[Libloather]

It's long been a felony offense for a foreign national to enter the United States illegally.

And Hillary needs every one of those votes. RATS work in devious ways...

[cripplecreek]

Hillary may "get it" but I don't for a second believe she has any intentions of slowing the flow of illegal aliens.

[andyk]

It's long been a felony offense for a foreign national to enter the United States illegally

This is fascinating. I've been told left and right lately that it's only a misdemeanor. If it's a felony, then one could legally make a citizen's arrest, and not rely on additional felonies like human trafficking, as in the recent case of Sgt. Haab.

Illegal immigration hurts most liberal causes. It depresses wages

It can't both depress wages, and be a result of illegals taking jobs Americans won't.

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hillary gets it. Hillary Clinton says she's against illegal immigration. And she would fine employers who hire illegal aliens."

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OPINION - It would be wonderful if Hillary and all the rest of the politicians "got it." Hillary gets whatever it takes to talk her way into the White House. What Hillary does with the info; is a whole other matter.

[monkeybrau]

"Carter refused to give blanket amnesty. The refugees were taken care of in 1986, when Republican Ronald Reagan granted a blanket amnesty for 3 million illegal immigrants."

Frankly I'm surprised the tables were so turned then.

[DumpsterDiver]

If I sound like a raving lunatic at times, it's because this crap has been going on for decades and nothing seems to change:

Between 1944 and 1954,  "the decade of the wetback," the number of illegal aliens coming from Mexico increased by 6,000 percent. It is estimated that in 1954 before Operation Wetback got under way, more than a million workers had crossed the Rio Grande illegally. Cheap labor displaced native agricultural workers, and increased violation of labor laws and discrimination encouraged criminality, disease, and illiteracy. The resulting Operation Wetback, a national reaction against illegal immigration, began in Texas in mid-July 1954. snip

In 1964, President Johnson abolished the Bracero program, which brought in "temporary" farm workers from Mexico. Its demise let Cesar Chavez organize U.S. farm workers. His union won some battles early on, but a new wave of illegal immigrants in the mid-1970s reversed that progress. The union barely exists today.

As factory jobs vanished and illegal immigration swelled in the 1970s... Then came the flood of refugees from Cuba and Haiti... Carter refused to give blanket amnesty.

President Carter also tried to repeal the Texas Proviso. Congress stalled and instead set up a commission to study the matter... U.S. immigration policy was "out of control," the panel announced.

The big amnesty of 1986, signed by Reagan.

In 1986, they (Sen. Alan Simpson (R) of Wyoming and Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D) of Kentucky) pushed through legislation that repealed the Texas Proviso. It established fines for employers who knowingly hire illegals. But there was a huge loophole: Employers did not have to check whether the documents presented by job applicants were valid or fake.

And 19 years later employers still don't have to verify documents.

The Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program  involves verification checks of the SSA and DHS databases, using an automated system to verify the employment authorization of all newly hired employees. Participation in the Basic Pilot Program is voluntary, and is free to participating employers. The Basic Pilot:

• removes guesswork from document review during the Form I-9 process
• allows participating employers to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees
• improves the accuracy of wage and tax reporting, and
• protects jobs for authorized United States workers

Congress in 1990 had established another commission to study the problem. This one was headed by Barbara Jordan, a Democrat who had represented Texas in the House of Representatives. The Jordan Commission made excellent recommendations, which went nowhere.

Testimony of Barbara Jordan, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies
March 29, 1995

Note: The commission was formed in 1990. It took five years for the commission to do its thing, and then its findings were ignored.

By 1991, America was in a recession. The economy had lost a million jobs. That year, the current president's father, George H.W. Bush, signed a law that raised annual legal immigration by 35 percent to 700,000. And it did nothing about illegal entrants.

Nowadays, the messages aren't even mixed anymore. A cheap-labor Republican, George Bush won't enforce the employer penalties. He has a new amnesty program. And he vows to "match any willing worker with any willing employer." Hence the latest stampede at the southern border.

And how many illegal aliens is it that McCain/Kennedy wish to help?

</barf alert>

[Tacis]

Strange, because the scumbag crapweasel dems ABSOLUTELY need massive illegal immigration if they are ever to regain power. Unlimited illegal immigration artificially surpress wage levels. Low wage levels keep unemployment among blacks very, very high and high black unemployment keeps black dependency on dems high.

When the US government does its job of defending the border and reduces illegal immigration, wage rates in the market will rise. As real (not Fat Teddy's fake "minimum wage") wages rise, blacks will enter the market ("reservation wage") and develop the work skills necessary for advancement. As blacks get comfortable in the work force and pay taxes, they will begin to see how very little the dems have ever done for them.

[RippleFire]

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