Better than Hannity & Colmes: Oberweis & Berkowitz on TV and Streaming
Jeff Berkowitz: …Do you think this is a hot issue as you run across the State of Illinois for Governor—the issue of illegal immigration?
Jim Oberweis: It [Illegal Immigration] is an increasingly important issue that many people are concerned about and are beginning to understand the huge costs. I don’t think it is the number one issue in a state [government] race. It is really more of a federal issue than a state issue. But, there are obviously many things that a Governor can do, such as ending the Executive Order for the Governor’s illegal alien loan program.
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Tonight, the City of Chicago edition of "Public Affairs," features Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate, airing at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21; through-out the City of Chicago; And, the program can be watched on your computer, any time. [See here].
A partial transcript of the show with Gubernatorial candidate Jim Oberweis is included below and [See here] for a summary of the show's topics, more about the show and another partial transcript of the show and [See here] for another partial transcript of the show [Jim Oberweis and romance].
The show with Jim Oberweis is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with a dozen other shows, which are currently airing there[See here].
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Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate and a resident of Sugar Grove in Kane County, IL debates and discusses with Show Host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz more than fifteen state fiscal, economic, educational, health care and social public policy issues.
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A partial transcript of our show with Jim Oberweis is included, below:
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Jeff Berkowitz: Just recently, there’s been an issue that’s come up here in Illinois, in Elmwood Park, a student who had sought to be enrolled, who was here on a temporary visa, a tourist visa-
Jim Oberweis [R-Sugar Grove, gubernatorial candidate]:Yes, that had expired seven years earlier.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, it hadn’t expired. you can use these visas to be here for six to nine months over a range of five years.
Jim Oberweis : The news reports that I heard said that it had expired seven years earlier. Seven years.
Jeff Berkowitz: You think so?
Jim Oberweis : There were two students. Maybe we’re-
Jeff Berkowitz: Could be. What happened was, the local school district challenged the student in Court, arguing that while the [United States] Supreme Court had said that the state of Illinois, and the schools therein, could not turn away undocumented, illegal immigrants—they must admit them to school-- in this case, the school district was not alleging that the student was undocumented. This was somebody who was in school with a document, but with the wrong document. That is, with a temporary or tourist visa. The local school district was taking that issue to court. The State Board of Education, sort of under the Governor- that is, the Chairman of the State Board said to the local Elmwood Park School District, “You either back away now, drop your lawsuit, or we’re terminating funds that come from the State to the school.”
Oberweis: And, the school district caved.
Berkowitz: What would you do, if you were the Governor of Illinois and this was going on , would you call up your chairman of the Board of Education and direct your chairman to act differently?
Jim Oberweis: Jeff, look. Two years ago, when I talked about illegal immigration, I was probably too early. People didn’t want to hear about the issue. It wasn’t politically correct to talk about it, but today, I think it is becoming much more mainstream. People are gaining the courage and are beginning to understand how serious this problem is in terms of its cost to our educational system, to our medical services system and to our general social services system in this country. We’re in a situation here in Illinois where our Legislature—in fact, one of my opponents, [State Sen.] Bill Brady voted in favor of providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens for our university system. Again, this is a significant charge to our taxpayers. And, to me, that doesn’t make any sense because an illegal is then going to take the place of a legitimate, legal, Illinois resident, or is going to take the place of someone who is a resident of Iowa, or Indiana, or Kentucky or Wisconsin, who would be paying full tuition, instead of getting a taxpayer-subsidized tuition rate. To me, this doesn’t make a lot of sense. But, it gets worse! This Governor, sixty days ago, came out with his new I-loan program, his illegal alien loan program, where he’s providing three percent mortgages, with three percent down to illegal aliens. That’s a better rate than we give our own veterans in this state! This is craziness! This is insanity! He’s sending out a message that says “Break our laws!” and we’ll reward you with a new home. He’s [Blagojevich is] making Illinois a sanctuary for illegal aliens to come. This is absolutely wrong! It’s bad policy. I would reverse that executive order as one of the first things that I did as Governor of Illinois.
Jeff Berkowitz: Okay, on the e-loans, or loans for illegal immigrants, you would cut out those subsided rates?
