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Immigration Debacle: All-or-nothingism begat nothing [The Anchoress]
http://theanchoressonline.com/ ^ | September 15, 2007 | The Anchoress

Posted on 09/16/2007 9:38:52 AM PDT by DCPatriot

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1 posted on 09/16/2007 9:38:54 AM PDT by DCPatriot
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turns out it was just a merry-go-round, after all.

LOL - yes, a merry-go-round. It looks as though the author enjoys being invaded.

2 posted on 09/16/2007 9:42:54 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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“illegal immigration extremists”

I stopped reading right there. One amnesty in 1986 was one too many.


3 posted on 09/16/2007 9:43:28 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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I want them all gone PERIOD. Nothing less, at this time willl do. They have proved that they care nothing for America and are just leeching off us.

Build the damn wall, start massive deportations, employer sanctions, and the rest will leave on their own.

I have no pity or compassion for ANY of them anymore.


4 posted on 09/16/2007 9:44:22 AM PDT by packrat35 (PIMP my Senate. They're all a bunch of whores anyway!)
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Spoken from a gated community.


5 posted on 09/16/2007 9:45:19 AM PDT by donna (Equal justice for U.S. citizens!)
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And it is not “nothing” we got. Because what is is far better than what was proposed. What you have are a number of GOP candidates that are willing to enforce the laws. That means a border fence, increased internal enforcement, going after the sanctuary cities, and deporting the illegals. Pretty simple.


6 posted on 09/16/2007 9:45:34 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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This author takes la la land to new heights.


7 posted on 09/16/2007 9:48:04 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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I like President Bush, alot. A man who sticks by his guns. But I’m also willing to point out his achilles heels. And illegal immigration is one of them.


8 posted on 09/16/2007 9:50:03 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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but a suspicion nonetheless that some of the folks who jumped on the “all or nothing, ship them back, Bush has betrayed the base” bandwagon are beginning to regret the ride…turns out it was just a merry-go-round, after all.

Nope. Its called the first shot. - Across the bows, and we intend it to come to an entirely different conclusion.

Who here actually believes that the amnesty bill would have "solved" the problem, especially under a (hillary!) and a democrat controlled congress??

Who is this kook, anyway?

9 posted on 09/16/2007 9:50:12 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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Two things the author got right:

1. "that’s a staggering statement when even I - a lowly and not terribly bright housewife"

2. "'the White House was not prepared for the anger of foes of illegal immigration' For crying out loud, that’s a staggering statement"


 

10 posted on 09/16/2007 9:50:35 AM PDT by Waryone (Constantly amazed by society's downhill slide.)
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How do I hate this person. Shall I count the ways? They are too numerous.

Suffice it to say that all the elites have their own lawyers guns and money. they are world citizens. elite politicians generally go with elite opinion. the trouble with elite opinion is that it is generally disloyal. that’s the downside of being world citizen.

tony snow is an entirely likeable man. W is likable too. I pray that after this administration is over neither man or their family or friends ever get in politics again.

It is very doable easy and cost effective to send illegals back to their homelands. It would be a great boon to do so especially for a country like Mexico. Why? They’d get a skilled workforce who knew something about what a first class country looks like and how to get there.


11 posted on 09/16/2007 9:52:00 AM PDT by ckilmer
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I can’t disagree at all. This has been his only failure. Thankfully though, his failure and his agreement with the democrats and rinos on this issue, opens up an opportunity.


12 posted on 09/16/2007 9:52:52 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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LOL!

Well, your 'new buddies' Feinstein and Durbin are trying to sneak amnesty for 2 million illegals into the must-pass Defense Authorization Bill.

All that would have been moot had you the temerity to compromise.

Now with the RATS in charge, all I can say is, "I told you so!"

13 posted on 09/16/2007 9:53:17 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: donna
WHERE'S THE FENCE!!???
14 posted on 09/16/2007 9:53:28 AM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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The problem was that the Bush administration started with the "I'll gladly give you border control Tuesday for Amnesty today." This might have worked if we hadn't been fooled by it in the 1986 amnesty. If the recent amnesty proposal had gone through, I would have expected the border control provisions to be just as quickly forgotten and the thorough 24-hour Z-visa background check would have amounted to nothing more than "Do you have any easily tracked felony convictions?"

Without some major fixes, it looked like the amnesty program was worse than nothing. The failure (or success if you are on the side of the illegals) of the 1986 amnesty has poisoned the immigration well. Build the fence and shut down the border for a few years, then we can talk about what level of immigration would be best for the United States on the whole and not just some special interest groups.

15 posted on 09/16/2007 9:53:29 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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To: no-to-illegals

We must be wise enough to grab the opportunity.


16 posted on 09/16/2007 9:53:49 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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I USED to like “see ya at the signin” Bush, but I am so disgusted with him now, that I can’t stand to see his face or hear him talk. If he comes on, the channel changes IMMEDIATELY. I am sick of him. Jan 20, 2009 can’t get here fast enough.


17 posted on 09/16/2007 9:54:10 AM PDT by packrat35 (PIMP my Senate. They're all a bunch of whores anyway!)
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They can try, but they will fail. Hunter is on the Armed Services Committee.


18 posted on 09/16/2007 9:54:35 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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I’m able to separate the good from the bad. The good is that he is CIC, instead of McCain, Gore, or Kerry. The bad is that he has the same posture on the borders that they have.


19 posted on 09/16/2007 9:56:03 AM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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No doubt many will vote their disgust on this issue. Should the problem continue after the vote of disgust, the demonrat party and the rinos may find their worst nightmare of being voted out of office, come true. An opportunity was once lost but the demonrats and their rino companions if shown the wrath of the voters, may wish to change not only their minds but their attitudes, but for the demonrats and the rinos it may well be too late.
20 posted on 09/16/2007 9:57:44 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (God Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform, Our Heroes.)
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