Posted on 07/01/2007 6:03:48 PM PDT by davidosborne
I think we should start using the name Duncan "BUILD THE FENCE" Hunter when refering to the ONLY Presidential candidate that can get it done !!! Here is my 2 cents worth on the recent Senate AMNESTY Bill.. IMMIGRATIOIN BILL VOTE HITS HOME IN SOUTH FLORIDA: IMMIGRANTS & THEIR SUPPORTERS REACTERD WITH ANGER Miami Herald ^ | June 28, 2007 | ALFONSO CHARDY MY RESPONSES IN RED:
Immigrants and their supporters reacted with anger and disappointment Thursday to a vote that derailed legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at legalizing millions of undocumented migrants. Disappointment? Are you kidding me? Build the fence FIRST, then let’s talk about the rest. an “undocumented migrant” is a CRIMINIAL just like any other period…. THE RULE OF LAW...THE RULE OF LAW..THE RULE OF LAW…
''This is the worst news I've received all day,'' said Ignacio Caravantes, a landscaper who lives in Florida City with his wife Araceli and four of their seven children -- all undocumented migrants from Michoacán, a state in central Mexico. ``We were hoping that at least they would have voted to continue debate. That at least would have given us some hope for the future. Now, who knows what's going to happen?'' They DID vote to continue debate…. You obviously do not understand our political process either… a vote FOR cloture ENDS the debate. cloture failed, therefore the debate continues so long as it is the will of the Senate to continue the debate.. You might want to talk to supporters of the bill and demand that they continue the debate. Meanwhile, BUILD THE FENCE !!
But Caravantes said he was sure he would not leave the United States. A criminal who stands his ground ! LOL
''We really have no place else to go,'' he said in a telephone interview as he worked in South Miami-Dade Thursday morning. ``We have made our lives here. My children have grown up here, and they don't know Mexico at all now. We are going to stay no matter what.'' You made a conscious decision to come here illegally and so you obviously do NOT respect the rule of law, therefore you are a CRIMINAL…
Caravantes, 50, sneaked into the United States in 1998 and then gradually brought his wife and children over to Florida City, where he settled. Mexicans make up the bulk of the 12 million estimated undocumented immigrants in the United States. WELCOME TO FLORIDA.. NOW GO HOME !
Jean, a 49-year-old Haitian-born car mechanic in Miami, said, ''There's no more hope for the immigrant people in the United States.'' Jean, who asked that his last name not be printed for fear that immigration authorities would track him, also said that the ''big loser'' is the U.S. economy because the undocumented immigrants who expected legalization now will have no papers and will not be able to buy homes and cars or get better-paying jobs. YOU ARE NOT AN IMMIGRANT.. YOU ARE A CRIMINAL ! and you have no respect for the RULE OF LAW…
''The ray of hope that had arisen when they refiled the legislation has been extinguished,'' said Verónica Ruiz, an undocumented Colombian who has been in hiding since Feb. 6, when immigration officers went to her home in Miami to detain her because she had been ordered deported. GO HOME ! .
The 31-year-old Colombian joined the ranks of more than half a million fugitives fleeing deportation orders nationwide after she refused to open the door when the officers came to pick her up. Eventually, the agents left and she went underground. Her attorney has since filed papers in court to reopen her case. JUST GO HOME, PAY YOUR ATTORNEY TO HELP YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY instead of defending your CRIMINAL ACT !
''Now it's going to be really difficult to get legalization back on track,'' she said. ``It was the hope of many immigrants, and now that hope is gone. It doesn't help anyone.'' legalization IS on track for the folks that do it the LEGAL way.. duh.. the HOPE is still there for those who do it LEGALLY !!!
Ruiz said that though she was disappointed in the vote because it may preclude a revival of the issue anytime soon, she was not personally upset about the demise of the Senate bill. Thank you for not taking it personal, it’s NOT personal it IS the RULE OF LAW !!
''It had too many restrictions and conditions and fees and fines that in the end would have made it really difficult for many of the 12 million people to legalize their situation,'' she said. ``It would have helped some, but not all.'' Now isn’t that just a hoot… a citizen of another country placing demands on the U.S. to grant them citizenship without paying any “fines or fees”… Now THAT is pretty funny..
Ofelia Aguilar, a Mexican migrant farm worker in Homestead who crossed the border illegally in 1990 when she was 17, was angry. If you are angry please call YOUR congressman.. oh wait YOU don’t have a congressman in Florida, YOUR Government is in Mexico!
