
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CatB
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:55pmIt’s Michigan … and he is a “minority” … and they will re-elect him until they carry him out .. dead. (then he will still be allowed to vote)
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drrgb
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:58pmDon’t kow if Conyers is a fool. He’s managed to live well at tax payer expense for 48 years. Seems the fools are the ones who elect him.
This is the reason I support term limits. Currently I have no protection from idiot voters in Michigan or Nevada who repeatedly re-elect the likes of Conyers and Reid who work their way into power positions based on seniority rather that performance.
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term limits for congress
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:18pmWe’re doomed. Why do we resist?
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hatchetjob
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:47pmIt does seem as though the devil is winning…. for now.
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rotciv
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:54pmYou know why. “We will not go quietly into the night……”
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oneplusthree
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:18pmSo, if I am driving without license, I am not an illegal driver but an “out of status” driver. Or if I am trespassing, I am no longer illegal, but an “out of Status” guest. Let’s see how fast this is voiced on the MSM
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MiCurmudgeon
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:18pmThe status that they are out of is …..legal.
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Gonzo
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:17pmHey John ole buddy, can I use that when you outlaw my semi-auto rifle with a 30 round clip? “Officer it’s not illegal, it’s just out of status!”
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Popp40
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:02pm@ Gonzo….I like your thinking on that one.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 5, 2013 at 1:07pmGONZO, I have 15, 17, and 20 round magazines for my SIG P226, and no idea how many 30 round mags for the AR15s. I bet ol’ impeached from judgeship Conyers will still be pissed at me.
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BODYBAG
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:16pmConyers and every COMMUNIST like him need to be rounded up and exterminated.
The CANCER needs to BE REMOVED from this country.
There is blood in the water now and the feeding frenzy has begun.
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skippy6
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:52pmThey will be knocking on your door soon..
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newknee
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:16pmPlease let me know if I am the only one that is fed up with all the politically correct bulls**t. If any group of people are in this Country by breaking our laws then they are illegals and those who state otherwise are lacking in common sense among many other things that I will not mention because I’m trying to be nice this week.
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BODYBAG
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:23pmThe goal here is the complete breakdown of The Rule Of Law.
Very similar in scope to the removal of God from society.
Removal of God removes the moral/ethical compass.
Breakdown of the Rule Of Law grants the state free-reign.
Once the LAW no longer has any meaning then the state can write the
rules as they go along —-
Case In Point:
DRONE STRIKES ON AMERICANS ‘LEGAL’
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843014-exclusive-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-drone-strikes-on-americans?lite
Better start fighting back folks because its reaching the point of no return
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AverageWhiteMale
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:14pm“What good is reading the bill if it’s 1,000 pages, and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”
Because it’s your damn Job idiot.
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Gargent_Furball
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:14pmI love it when Idiots play with words.
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Gargent_Furball
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:13pmThe Number 1 Job of the United States Government, is to protect or boarders.
and they (not me) they have failed at it.
We can have wars all over the world, but can’t even secure or own boarders. Failure again.
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Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:13pm“Our, the people in this country are not illegal. They are unregistered democrat voters.
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RedSpotinaBlueState
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:12pmThen entire Conyers family out of Detroit is corrupt. Isn’t his wife in jail?
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:47pmProbably bribed for a early release.
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earache-my-eye
Feb. 5, 2013 at 5:45pmJust got out and is on parole
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Al J Zira
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:11pmPoliticians are not politicians; they’re thieves!
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Kathleen
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:11pmSo who is illegal then? Does America have any borders? Do other countries have the right to say no to non-citizens?
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Depressed_American
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:26pmI frimly believe that the US of A needs to adopt the same constitutional standards as the countries whom the “Illegals” are from.
Mexico has VERY strict immigration laws in their Constitution, the USA needs to carry the same laws……
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4dogsandagun
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:09pmThis coming from the man who has taken down Detroit by making their citizens beholden to the Government for their subsistence. He just wants more of them legally on the dole. He and his ilk are despicable.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:09pmOK lets make a illegal act not illegal so we can’t be labeled a criminal.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:43pmDo you honestly think someone who comes here after amnesty is given will be called a criminal ?
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barber2
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:09pmJust another Democrat ” change” in the old meaning of a word. So people who are not legal citizens , are not illegal, but now ” out of status?” Just another Big Lie . Democrats twist words to support their Far Left agenda: transparent, redistribute , affordable, social justice, 99%, are some examples. Now we can add ” out of status” to the list of the Chicago radical Democrats twisted Satanic verses . Alisnky’s Rules For Radicals rules the Obama Administration. Lucifer , the Father of Lies and Deception, must be thrilled.
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jungle J
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:05pmFear the people that vote for this kind of person. He is one of a few…they are many.
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Depressed_American
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:04pmI don’t understand how people keep re-electing these IDIOTS??? Him, Pelosi, Rangel, etc….
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:12pmLow information voters.
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Popp40
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:18pmYou have to look at their voting base…..we really need to look at who should be able to vote in his country. They should be required to pass a basic civics test, ACTUALLY pay taxes, and know exactly what each politician (as best as can be determined) stand for.
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SCREW-WINDOWS
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:52pmThanks to the many channels on cable they are no longer burdened to watch the 6 Oclock news at the local level.
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CathyvanDyke
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:54pmDepressed_American
Many Blacks, Muslims, Illegal immigrants, gays, the entertainment industry as well as others have a vested interest in the election/reelection of the likes of John Conyers who embraces Barack Obama’s entitlement ideology in the his plan to destroy the Republican…
Alexander Fraser Tytler – (1747 – 1813) – Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities – University of Edinburgh
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage.
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woodyee
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:04pmJohn Conyers – member Congressional Progressive (Communist) Caucus. For a complete list, see here – http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/caucus-members/
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BODYBAG
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:18pmsans — Lt Col Allen West —– 80 communists in congress.
He was correct when he said it and it is CORRECT NOW
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:02pm“Our, the people in this country are not illegal. They are out of status. They are new Americans that are immigrants,”
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They are NOT Americans until they become citizens, and since they SNUCK into our country, they are not immigrants, but invaders. Conyers is a fool.
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OkieMarineMom2008
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:21pmJohn Conyers: “Hey, didn’t you get the memo? Illegal is now legal. Legal is illegal. Right is wrong and wrong is right. (Psst! Don’t tell anyone, but this is so we can convince the “uninformed” voter that always voting Democrat – or for our Progressive Republican friends – is best! We know they’re too stupid to figure it out. That’s why they need us here in DC since we always know what’s “best” for them! HaHa! Dumb voters!)”
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Rileydj
Feb. 5, 2013 at 6:34pmConyers needs to follow them out the gate – they are not citizens, they are not Americans, they are not our people.! They are criminals, illegal immigrants, and undesirables.
Get legal and then go for citizenship (like my immigrant wife did in less than three years of legal green card residency) and we will then welcome you!
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SgtBigO
Feb. 5, 2013 at 12:00pmOh, sorry, I was supposed to be surprised by this wasn’t I?
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