[Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 190906-1 RESOLUTION ON DREAM AND PROMISE ACT

[brent.olsen at lp.org]

You bring up some very good points Joe!  Based on these arguments alone 
I must vote no.

-Brent

On 2019-09-06 08:45, Joe Bishop-Henchman via Lnc-business wrote:
> I vote no.
> 
> I am not totally against passing resolutions endorsing specific
> legislation, although (as I wrote in April) I understand and respect
> those who prefer the LNC generally not take policy positions on
> anything, or at least things outside of ballot access and electoral
> issues. We aren't a legislative body and we aren't set up to evaluate
> legislation nor is there much evidence that we add anything by doing
> so.
> 
> Someone suggested instead passing a generalized statement on the
> issue, which I do not favor because it (a) is puts us at
> cross-purposes with the Platform Committee and (b) shows us as
> disconnected from the actual issues of the current day. I would prefer
> that if we are going to endorse and lobby for things, that we have
> something of a strategy rather than random one-offs. But I have no
> doubt immigration and the terrible situation the DACA recipients are
> in would make any top issues list.
> 
> However, if I was a congressperson or a Senator, I would vote against
> H.R. 6. The poison pill for me is Section 111(c)(3) of the bill, which
> gives the Secretary of Homeland Security total discretion to deny
> green cards (and thereby begin deportation proceedings) to any Dreamer
> he/she decides are a threat to public safety, concludes have ever been
> placed in a juvenile facility, or decides is or was a member of a
> street gang. You better believe this President would love that power,
> which he currently does not have. The status quo is that these people
> are staying and he can't kick them out. This provision was why Rep.
> Amash voted against this bill when it was considered by the House.
> 
> There is also the provision, Section 122, flagged by Ms. Adams at our
> last meeting, which requires DACA recipients to submit biometric
> information or else face deportation, a government power we should be
> rolling back, not expanding.
> 
> As a pragmatist, I know the importance of not letting the perfect get
> in the way of the good. But in my opinion, the status quo is
> preferable to this bill passing.
> 
> JBH
> 
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> Joe Bishop-Henchman
> LNC Member (At-Large)
> joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
> www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837
> 
> On 2019-09-06 04:49, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>> 
>> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 13, 2019 at 
>> 11:59:59 pm
>> Pacific time.
>> 
>> Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Longstreth, Merced, Phillips
>> 
>> =============================================
>> 
>> 
>> *Motion: *Resolved, until such time that the immigration process in 
>> the
>> United States of America acknowledges the human right of peaceful 
>> people to
>> move freely across national borders, the Libertarian National 
>> Committee
>> supports the passage of the American Dream and Promise Act by the US 
>> House
>> and urges the US Senate to pass same.
>> 
>> =============================================
>> 
>> THRESHOLD REQUIRED: 3/4 as per the following Bylaw:
>> 
>> ARTICLE 7: NATIONAL CONVENTION
>> 
>> ***
>> 
>> 11. The National Committee may adopt public policy resolutions by a ¾ 
>> vote
>> with previous notice or
>> 
>> by unanimous consent without previous notice.
>> 
>> 
>> You can keep track of the Secretary's manual tally of votes here:
>> https://tinyurl.com/ballot190906-1.  Votes are noted with a link to 
>> the
>> actual ballot cast for verification. You can find the time that the 
>> manual
>> tally was last updated at the bottom of the sheet.
>> 
>> Please notify me of any discrepancies.
>> 
>> Attached is the information also that is from the One Note from last
>> meeting.
>> 
>> Also here is the link from congress.gov:
>> https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6
>> 
>> *  In Liberty,*
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