I knew you were a Learned Political Junkie!
Posted on 01/17/2004 6:54:51 PM PST by Reaganwuzthebest
yea, I have heard that before (86). Start enforcing the laws right freaking now and then maybe I might believe it.
Of course Tancredo wants to stop Bush's proposal dead on its tracks, he'd be out of a job if the immigration issue was ever brought under control.
Right now, Tantrum Tom earns a fat living feeding the unswerving political suicide wishes of the reality challenged, who continually support his proposals without paying the most minuscule bit of attention to the fact that no single piece of immigration legislation he's ever proposed, has achieved anything beyond getting him re elected...even after he swore he would not seek that re-election.
Tantrum Tom is one of my two favorite fiction authors, the other one being Stephen King, and at least he's not trying to pass his stuff off as serious literature.
Like your 3 weeks at Free Repubic makes you an expect on "these people". What gall.
How do we know what's proposed is so much better than the "status quo" when we can't get the current code enforced? The "status quo" already has a provision of severe penalties for violators and is quite detailed in spelling them out; the sorry lawmakers, mangey trial lawyers, and leftist liberal judges say we can't enforce them.
Instead of spending $40 billion a year on Illegaliens who shouldn't be here in the first place, let's try allocating $20 billion in one year so USCIS can reinforce and enforce the laws we have. Let's heavily fine trial lawyers and anyone else who obstructs USCIS from doing their job, under penalties of RICO. Bush's plan does nothing to strengthen our Immigration code - only to weaken it.
Personnally, when the USCS hears the case(s) over indefinitely held detainees, I hope they force Bush's Admin to either enforce the entire code or nullify it completely, which would be essentially forcing the release of those detained after 9/11. Maybe then Bush will see that our Immigration code is law for a reason, and that we need it reinforced and enforced - all of it.
Let's give our Border Patrol and Marshals as much support as we give our Armed Services personnel, our most critical battleline is here at home.
How about we enforce the laws already on the books? Just once I'd like to see it tried.
The Fed IS enforcing the laws but the problem overwhelms the resources. If the states do not line up in support of enforcing the laws then it can't be done. You have no idea how much a lot of states economic health is tied up in this issue.
Simple suggestion: why not prosecute the employers?
This is complete fiction. The federal tax was supposed to be temporary too!
The Gore Tax was supposed to be temporary.
How many bridges have we paid for and are still being asked to pay a toll just to cross over it?
Nope, this is just pure Bush touchy feely propaganda. Why would anyone who has tasted freedom and opportunity in America want to go back home to poverty and corruption? Why are so many trying to come in all the time?
And, if they don't have the political will to enforce our immigration laws as they are why should we believe the government authorities will enforce this 3 year limit?
Makes me think laws are for suckers and law-abiding hard working citizens are the suckers.
Well I can't speak for other states. I know in my part of the world there are few illegals and we get along fine. And we have large tourist attractions that need service industry type labor. Granted there's a lot of legal immigrants around, but it's still overwhelmingly the native population here.
Immigration definitely needs reforming, I just don't think this is the answer.
That's the best solution I can think of. Put a few employers in jail and see how fast they stop hiring illegals.
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