''It's a real shame what happened in the Senate,'' she said. ``The only true natives here are the American Indians. Everybody else is an immigrant. We are all immigrants and for them to have done what they did reflects the hardening of anti-immigrant attitudes in this country.
LOL.. no one is ANTI-IMMIGRANT, many of us are ANTI-ILLEGAL-CRIMINAL-LAW BREAKING-VISITORS-WHO THINK THEY HAVE THR RIGHT TO LIVE/WORK IN THE U.S. WITHOUT PERMISSION…
``We work from sunrise to sunset. We work hard. We are not stealing. So it is unfair for Congress to treat us like they did. I guess for now we will have to continue living in the shadows, hoping our children will grow up to have a free and prosperous life.'' BUILD THE FENCE.. THEN WE CAN TALK !!! PERIOD
Aguilar's four children, two boys and two girls, were born in the United States. The oldest is 14 and the youngest two. Her husband, Maximiliano, also an undocumented Mexican immigrant, is a construction worker. CONSTRUCTION WORKER? CONSTRUCT THE FENCE NOW !!!
Martín Avendaño, a migrant worker from Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, said the Senate action showed U.S. politicians do not take undocumented workers seriously. ''They are playing with our sentiments,'' said Avendaño, 40, who now works in landscaping after years of picking tomatoes and beans in crop fields of Florida City and Homestead. ``First, they raise our hopes with the debate on immigration reform and then they take it away from us, just like that, as if we didn't matter.'' YOU ARE CORRECT.. the U.S. politicians have NOT taken ILLEGAL ALIENS seriously, which is why you are still here !!
A prominent Haitian-American community activist who testified on behalf of immigration reform in Congress last month expressed disbelief. ''It's unbelievable,'' said Marleine Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami, Inc., and chair of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. ``I had high hopes that something positive would come out of these discussions to benefit our hard-working immigrant families, but I was obviously wrong.'' BINGO, you were WRONG, and the WILL of the American PEOPLE prevails ! and for that you should be HAPPY !!
She went on to blame politics for the bill's failure. ``Our leaders in the Senate preferred to play politics rather than do what is right for such a deserving group.'' Play POLITICS? what does that mean? If that means they decided to BUILD THE FENCE FIRST, then I must have missed that, maybe they got the message, we can only hope construction of “THE FENCE” begins IMMIDIATELY, but I doubt that will happen..
Bastien testified May 22 before the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration. José Lagos, head of the immigrant rights group Honduran Unity, said his office was flooded with calls from immigrants who are ``very upset.'' LOL.. they should be upset! and should go build “THE FENCE” and then knock on the FRONT DOOR to America !
He said he was telling undocumented migrants not to despair because the Senate vote was not ``the end of the road.'' That’s RIGHT.. It is NOT the end of the road.. but I hope it’s the start of THE FENCE !
He said circumstances may change in the future because citizens upset with what happened Thursday in the Senate may vote against senators who blocked the bill and elect lawmakers more sympathetic to immigration reform. CITIZENS UPSET? I don’t think so, I think the MAJORITY OF CITIZENS prevailed here.. now I am sure there are many CRIMINALS who WISH they could vote are upset.. and to them I say.. PLEASE GO HOME !!
Randolph McGrorty, executive director of the Archdiocese of Miami's Catholic Charities Legal Services, credited anti-illegal immigration forces with the defeat of the legalization bill. ''While the proposed legislation had many flaws, its defeat was not based on careful deliberation of the legislative merits or failings,'' said McGrorty. ``It certainly was not based on concerns for fairness, national security and economic necessity. It was defeated because the voices of bigotry were louder than the voices calling for common sense.'' BIGOTRY? oh please.. again, no one is Anti-Immigrants, just anti-CRIMINAL
Cheryl Little, executive director of Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, one of the largest immigrant rights groups in South Florida, also voiced disappointment -- but not surprise. maybe you should change the name of your organization to CRIMINAL Advocacy Center?
''Given the enormous level of anti-immigrant rhetoric of late, it's not surprising that the bill has died,'' Little said. ``But without comprehensive immigration reform, we will continue to fail to meet both our security and economic needs.'' BUILD THE FENCE>…BUILD THE FENCE.. BUILD THE FENCE..
