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The Myth of the ‘Open Borders’ Right
National Review ^ | May 12, 2016 | Ian Tuttle

Posted on 05/12/2016 6:04:48 AM PDT by C19fan

Paul Ryan is not for open borders. In the Year of Donald Trump, these are fighting words. They are also true. On his campaign website, the speaker of the House lists four principles that he believes should guide any attempt to reform our immigration system, among which are: “First, we need to secure the border,” and, “Second, we need to enforce our laws.” Ryan has called illegal immigration “an affront to the rule of law and an unacceptable security risk.” He voted for the “Secure Fence Act of 2006,” which aimed “to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.” Other examples abound. Paul Ryan is not for “open borders.”

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: gop; immigration; rinos; traitors
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What a waste of time reading this article. The writer thinks he is being clever claiming if open borders is defined as zero immigration controls than none of the GOP favors open borders. About as effective as Willie's argument about the definition of "is". Only one wants to look at the Gang of 8 monstrosity. It would of tripled the number of legal immigrants per year so presto illegal entrants would be made legal.
1 posted on 05/12/2016 6:04:48 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

The myth of honest and objective reporting fron the National Review.


2 posted on 05/12/2016 6:07:15 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Remember...after the primaries, we better still be on the same team!)
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To: C19fan

Anything coming out of the National RINOreview, these days, is a waste of time reading.


3 posted on 05/12/2016 6:09:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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2+2=5


4 posted on 05/12/2016 6:10:29 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Redleg Duke

It is just like all politicians say they support the Second Amendmnt, but...

Their actions are what is important. They have not secured the border, and in fact, have prevented the border from being secured.


5 posted on 05/12/2016 6:12:40 AM PDT by marktwain
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What a steaming pile of bullsh!t...


6 posted on 05/12/2016 6:15:36 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: C19fan

He enthusiastically voted to fund all of Hussein’s open borders policies and his legalization of illegals.


7 posted on 05/12/2016 6:17:29 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali soli o feccia.)
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Ryan supported the Gang of 8 bill. He is for amnesty and increased guest workers. When you reward something, you get more of it.


8 posted on 05/12/2016 6:18:52 AM PDT by kabar
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Yes, I saw all of those roadblocks that Ryan threw up to block Obama’s attempts to eviscerate America’s immigration process. /sarcasm


9 posted on 05/12/2016 6:19:30 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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Okay, Ian, you're right. The label "Open Borders" doesn't actually mean that the representative never ever votes for a single border-control issue. Here's a pat on the head, and a cookie. Good job.

You'll forgive us if we continue to use the term, to help us differentiate between those who actually work hard for rigorous border enforcement and those who do not, yes? Reminder, Paul Ryan said, late last year, "I do NOT support rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants". Ryan was instrumental in blocking an effort to reduce immigration in the 1990’s. In DEC, Speaker Ryan ushered through Congress an omnibus spending bill that completely funded President Obama’s still-running 2012 executive amnesty for DREAMers. gave federal grants to sanctuary cities, funded the resettlement of illegal aliens within the United States, the release of criminal aliens, and tax credits for illegal aliens... and yet that same omnibus failed to provide funding for the mandatory completion of a 700-mile double-layer border fence that Congress promised the American people with the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Ryan’s omnibus funded an expansion of immigration levels. Ryan’s spending bill funded an expansion of Muslim migration, and expanded a controversial low-skilled H-2B guest worker program. (Sen. Tom Cotton declared that this provision was a direct violation of Ryan’s pledge not to bring up major immigration legislation while President Obama was still in office.)

Among the Right, he is pretty far-Left on immigration, and thus we will use that label on him. Sorry, Ian!

10 posted on 05/12/2016 6:21:46 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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Trump is the only sane man in American politics.

If we don’t have a border, we don’t have a country.


11 posted on 05/12/2016 6:22:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Ryan also steadfastly refused to allow a religious question for immigrants, saying “that’s not who we are”, which of course allows Islam to continue its unarmed (for the moment) invasion of the West.


12 posted on 05/12/2016 6:23:11 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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If paying lip service (intentionally meaningless votes, half-measures...) to border enforcement amounts to being against “open borders” then the author is correct. But he is missing, perhaps intentionally if he is bright enough, the reality that the GOP Establishment, including hacks like Ryan, have consistently voted for border enforcement but only in the context of measures that they knew in advance would never pass and/or be implemented.

Why? Because they are internationalists (don’t really believe in borders), think that freedom of immigration is a basic human right and good for the economy, think border enforcement is bad politics, are trying to keep their donors happy.... IDK, there are likely many variations in reasoning.


13 posted on 05/12/2016 6:26:57 AM PDT by Stingray51
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Trump is the only sane man in American politics.

He is truly the Savior. The Messiah. Not one other person anywhere in American politics has EVER mentioned ONE WORD about immigration and the border! Not only is he about to cure Cancer, he also loves us all more than he loves himself, and will single-handedly defeat every Marxist in hand-to-hand combat, on live TV, with hot scantily-clad cheerleaders who are also nuclear engineers.

14 posted on 05/12/2016 6:27:16 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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Securing the border alone is not enough. We need zero talk of amnesty for the 25+million already here, interior enforcement and whacking off the freebie magnets.


15 posted on 05/12/2016 6:28:14 AM PDT by umgud
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NATIINAL REVIEW SUCKS. Kevin Williamson—YOU ALSO REALLY SUCK.


16 posted on 05/12/2016 6:29:46 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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What’s Ryan saying about the 4000 Cubans that just walked across the border and were given a 1 hour vetting before being free to go wherever they want in the US.....


17 posted on 05/12/2016 6:30:52 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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(But let us not forget that Paul Ryan was a major hero around here just a few years ago...)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2917171/posts

PAUL RYAN DESTROYS OBAMA

This is great stuff...Our Future VP and Future POTUS...Paul Ryan!

18 posted on 05/12/2016 6:31:34 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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More propaganda from NR.


19 posted on 05/12/2016 6:40:58 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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Everyone says they want to secure the border, especially with the cameras rolling. Only a few mean it.


20 posted on 05/12/2016 6:42:38 AM PDT by marron
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