Posted on 03/28/2006 7:47:23 AM PST by SmithL
OF COURSE, America needs immigrants. This is a country founded by immigrants and made richer by the imprint of newcomers in search of a land that rewards their hard work and determination to make a better life for their families.
The problem is that no country -- certainly, no country with a social safety net -- can afford to accommodate everyone who wants in. (Or as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach, put it, "We can't be the HMO to the world.") That's why there are immigration policies that limit the number of people who can immigrate here legally.
The lack of an open-door policy has spawned this week's victim class, illegal or "undocumented" immigrants, who have flouted American law and apparently believe they should not have to pay the consequences of that choice. Hence Sunday's huge demonstration in Los Angeles, where activists carried signs that called for "Amnistía, Full Rights for All Immigrants."
The Los Angeles Times duly reported, "Some Republicans fear that pushing too hard against illegal immigrants could backfire nationally, as with Proposition 187 (the 1994 ballot measure that sought to deny benefits for illegal immigrants, that) helped spur record numbers of California Latinos to become U.S. citizens and register to vote. Those voters subsequently helped Democrats regain political control in the state."
Call that the Backlash Myth. In fact, Prop. 187 passed with 59 percent of the vote and GOP Gov. Pete Wilson, who championed the measure, was re-elected in 1994. In 2003, when Democratic Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to get drivers' licenses, he so enraged voters that he sealed his political demise. After Davis was recalled from office, the heavily Democratic California Legislature repealed the bill.
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No backlash? Wanna bet?
Um, OK sure.
Wishful thinking.
It's open season on Senators.
then the writer says the backlash is a myth.
Go figure.
I mean, he says it is a myth and then points out there was one.
The articles is either confusing or I need to switch to expresso beans.
Immigration bill????
ILLEGAL Immigration Bill!!!!
The F'ing word ILLEGAL means just THAT.
We have truly lived in the Golden Age of the USA. Pity our children.
Scary but true.
Boy are you gonna get jumped on for speaking the truth.
Watching our dysfunctional liberal-socialist Congress in action is beyond sickening. They are killing America. They don't care about America, only getting re-elected. Bowing to the ILLEGAL anarchists in the streets, easily blackmailed by ILLEGAL CRIMINALS in the streets, and doing NOTHING about it except REWARDING them for their criminality. And now crafting an ILLEGAL ALIEN BILL to provide free pass for American taxpayers to continue to be ripped off by CRIMINALS.
It is all about power and control, and NOT AMERICA and its system of laws and the protections for its REAL citizens.
I am turning in my republican card. I will no longer vote for those spineless bloviators in congress. They are anti-American. This is the last straw. I'm done!
Yep.
But honestly I fear that may be the last spot in 15 years for a majority, white western culture.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition provided logistical support and mobilized for today's demonstration in Los Angeles. Thousands of A.N.S.W.E.R.'s yellow and black placards reading "Amnistía, Full Rights for All Immigrants" were held throughout the march. A.N.S.W.E.R. also organized a major contingent in the march.
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Its called la reconquista de Aztlan......
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