She added: ``Department of Homeland Security officials have frequently made clear that comprehensive immigration reform can be a valuable tool in the war against terrorism, yet Congress has failed to step up to the plate and make the bold decisions to achieve this.'' BUILD THE FENCE>…BUILD THE FENCE.. BUILD THE FENCE..
Not all immigrant rights advocates were sorry to see the Senate bill die. ''As painful as it is to say this, it has to be said: This was a bad bill,'' said Jonathan Fried, executive director of the Homestead social justice organization WeCount! ``Many, possibly a majority, of the millions of noncriminal undocumented immigrants would not have made it through the complicated and expensive legalization process contained in the bill.'' \ There is NO SUCH THING as a NONCRIMINAL “undocumented immigrant” is that a “noncriminal bank robber?”….
Fried went on to cite a litany of what he said were flaws in the bill. ``It would have drastically reduced family immigration. It had a temporary worker program without the minimum requirements for protection of U.S. and foreign workers. It would have further militarized the border, while reducing civil rights protections and due process rights.'' MILITARIZE THE BORDER??? . IF THE BORDER PATROL NEEDS HELP, SEND THE MILITARY TO HELP.. DUH !!..
However, local construction industry representative Peter Dyga, who has worked to lobby for this legislation, said his group was ``very disappointed.'' ''The irony is, for all the people supposedly who are upset and calling, what they got is the status quo and silent amnesty,'' said Dyga, vice president of governmental affairs for the South Florida chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. ``We were supportive as long as it did two things: secure our border and give employers in this country a reliable and predictable source of employees.'' BUILD THE FENCE…BUILD THE FENCE.. BUILD THE FENCE..
Now, Dyga said, ``We'll continue to be under a system where we have to guess which documents are real or not.'' Miami Herald staff writer Niala Boodhoo contributed to this report.
Another endorsement for Hunter.
Duncan Hunter is great! I would love to see a grass roots campaign in Kansas. With the exception of a few pockets of liberalism, Kansas is still conservative. On a side note, Kansas has not elected a DemocRAT senator since 1932.
Great post.
Duncan Hunter is the only candidate who has a record of
dealing with border issues, the border fence and authoring bills. Others ride along on his work.
Many of those who came legally gave Hunter a STANDING OVATION when he (the ONLY Republican to show up) gave a speech at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Orlando on Friday.
Here’s a couple of videos you might find interesting:
Congressman Hunter ABC Interview:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2829840
A Coversation with Congressman Hunter
http://www.wesh.com/politics/11847228/detail.html
Demand a border fence! Build it NOW!! Beef up the border patrol and close our borders!
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Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!
Hey, I really like that! Nice one!!
Thanks!
Let’s make sure Chertoff gets in gear and builds DUNCAN HUNTER’S FENCE! “It works, and it’s the law.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow1L4MsmUGM
Calexico
Looking west along the border in Otay Mesa. The original border fence (left) has been highly effective in stopping across-the-border "drive-throughs" by vehicles containing illegal immigrants and drugs. The new border fence is fifteen feet high and not climbable.
Amen!
Hunter/Thompson works for me. Big time!
BTTT
Congressman Hunter ABC Interview
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2829840
What impressed me with that interview (the reason I posted it) Georgie asks about deporting illegals (See 3:30). His answer was EXACTLY what I am looking for. Here’s an example of what I would consider pandering:
“you’re going to have to, in some way, work out a deal where they can have some aspirations of citizenship”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkN2fYnMTBs
That portion of one sentence says it all. He wants citizenship for 12 to 30 million illegal aliens. We already have a “deal”....it’s called stand in line and come in the right way.
Duncan Hunter does not have a midget’s chance in the NBA of winning President.
When you indicate that you will likely go after the matching funds right out of the gate...it is a pretty good indicator.
Just ask McCain...as he now looks at matching funds and cuts 50 people off of his campaign staff.
Duncan Hunter does not have a midget’s chance in the NBA of winning President.
When you indicate that you will likely go after the matching funds right out of the gate...it is a pretty good indicator.
Just ask McCain...as he now looks at matching funds and cuts 50 people off of his campaign staff.
Duncan Hunter does not have a midget’s chance in the NBA of winning President.
When you indicate that you will likely go after the matching funds right out of the gate...it is a pretty good indicator.
Just ask McCain...as he now looks at matching funds and cuts 50 people off of his campaign staff.
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