Here's a policy: If people are in the country illegally, they should be deported. I wrote that several months ago when I applauded the removal of Elvira Arrellano, an illegal immigrant who taunted U.S. authorities before being deported to Mexico. The forcible removal of those who break immigration laws is the right of any sovereign nation, and it's a job that shouldn't be outsourced. For the record, I'm glad that Arizona is bearing down on employers.
Not much there for most of us to disagree with, is there??
He makes a factual assertion, which is an arguable point -- most illegals will not "self-deport" (especially if it is a "one-state" crackdown). Maybe right, maybe wrong, but not dismissible out of hand.
Rube was basically laughed out of Dallas. He was so rah-rah La Raza that it was funny to read his columns.
Each state is accountable to its own citizens. If the illegal population immigrate to another state rather than return home, the net change is still the same for Arizona.
You’re right...I was in a hurry when I read this. If what you say is true (still haven’t read it!) it would be the first time I’ve read anything by RN that didn’t advocate the pure takedown of everything and anything we have in this country, or what’s left of it, by anyone and everyone in unlimited numbers coming and grabbing it reagrdless of legality.
History proves that illegals will self-deport if there is a national program, like Operation Wetback in the 50's, to solve the problem:
Then on June 17, 1954, what was called "Operation Wetback" began. Because political resistance was lower in California and Arizona, the roundup of aliens began there. Some 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country.By mid-July, the crackdown extended northward into Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, and eastward to Texas.
By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.
Unlike today, Mexicans caught in the roundup were not simply released at the border, where they could easily reenter the US. To discourage their return, Swing arranged for buses and trains to take many aliens deep within Mexico before being set free.
Tens of thousands more were put aboard two hired ships, the Emancipation and the Mercurio. The ships ferried the aliens from Port Isabel, Texas, to Vera Cruz, Mexico, more than 500 miles south.