Jim Oberweis: Absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: The law, in terms of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants--it is a law, right? It passed the Legislature-
Jim Oberweis: ... Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: The mortgages, that’s an executive order... You could overturn that. But, the in-state tuition-
Jim Oberweis: Is a law passed by the Legislature.
Jeff Berkowitz: That became law. You would have opposed it.
Jim Oberweis: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: But, as Governor, there’s nothing you could do about that.
Jim Oberweis : Well, I certainly would work with the legislature to reverse that.
Jeff Berkowitz: To try to persuade them to reverse that.
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Berkowitz: …The State Board of Immigration came down hard on the school district, essentially pushed them or caused them to back off.
Oberweis: Forced them.
Berkowitz: …If they were doing that and you were the Governor, what would you do?
Oberweis: Well, I don’t know the law on that. I would have to check and see what the legal status is. But, the Elmwood Board of Education had the position, at least initially, that they were following federal law, which was different from state law [or at least what the State Board of Education was contending] and I would want to know which law takes precedence there.
Berkowitz: …In any case—
Oberweis: I would be very supportive of the Elmwood Park School Board
Berkowitz: …And, if the Chairman of your State Board of Education were threatening to cut-off funds—
Oberweis: I wouldn’t be happy about that.
Berkowitz: …You would have a conversation with that Chairman, right?
Oberweis: Yes.
Berkowitz: …Do you think this is a hot issue as you run across the State of Illinois for Governor—the issue of illegal immigration?
Oberweis: It [Illegal Immigration] is an increasingly important issue that many people are concerned about and are beginning to understand the huge costs. I don’t think it is the number one issue in a state [government] race. It is really more of a federal issue than a state issue. But, there are obviously many things that a Governor can do, such as ending the Executive Order for the Governor’s illegal alien loan program.
Berkowitz: …Is it a racial issue. You know, it involves a lot of Hispanics—
Oberweis: Absolutely not in any way a racial issue. I don’t care if somebody is coming illegally from Germany or Poland or the Czech Republican or Australia. It doesn’t make any difference. If they are here illegally, they are here illegally. End of discussion.
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Public Affairs, with Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate, was recorded on Feb. 26, 2006 and is airing on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs tonight, March 13 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. . The show with Oberweis is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with a dozen other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Jim Oberweis: It [Illegal Immigration] is an increasingly important issue that many people are concerned about and are beginning to understand the huge costs. I don’t think it is the number one issue in a state [government] race. It is really more of a federal issue than a state issue. But, there are obviously many things that a Governor can do, such as ending the Executive Order for the Governor’s illegal alien loan program.
***********************************************
Tonight, the City of Chicago edition of "Public Affairs," features Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate, airing at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21; through-out the City of Chicago; And, the program can be watched on your computer, any time. [See here].
A partial transcript of the show with Gubernatorial candidate Jim Oberweis is included below and [See here] for a summary of the show's topics, more about the show and another partial transcript of the show and [See here] for another partial transcript of the show [Jim Oberweis and romance].
The show with Jim Oberweis is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with a dozen other shows, which are currently airing there[See here].
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Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate and a resident of Sugar Grove in Kane County, IL debates and discusses with Show Host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz more than fifteen state fiscal, economic, educational, health care and social public policy issues.
*********************************************
A partial transcript of our show with Jim Oberweis is included, below:
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Jeff Berkowitz: Just recently, there’s been an issue that’s come up here in Illinois, in Elmwood Park, a student who had sought to be enrolled, who was here on a temporary visa, a tourist visa-
Jim Oberweis [R-Sugar Grove, gubernatorial candidate]:Yes, that had expired seven years earlier.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, it hadn’t expired. you can use these visas to be here for six to nine months over a range of five years.
Jim Oberweis : The news reports that I heard said that it had expired seven years earlier. Seven years.
Jeff Berkowitz: You think so?
Jim Oberweis : There were two students. Maybe we’re-
Jeff Berkowitz: Could be. What happened was, the local school district challenged the student in Court, arguing that while the [United States] Supreme Court had said that the state of Illinois, and the schools therein, could not turn away undocumented, illegal immigrants—they must admit them to school-- in this case, the school district was not alleging that the student was undocumented. This was somebody who was in school with a document, but with the wrong document. That is, with a temporary or tourist visa. The local school district was taking that issue to court. The State Board of Education, sort of under the Governor- that is, the Chairman of the State Board said to the local Elmwood Park School District, “You either back away now, drop your lawsuit, or we’re terminating funds that come from the State to the school.”
