that Bernie has been misrepresenting his reasons for voting against the 2007 immigration reform bill:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1281339
Your OP title (So Bernie, what was your 2007 vote against the immigration reform bill really about?) suggested Sanders lied when he suggested that his vote on that bill expressed concern for the mistreatment of guest workers. In fact you were the one pushing lies. In 2007 ON THE SENATE FLOOR Sanders said this:
“In addition, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center entitled ‘Close to Slavery,’ H-2B workers are routinely cheated out of wages; forced to mortgage their futures to obtain low wage, temporary jobs; held virtually captive by employers or labor brokers who seize their documents; forced to live in squalid conditions; and denied medical benefits for on-the-job injuries. Let us not make it worse. Simply put, we must make sure that labor protections for American workers and for foreign workers who are temporarily working in our country – we must make sure these regulations are strengthened, not weakened. Over the long term, I will be introducing legislation to accomplish that goal. But in the interim, we must not take a major step backwards in terms of protecting both U.S. workers and guest workers from unscrupulous employers.”
You should apologize for your earlier mistake before you post sugar-coated sentimental slop to support Clinton. It would make the slop less gag-worthy.
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