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Illegal Immigration Reaches Critical Mass
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 5, 2006 | Cinnamon Stillwell

Posted on 04/05/2006 2:34:48 AM PDT by johnny7

The issue of illegal immigration, while long roiling beneath the surface of American politics, is now boiling over.

The eruption began with the introduction of House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner's (R-Wis.) bill HR 4437 to the Senate following its passage by the House last December. The first attempt at real immigration reform since 1986, this commonsense legislation would have made being an illegal immigrant a felony, authorized additional fencing at the border and required all employers to use an electronic verification system to ensure that workers are legal residents. Yet the Senate supported the bill only after watering it down with a variety of amendments. It may be further weakened by the competing bills being debated in Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; cinnamonstillwell; illegals; immigration

1 posted on 04/05/2006 2:34:50 AM PDT by johnny7
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To: johnny7
The Hispanic Challenge (To America) A MUST READ Samuel Huntington (Long But Good)

The Mexicans are unlike previous immigrants. This definitely needs to be read by everyone at least once! It should be linked on pertinent immigration threads. Here's an interesting link about Samuel Huntington:

"Strangely enough, despite the fact that he was buddies with Henry Kissinger at Harvard, he is registered as a member of the Democratic Party, and has written foreign policy speeches for Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, and Jimmy Carter."


2 posted on 04/05/2006 2:57:50 AM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

Well of course la raza wishes to balkanize and keep a group down from propering, like any other leftist organiziation.


3 posted on 04/05/2006 3:33:41 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: johnny7; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; Arkat Kingtroll; bayareablues; pbear8; Jerez2; SunStar; ..
Cinnamon Stillwell Seen the Light Ping

FReepMail me if you want on, or off this low-volume Ping list.

5 posted on 04/05/2006 7:56:23 AM PDT by SmithL (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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Mark my words - voter anger (actual, real voters, not potential demographic voters) is growing over illegal immigration. Whoever comes out strongest on illegal immigration will win the Presidency in 2008.

This is an issue where Dems can really pound Republicans. How can we claim to be the 'national security party' when we won't secure our borders?


6 posted on 04/05/2006 8:08:30 AM PDT by Terabitten (The only time you can have too much ammunition is when you're swimming.)
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Yeah. An amazing number of people would even vote for Hillary!™ if they thought she's control the borders...


7 posted on 04/05/2006 10:41:00 AM PDT by null and void (We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle)
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When I read the title, I thought they were going to close down the streets with their bicycles...
8 posted on 04/05/2006 10:42:15 AM PDT by null and void (We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle)
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To: SmithL

Yeah... I've been to her website.


9 posted on 04/05/2006 10:51:09 AM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: Terabitten

Agreed but if the Pubs actually point out that it is Dems who want felons who are illegal to vote, criminals in major industries even those such as nuke facilities, NY groupies wanting illegals to be able to vote LEGALLY, perhaps the Pub base will finally overlook the Bushie errors and join in repudiating the leftist Dems on this issue. If only.........poor Bush is so behind the curve on this issue and he actually believes that the Dems want to solve it too. Yipe. He should be listening to Hugh Hewitt's new book, Painting the map red. He won't. Too stubbornly in love with his own philosophy that he lived as guv in Texas where issues were soooo easy.


10 posted on 04/05/2006 11:31:06 AM PDT by phillyfanatic
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To: johnny7
Has every one lost it?? I don't give a rat's patottie what Hispanics, numskull school boards and other politically correct entities think!

THIS IS AMERICA AND WE FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG - THIS IS MY COUNTRY AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT GO HOME!

11 posted on 04/05/2006 3:44:42 PM PDT by yoe (Bill Clinton and Madeline did what with the UAE??????)
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