[Dane]

the pro-amnesty/open borders contingent have no respect for existing US law and no respect for US sovereignty

I guess you could put Ronald Reagan in that contingent when he signed full amnesty.

Bush isn't proposing amnesty.

[Carry_Okie]

I guess you could put Ronald Reagan in that contingent when he signed full amnesty.

Reagan at least admitted that it was a mistake.

Bush isn't proposing amnesty.

In all but name he is. There is no enforcement mechanism in his proposal to repatriate blue card holders at the end of their stay. These are people who entered illegally and stayed for years. They have no reason to leave and therefore no motive to abide by a law without a means of enforcement.

They won't vote Republican either.

[carenot]

I guess you could put Ronald Reagan in that contingent when he signed full amnesty.

I do.

[jimt]

Bush isn't proposing amnesty.

In this case, a turd by any other name would smell as foul.

[Reagan Man]

PresReagan's signoff on the 1986 amnesty legislation, Public Law: 99-603, was well intented but didn't get the job done. It was a bad policy decision that failed and we don't need to repeat the same mistake again. The world changed on 9-11 and both amnesty and open borders don't improve US security issues one iota. PresBush`s proposal grants legal status to illegal aliens. That is an act of pardon and that is in effect, amnesty. Bush`s proposal also dosen't call for sealing the borders and without sealing the borders, illegal immigration will continue and compound an already bad situation.