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To: You Dirty Rats
I would say that it's asinine to assume that enforcing the current laws (which are not enforceable anyway) is the ONLY solution.

Hannity's point was to not change the law untill you can enforce the current ones.

We don't know the laws aren't enforceable, no one has ever tried.

The law against murder isn't enforcebale before the fact either, but we have no problem bringing consequences down after the fact on those who commit it.

Maybe we can't keep them from coming across the border, but we should reduce, not increase, the incentives that draw them here and als we should round them up and ship them back after they do come.

As for strawberries, we have a farm near where I live that you can pick your own. If I want some bad enough, I'd rather do that than reward law breakers.

30 posted on 01/06/2004 1:19:11 PM PST by putupon (CENSORED by AM because it was a smart aleck comment regarding the POTUS's illegal immigrant policy.)
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To: putupon
Hannity's point makes no sense to me.

If we followed his logic, then it was wrong to repeal Phohibition until we stopped all of the illegal drinking.

"Enforcing" the law by "rounding them up" is not possible in this country unless we are ready to accept Federales asking to see OUR badges!

I do think that illegal aliens should NOT receive government benefits (except for emergency health care); it is ridiculous to provide welfare for everyone on the planet who makes it here.

But there is plenty of room for people who are ready, willing and able to work. Not in unlimited numbers, of course -- but we are nowhere near immigration levels (as a % of current population) of earlier times (say, 1850-1920).
42 posted on 01/06/2004 1:36:58 PM PST by You Dirty Rats
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