Hispanic caucus "uninvited" to ICE meeting

This is plain wrong, at least I can't find any justification for it. I'm all for the CONTINUED deportation policy's and the ramping up of illegals w/ a criminal record being kicked out but for the life of me I can't see why the Hispanic caucus wasn't part of the congressional meeting with ICE officials.

‘We are not thugs’: Rep. Correa defends Hispanic Caucus after dismissal from ICE meeting

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) were outraged after they were barred from a meeting with Thomas Homan, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

On Thursday, at the request of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the speaker’s staffers asked CHC members to leave the meeting, which was about the execution of President Trump’s controversial immigration policy. The Democrats were seeking clarification about the scope of the reported raids and the arrests of undocumented immigrants.

“We are not thugs. We are not gang members. We are not criminals. We are duly elected U.S. Congress people,” Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., told Yahoo News. “Each one of us represents about 750,000 people. And for them to deny us, essentially, a meeting to clarify policy is an affront to our democratic system … and by the way, most of us don’t have tattoos either...."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-gutierrez-accuses-ryan-of-dictatorial-shenanigans-after-dismissal-from-ice-meeting-162250136.html

Barring them makes complete sense, the caucus could now get on with the business at hand without having to deal with the asinine interference from those who are representing those who are breaking the law.

HUH? The caucus isn't breaking the law it's some of their constituents and that's why they should be the first guys invited. The CHC should be able to have their input, it's their people who are being deported.

jatki99 - I have edited my original message that was unclear , I apologize.

I'm surprised nobody else chinmed in on this. Leave for a week and people get soft.

Okay, Jatki, I'll chime in.

I suspect that what the Hispanic Caucus would demand is a near unlimited and free border crossings by Mexicans. They will demand that all illegal Mexicans get to stay in the US. Since the topic is going to be just the opposite, and there's no room for negotiation, AND BECAUSE TRUMP WON, the Caucus would only get in the way and slow progress.

This situation reminds me of the cartoon with John Kerry mediating negotiations between a Palestinian leader and a Jewish leader. The Palestinian demands "Death to Israel", to which Kerry responds to the Jewish leader, "Can't you just meet them halfway?"

Stopping illegal immigration means stopping it.

Democrats had a super majority in 2009....and despite that fact they offered Republicans 50/50 representation on the committee to create the healthcare bill.......and then they offered the same on the Simpson Bowles committee....and the first order of business Obama had in 2009 was to meet with Republicans in Congress to discuss the best ways to dig the economy out of the hole. In all cases the offered Olive Branch was rejected. But Republicans still cried about being left out.

Fast forward to 2017 - President two-year-old and Republicans offer no olive branches and decide they will go it alone. I suppose that's their prerogative. But here's the thing. They don't have a super majority. Any serious legislation on any topic is going to require at least a few Democrats to be on board. At some point they are going to realize this fact. Tweeting insults, crying about the unfair media, and having partisan meetings exclusively with their caucus is not going to build any bridges. But that's all Republicans have done since the Inauguration.

You bring up good points, and maybe you're right. We'll see.