Posted on 11/15/2005 6:51:13 AM PST by DTogo
...HANNITY: Because you had made a controversial statement, and you seem to be backing off of it now, and it was that people that are here illegally, that they all ought to be sent back.
I'm paraphrasing.
And it seems like now you've sort of backed off that position a little bit, because there are million that we estimate that are in this country illegally.
Why wouldn't we send them back?
CHERTOFF: ...I also recognize we've got, according to some estimates, 10 to 11 million illegals already in this country working. And the cost of identifying all of those people and sending them back would be stupendous. It would be billions and billions of dollars...
HANNITY: Why — in that sense, aren't you really rewarding those that didn't respect our laws and sovereignty? In other words, OK, you're saying, you came into this country illegally.
Now that we've identified you, we're going to let you even stay longer and make money, and then you can go back in three to six years.
Why don't we say, no, you're here illegally, you didn't respect our laws, you ought to go home? Why don't we just say that?
CHERTOFF: Well, Sean, you know, it's really an issue of practicality.
I mean, as a practical matter, we've got to identify these people and pull them out of the shadows.
Now, this is not an amnesty. This is not — the president's proposal is not a path to citizenship. It's clearly temporary, and it clearly envisions people who would have to commit to go back....
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Huh? No, do you? That would be more a question for those who DO want to deport them. It's impossible for this reason, even if we should.
Any other lawbreakers and petty criminals we should excuse while we're at it - small time drug dealers, tax cheats, etc?
If you don't understand the difference between someone who crosses the border looking for work to suppor their family and a drug dealer, you have zero perspective from which to educate anybody on anything.
I know....facts kind crowd the sugar plum fairy tale vision.
If I had a real solution to this problem I would run for high elected office but Im not. What I have been attempting to do is show that there are good reasons why politicians havent just "done the right thing" and put up a wall, shot all invaders, rounded up 20 million illegals and shipped them home..all in a day. Its not a conspiracy that Bush and the Tri-lateralists have to depress your wages or put the white man down, it's a complex problem and pushing down on one lever just causes another problem somewhere else in the system.
He didn't say the above. Why not put in the title what he really said?
Is this your title?
So are the xenophobes and racists.
I have been a LEGAL alien working in foreign countries, and currently have family, friends, and neighbors who are LEGAL aliens living and working in the U.S.
I know firsthand what it means to respect and obey they immigration laws of foreign countries and the U.S., despite all the frustrations, delays, and costs. Hence, I have ZERO tolerance for those who don't.
I think you might be responding to the wrong person.
" So are the xenophobes and racists."
Bayourod, is that you???
Yah whatever.
If you were living in a cardbord shack in Mexico with a wife and two kids, you'd do the same thing. If you don't think so, you are lying to yourself.
I'm not saying we shouldn't tighten up the border, I'm not saying we shouldn't deport people that have committed other crimes. But shipping out some guy who's been here and has been working for years and hasn't done anything wrong but sneak over the border is both bad for our economy and morally wrong.
Holy mackerel! I think you are onto something!
Small wonder you have a thing for RINOs.
My thought exactly...we need to shut down the worthless pencil-pushers at the Dept. of Homeland Security and use those billions of dollars to really do something for our security by deporting all illegals and shutting down the borders. Then we could have the Indian government show the US government how to build a very effective coiled, electrified razorwire fence as they have done along the 2,500 mile border between India and Bangladesh. Don't give us any of that French surrender talk, Chertoff. We know it CAN be done.
Small wonder you have a thing for name calling instead of serious debate.
How clueless must one be to make such a leap from making a life for yourself doing what the average American wouldnt consider doing to stealing some rich Hollywood Liberals home and property.
No kidding. Who are they?
"But shipping out some guy who's been here and has been working for years and hasn't done anything wrong but sneak over the border is both bad for our economy and morally wrong."
1. Being here illegally is morally wrong.
2. It is not "bad for the economy". It would be bad for the employers who rely on cheap, illegal labor, but the economy would improve in countless ways.
Keep living in your dream world.
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