Oberweis: And, the school district caved.
Berkowitz: What would you do, if you were the Governor of Illinois and this was going on , would you call up your chairman of the Board of Education and direct your chairman to act differently?
Jim Oberweis: Jeff, look. Two years ago, when I talked about illegal immigration, I was probably too early. People didn’t want to hear about the issue. It wasn’t politically correct to talk about it, but today, I think it is becoming much more mainstream. People are gaining the courage and are beginning to understand how serious this problem is in terms of its cost to our educational system, to our medical services system and to our general social services system in this country. We’re in a situation here in Illinois where our Legislature—in fact, one of my opponents, [State Sen.] Bill Brady voted in favor of providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens for our university system. Again, this is a significant charge to our taxpayers. And, to me, that doesn’t make any sense because an illegal is then going to take the place of a legitimate, legal, Illinois resident, or is going to take the place of someone who is a resident of Iowa, or Indiana, or Kentucky or Wisconsin, who would be paying full tuition, instead of getting a taxpayer-subsidized tuition rate. To me, this doesn’t make a lot of sense. But, it gets worse! This Governor, sixty days ago, came out with his new I-loan program, his illegal alien loan program, where he’s providing three percent mortgages, with three percent down to illegal aliens. That’s a better rate than we give our own veterans in this state! This is craziness! This is insanity! He’s sending out a message that says “Break our laws!” and we’ll reward you with a new home. He’s [Blagojevich is] making Illinois a sanctuary for illegal aliens to come. This is absolutely wrong! It’s bad policy. I would reverse that executive order as one of the first things that I did as Governor of Illinois.
Jeff Berkowitz: Okay, on the e-loans, or loans for illegal immigrants, you would cut out those subsided rates?
Jim Oberweis: Absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: The law, in terms of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants--it is a law, right? It passed the Legislature-
Jim Oberweis: ... Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: The mortgages, that’s an executive order... You could overturn that. But, the in-state tuition-
Jim Oberweis: Is a law passed by the Legislature.
Jeff Berkowitz: That became law. You would have opposed it.
Jim Oberweis: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: But, as Governor, there’s nothing you could do about that.
Jim Oberweis : Well, I certainly would work with the legislature to reverse that.
Jeff Berkowitz: To try to persuade them to reverse that.
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Berkowitz: …The State Board of Immigration came down hard on the school district, essentially pushed them or caused them to back off.
Oberweis: Forced them.
Berkowitz: …If they were doing that and you were the Governor, what would you do?
Oberweis: Well, I don’t know the law on that. I would have to check and see what the legal status is. But, the Elmwood Board of Education had the position, at least initially, that they were following federal law, which was different from state law [or at least what the State Board of Education was contending] and I would want to know which law takes precedence there.
Berkowitz: …In any case—
Oberweis: I would be very supportive of the Elmwood Park School Board
Berkowitz: …And, if the Chairman of your State Board of Education were threatening to cut-off funds—
Oberweis: I wouldn’t be happy about that.
Berkowitz: …You would have a conversation with that Chairman, right?
Oberweis: Yes.
Berkowitz: …Do you think this is a hot issue as you run across the State of Illinois for Governor—the issue of illegal immigration?
Oberweis: It [Illegal Immigration] is an increasingly important issue that many people are concerned about and are beginning to understand the huge costs. I don’t think it is the number one issue in a state [government] race. It is really more of a federal issue than a state issue. But, there are obviously many things that a Governor can do, such as ending the Executive Order for the Governor’s illegal alien loan program.
Berkowitz: …Is it a racial issue. You know, it involves a lot of Hispanics—
Oberweis: Absolutely not in any way a racial issue. I don’t care if somebody is coming illegally from Germany or Poland or the Czech Republican or Australia. It doesn’t make any difference. If they are here illegally, they are here illegally. End of discussion.
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Public Affairs, with Jim Oberweis, Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate, was recorded on Feb. 26, 2006 and is airing on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs tonight, March 13 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. . The show with Oberweis is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with a dozen other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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