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Where Krauthammer Goes Wrong on Illegal Aliens
Conservative Examiner ^ | 5/5/2010 | Anthony G. Martin

Posted on 05/05/2010 1:31:39 PM PDT by Welshman007

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To: bwc2221

This and he is rich enough that he thinks that it won’t harm him.


21 posted on 05/05/2010 2:15:00 PM PDT by Minus_The_Bear
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To: livius
Let’s also solve the problem of LEGAL immigration.

I saw the interview and believe that Krauthammer was correct.

1) Control the borders; no talk of amnesty or anything else until this is PROVEN to be done.

2) Make the LEGAL PROCESS a more timely and less costly endeavor.

3) Debate what to do with those already here. I would be for placing those who can prove more than 5 years of sustained work and a clean record on to a 3-5 year probation period with no felonies and a fine. Those with a criminal record should be deported.
22 posted on 05/05/2010 2:15:22 PM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve - STUPAK)
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To: r9etb

Any plan that allows criminal invaders to stay within the U.S. (like the ideas promoted by this writer) is amnesty, regardless of what its proponents call it.


23 posted on 05/05/2010 2:16:41 PM PDT by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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To: Sloth
Any plan that allows criminal invaders to stay within the U.S....

Yeah, right. No need to go further with you.

24 posted on 05/05/2010 2:18:54 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

So, clearly you support slapping would-be legal immigrants in the face by instead rewarding those who have openly declared their contempt for our laws and national sovereignty.


25 posted on 05/05/2010 2:21:45 PM PDT by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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To: Welshman007
However, the Krauthammer plan begins to break apart at the point of what to do once the borders are secure. He proposes a 'path to citizenship' that amounts to amnesty, which once again rewards illegal behavior. This is grossly unfair to the millions of LEGAL immigrants who have honorably entered the country according to the law, and initiated the process of becoming naturalized citizens according to U.S. statutes. It is a slap in the face to the millions of Hispanics and Mexicans who have their citizenship legally, only to watch as the government winks at those who break the law and get ahead of others in the line.

That's where I break with Krauthammer too. Not just hispanics and Mexicans but many other foreigners have been waiting literally for decades trying to go through the legal process. They WANT to be Americans and they obviously WANT to do it legally. I want THOSE people to get a break.

Sending 12-20 million illegal aliens back to Mexico would not be feasible or practical. Many of them have family members that are legal citizens. The prudent course of action would be to fine them and send them to the back of the line, requiring them to pay their fees like everyone else, but waiting their turn behind the millions of others around the world who are waiting to get into the country legally.

That is not really different than Krauthammer's position. They get to stay here while they "wait." They fill the slots that the legally-minded immigrants would like. I disagree that sending illegal aliens home is not feasible or practical. AZ just sent 1/5th to 1/4 of their illegals packing in two weeks (if we are to believe the MSM) just by making a law that mirrors Federal law. Five simple things will practically and effectively send 90+% of illegal aliens packing.

Most of that is just enforcing the laws we have and spending the money already allocated for a border fence.

26 posted on 05/05/2010 2:27:33 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: r9etb
I'm rather certain that Krauthammer didn't make a simplistic call for amnesty, ...

Yes he did.

27 posted on 05/05/2010 2:29:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: r9etb
WHY ARE SO MANY "CONSERVATIVES" FOR SHAMNESTY?!?!?!

Perhaps many that claim to be conservatives are not conservatives. CINO rhymes with RINO.

28 posted on 05/05/2010 2:31:00 PM PDT by meyer
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To: Sloth
So, clearly you support slapping would-be legal immigrants in the face by instead rewarding those who have openly declared their contempt for our laws and national sovereignty.

Wow. Your mind-reading skills really suck. What I really "clearly support" is evidence of thought, rather than mindless reaction. Your response simply reinforces my bias.

In this case, I do not agree with your assertion that a guy who's coming up here to get a job, is any more a "criminal invader" than your ancestors or mine were when they came here. For the vast majority of illegals, they're just looking for a better life.

That doesn't mean illegal immigration isn't a problem, because it is. It's just that your approach to it is not particularly helpful.

And for all your venom on the topic, it's quite evident that a lot of Americans don't just disagree with you, but are actually eager to encourage illegals to come north -- Americans are paying them good money to do so.

If you're really interested in dealing with illegal immigration, it's probably best to deal with what actually causes it: a straightforward set of economic incentives on both the demand (American) and supply (illegal immigrant) side.

29 posted on 05/05/2010 2:35:54 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: SumProVita

I’ll define amnesty. We won’t build camps in the desert to inter illegals before kicking them back over the border. We’ll simply give them a few months to leave,then the gloves come off. That’s my definition of amnesty.


