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Thu Jul 23, 2015, 08:12 PM Jul 2015

G.O.P. Unveils Immigration Plan: “We Must Make America Somewhere No One Wants to Live”

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled his party’s long-awaited plan on immigration on Wednesday, telling reporters, “We must make America somewhere no one wants to live.”

Appearing with House Speaker John Boehner, McConnell said that, in contrast to President Obama’s “Band-Aid fixes,” the Republican plan would address “the root cause of immigration, which is that the United States is, for the most part, habitable.”

“For years, immigrants have looked to America as a place where their standard of living was bound to improve,” McConnell said. “We’re going to change that.”

Boehner said that the Republicans’ plan would reduce or eliminate “immigration magnets,” such as the social safety net, public education, clean air, and drinkable water.

MORE SATIRE HERE: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/republicans-unveil-immigration-plan

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G.O.P. Unveils Immigration Plan: “We Must Make America Somewhere No One Wants to Live” (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 OP
Are you sure it's satire? ruffburr Jul 2015 #1
it is their secret platform.... virtualobserver Jul 2015 #2
They already have. Historic NY Jul 2015 #3
I love good satire Gothmog Jul 2015 #4
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