Posted on 06/22/2007 6:57:10 AM PDT by Tribune7
What's wrong?
He's illegal.
He's a criminal.
He is being rewarded for going to the head of the line, unlawfully
It brings into serious question the hypocritical pontificating about "nation of laws"
It encourages dismissal of conforming to any and all other laws.
Other than that, nothing, really.
As for the "aggravation" part? That's cute. Is it less of an aggravation to catch arsonists? Muggers? Carjackers? Murderers? Burglars? Bank Robbers? Doesn't saying it's "impossible" to deport them all make it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
The legal immigration route was never closed (that's a whole other subject!). Once upon a time we picked and chose who came to our country. I still believe that that was a rational and universal choice for just about every civilized country.
Everything.
Oh, and send me your bank account numbers. I want to make a little "undocumented" withdrawal so that I can wisely invest some of your money, save it, etc. Since I'll do that, you'll just let me keep what I took, right?
You know, if you think that American citizenship is of such little worth that you'd give it away to criminals who are attempting to steal it, why don't you just renounce your own and get the hell out. The rest of us Americans who hold our birthright and citizenship valuable will forget you were ever our countryman.
They broke the law. They continue to break the law by working. Their employers continue to break the law. Wages are being depressed. These illegals are likely being taken advantage of...
I could go on for quite some time.
The point is you are willing to ignore the law based on some arbitrary time period of how long ago they broke in. You are also willing to ignore their continuous law breaking by them working. You are also willing to ignore the employers' law breaking.,...
Where does it end? Do you not see that selectively enforcing laws will lead to many more laws not being observed? Really?
On a related note, do you not see how setting an arbitrary time period like you have will encourage more illegals to get in quick so they'll be in line for the 4th amnesty when it come?
Please tell me you left the /sarcasm off your post..
All that tells me is that you've never lived in a "up to your keister" community of uneducated, underclass people who mean well, but have no clue, and eventually become envious, frustrated and hostile.
Look at some of the "demonstration" videos and their primitive view of a just society.
But, of course, this couldn’t happen until after the border was sealed tighter than a duck’s butt.
Many conservatives love to throw petulant fits. It’s a feature of ‘rugged individualism’ which, I admit, they seem unable to explain.
Conservatives are as driven by emotional reaction as liberals. At times, both can be comparably immature, depending on circumstances. Indeed, many conservatives seem to be driven by strange motivations at times.
If the business involves handling cash over the counter and the business owner ends up with a cash drawer full of counterfeit money, whose responsibility is that?
If the person has a thick accent and does not speak English well, that should be a clue that maybe the documents provided by the job applicant need to be examined and verified closer than somebody who sounds and acts like they were born in this country and have spoken English for a while.
Is that profiling? I don't think so, but then again I don't have a major problem when I hand a gas station attendant a $50 and they look it over before they accept it.
Just who would be these good people running amnesty boards?
Would it be like the ACLU filing frivolous lawsuits by going out and finding the most liberal thinking of judges.
Would immigration lawyers skirt the intent of the law by say sending gang clients to cities like Bezerkely and San Fransicko where anything goes?
Sorry pardoner but we need enforcement first and then a slow process of changing current laws.
You took the words right out of my mouth. If we get "amnesty" I propose that we decide to ignore the IRS. We'll see how long the gov't decides to ignore us then. :-)
Cheers,
CSG
Foreign criminals should be deported, end of story.
Which brings up a whole nother issue, the amnesty from paying the back taxes these illegals have avoided paying to the IRS. Would I get amnesty if I refused to pay taxes for a few years or file returns? Not even ... this amnesty crap is for more than just illegal entry into the US, it is giving these illegals rights we the people are not even given! That ought to be a clue to Republicans that it is a ponzie Kennedy/DNC/Schumer-Reid scheme. Why doesn’t it register?
‘amnesty’
‘lawlessness’
‘anarchy’
these ARE all bad words.
it’s very simple...and it’s not mean. equal justice is more ‘compassionate’ than amnesty. fairness is equal justice under the law, not amnesty for lawbreakers, that’s UNfair and cruel.
don’t let them brainwash you by redefining the idea of ‘compassion’.
Here's the other view of the discussion:
AMEN! My aunt was struck by a car driven by an illegal alien while she was crossing a street in LA. She almost died. Over a year in hospital and rehab and by the Grace of God, she is alive today. We never did find out what happened to the perp. My senators and representative got an earful from me! (Politely, of course.)
No they won't. Have you ever seen a poor Mexican town? They would choose, as would I, to live in an American Landfill site. They are cleaner and smell better.
Amnesty isn't a grant of citizenship.
Social Security, for example, is almost broke, even without extending its entitlements to them.
I'm convinced that those paying into SS today aren't going to get their money back. Why not offer Mexican labor the privilege of supporting our elderly?
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