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To: McGavin999
If they wanted to, INS could easily round up illegal immigrants now in the way you propose. Why don't they just do that? And everyone already knows the rules now, they just ignore them. If anything, the new rules are more complicated than the current rules. Under the current rules, if you don't have a green card and you are living here, you are here illegally. Now there will be blue cards, green cards, fees, job postings, three year terms, etc. Do you think that we will follow a multitude of new laws when we don't enforce the one law we have now?
93 posted on 01/07/2004 3:02:17 PM PST by CalKat
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To: CalKat
If they wanted to, INS could easily round up illegal immigrants now in the way you propose. Why don't they just do that?

And where would you start? Most of the illegals are employed under the table. With this new law, if you don't have a blue card you can be deported. They will start to enforce this new law because now there will be no excuse and the American people will not be able to have their heartstrings pulled with that old canard about "they're just trying to have a better life" and "they're paying taxes". They aren't most of them have never had a dime taken from their checks. This will allow us to identify those who are and those who aren't. It's a start on fixing a HUGE problem.

Look, I live in Arizona and illegals are everywhere. Once the City of Chandler tried rounding up the illegals and you wouldn't believe the trouble they got into. These groups actually sued the city. Yeah, I know we have laws on the books. The problem is, when those laws have been ignored for decades our courts can pretty much do as they please. People get away with saying it's common practice. That's why there has to be a NEW law so when enforcement starts everyone will understand.

President Bush's proposal is very reasonable. They will not be able to claim that it is onerous to enforce it because those who do not obtain a blue card are very obviously skirting the law that is REASONABLE.

102 posted on 01/07/2004 3:10:24 PM PST by McGavin999 (Don't be a Freeploader-Have you donated yet?)
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