30 posted on 05/05/2010 2:37:30 PM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: wiggen
We’ll simply give them a few months to leave,then the gloves come off. That’s my definition of amnesty.

Do you intend to shoot them?

31 posted on 05/05/2010 2:40:05 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

Actually you know what? Make an enterprise zone on the border. Part in Mexico,part here. If a business absolutely must have that sort of labor then they can build there. If there are too many that need jobs for that zone then screw them. They need to head back home one way or another. Of course extend no free stuff to those workers. The employers need to provide medical,no more running to hospitals on my dime. Build schools in that area too. Again,the business pay for them,not American tax dollars. I respectfully submit if you’re a business and that’s too much for you then you need to find another business not relying on illegal immigrants.


32 posted on 05/05/2010 2:44:06 PM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: r9etb

Lets see..no,i never said shoot. Arrest them. Make them serve time. Fine them too. If they can’t pay it confiscate their goods. Send them and their “citizen” children back over the border with them. Oh,after the border is secured and they try and sneak back in,those you can shoot.


33 posted on 05/05/2010 2:46:32 PM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: wiggen
Lets see..no,i never said shoot. Arrest them. Make them serve time. Fine them too. If they can’t pay it confiscate their goods.

Wow.... what a remarkably stupid, expensive, time-consuming, and ultimately unworkable idea.

Unless you want to get rid of due process, of course -- in which case you will have destroyed the country in order to save it.

34 posted on 05/05/2010 2:58:36 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb

You know whats more expensive genius? Paying for all the goodies year after bloody year. Billions upon billions go out each and every year. Deportation does not have to cost even one years worth of all the cost they bring to society. Its a one time expense versus a timeless burden. Say,you must have taken some of the same math classes Obama did since you see the matter as he does.


35 posted on 05/05/2010 3:02:42 PM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: Kerretarded

We also have to figure out who we want to invite here. I agree that we need to do retroactive processing for people who have been here and not caused any problems and have actually, through their falsified SS numbers, been contributing to Social Security for years but will never be able to collect. So I would say that’s ok.

But the problem is that nobody is thinking who we want here for our best interests. Do we want more Muslims? I think not. We could have more short-term legal Latin Americans (since they all want to go home anyway) and more people from England, Australia and Ireland, as well as from places like Spain, the Czech Republic, etc.

But I am afraid that while people here are obsessing on a group that could and will easily go back if we start enforcing our existing laws (but we should make more provision for that very necessary labor to come in on short-term visas), Obama is going to slip in his radical nation-changing program, which is to bring in millions of Muslims and make the US a Muslim country. All it takes is 15-20%, and the host country can no longer function (as we see in England, Belgium and several other Muslim-heavy European countries). Obama wants to promote this, and we have got to stop him from getting away with it.


36 posted on 05/05/2010 3:10:03 PM PDT by livius
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To: wiggen

NOBODY who is an illegal immigrant should be on any government program, or at any rate, not any longer than it takes to helicopter them back to their home countries.

However, economists have pointed out that the people who come here to work are actually paying their own way, because they arrive at working age, their education and health care expenses have already been paid by their own country, and they contribute to Social Security but never collect. This is why you see little haste in deporting them.

I think deportation should be immediate, the illegal immigrant’s country should have to pay for any benefits he received or otherwise have that taken out of their foreign aid, BUT that we have to work out a rational immigration policy based on OUR needs and not things like “compassionate family reunification,” “increasing the Muslim population,” etc.


37 posted on 05/05/2010 3:14:53 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius

I don’t disagree at all that a rational policy needs be implemented. The problem with the economists theory is they neglect all the relatives they bring over with them. I’d contend far fewer are paying their way than they assume. I also question the education notion. They may come over with a skill but that does not equate to an actual education.


38 posted on 05/05/2010 3:18:28 PM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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To: r9etb
The first problem is that guys like you always yell "AMNESTY" about any idea other than yours.

Because every call for "reform" always involves shamnesty. That is why. No reform is needed at all. We have plenty of good immigration laws and all that is needed is simply enforcement of those laws.

39 posted on 05/05/2010 3:19:41 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: bwc2221
Krathammer is a Beltway insider and definitely an elitist. he is a neocon, rather than a conservative, and he isn't necessarily on our - the conservative - side on many issues.

Bullsh*t!

Krauthammer is the most intelligent and articulate voice we have on our side.

And who appointed you as the litmus test spokesperson? He agrees with our positions as much or more than Rush Limbaugh does.

40 posted on 05/05/2010 3:25:10 PM 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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