If we have lost that battle, then this Republic is finished. We will slowly decline into a Third World country and the Constitution and the vision of our Founders will be historical footnotes. If you think that being colonized by the Third World is better than what is happening in Japan or Europe, then we profoundly disagree.
If we have Spanish as a second official language, then the country will be Balkanized linguistically and culturally. Demography is destiny.
Think of the new immigrants as people who have been given green cards written in invisible ink, if they have been here for decades, without ‘consequences.’
When you legalize their status, they add to our fiscal problems. We had a blanket amnesty in 1986. It was supposed to be the first and only one. The government estimated that 1 million would apply, but the true number turned out to be 2.7 million. The process was rife with fraud.
Now just 27 years later we are proposing to have a second amnesty with 11 million illegals--according to government estimates. The numbers could be much higher. And when you legalize the 11 million they will be able to bring in tens of millions of family members thru chain migration Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimated that 66 million would be eligible when he analyzed the 2007 McCain-Kennedy amnesty, which is almost identical to what Rubio and the Gang of 8 are proposing.
It is up to our elected representatives to see that laws are upheld, and amnesty has been the unspoken ‘law’ for the past 25 years.
They didn't do that with the 1986 amnesty. Why should we believe them now? Why not just try enforcement first and only to see if we can really do it? Why do we have to hold enforcement hostage to amnesty?
I know that, having lived in Canada for 20 years, and dealing with the official bilinguality. I would strongly support legislation and regulations that require everyone who moves here to have one designated 'advocate' who speaks English in any official situation for the non-English speaking person.
When you legalize their status, they add to our fiscal problems.When you legalize their status, they add to our fiscal problems.
Consider them a replacement for the lost workers in the current generation as a result of rampant abortion of native Americans.
They didn't do that [enforce immigration law] with the 1986 amnesty. Why should we believe them now? Why not just try enforcement first and only to see if we can really do it?
What is your definition of 'enforcement?' A secure border or deportation?