Posted on 11/29/2005 5:25:04 AM PST by conservativecorner
Yesterday, George W. Bush strode to a podium in Tucson, Arizona (I love Tucson!) and against a backdrop of law enforcement officers, announced his latest plan to crack down on illegal aliens. There was nothing in his speech we haven't heard before, and his new immigration policy is just as contradictory as the old one. Among the initiatives announced:
We should build more jail cells to hold illegal aliens. Good idea. The speeding up of deportations, a crackdown on fraudulent identity papers, and a hardening of the border with more surveillance. So far, so good. Then the nonsense started to flow. The president urged Congress to pass his guest-worker amnesty program and repeated the nonsense that the illegal aliens are here "to fill jobs that Americans will not do."
Same old, same old. It is impossible to stand there and say you're going to crack down on illegal immigration while at the same time say that you are going to reward people who broke our immigration laws. The president says it's not amnesty. Ok, now we've finally caught the president in a lie. OF COURSE it's amnesty! When you tell someone who has broken the law that you are not only going to ignore their illegal conduct, but you are actually going to reward them for it, then you have more than plain old garden variety amnesty, you have amnesty with perks!
As for the oft-repeated line that the illegal aliens fill jobs Americans won't, that's also a load. Companies may not be able to fill those jobs with Americans at the same low wages they pay Mexicans, but there are plenty of people in this country that would do the work at the right price. OK .. so the price of headless chickens, landscaping and construction might go up, but at least the people receiving those paychecks would be law-abiding residents of this country, most of whom would be citizens. There is something wrong with the idea of celebrating lower home prices when those lower prices are brought with disrespect for the laws of our country. It gets worse than that. We are threatening our very security by singing the praises of illegal aliens in our workforce. Just two weeks ago we were interviewing a Texas congressman who was telling us that U.S. intelligence agencies have knowledge that Al Qaeda terrorists have moved to Mexico, adopted Hispanic identities, learned the Spanish language, and then moved right into the United States across our porous borders.
George Bush failed to address the problem appropriately yesterday, but this isn't strictly a George Bush issue. There is absolutely no willingness on the part of either political party to crack down on illegal immigration. There are simply too many votes to be had in the Hispanic community. So as a result, our security as a nation is threatened and our cities and states are overrun with illegal aliens.
I'm sure representatives of Al-Qaeda are preparing to apply for their guest-worker permits as we speak.
There are two reasons that I can see. First, simple political hispandering. Second, the belief that putting a cork in Mexico's poverty-mill pressure cooker will touch off a revolution in the kleptocracy on our border.
Ouch. Been there - done that - five times. You have my sympathies...
If they're assimilating, then is that better?
We have an unemployment rate of around 5% currently, representing about 600,000 people unemployed.
If 1,000,000 illegals (assumed working out of 11 million), who have taken jobs from Americans, are deported immediately, we have a shortfall of approx 400,000 workers to fill the jobs. Where do these workers come from?
Don't bring rational thought and solutions to this thread. You will not leave aliiiiiive!
I still think that's the real reason for all of this - trying to stave off the emergence of a Hugo Chavez II on our southern border by encouraging disgruntled potential revolutionaries come to America instead and learn the benefits of a capitalist economy.
Small companies like "Iowa Beef, Monfort, Excel, Tyson, and Con-Agra" to name a few right?
Gee .. I don't recall saying that
But hey, nice try
"Whaaaa!!!! He is NOT doing what I WANT! WHAAAAA! Same song 10,000th verse.,Can the Whine all the Time Choir find something else to whine about yet?"
Remind me to tell you that next time a liberal does something you don't like.
Good luck marginalizing us - those who want the border controlled are the now majority.
ISRAEL'S FENCE: Israel's multiple fence, border fence system. This fence is designed to succeed!! Sensors, 
"Oh yeah this constant 100% hyper criticism of our own side really helps move the agenda. But that right! The Whine all the Time Choir thinks it "helps" by doing the Democrats PR dirty work 100% of the time."
How does it help "move the agenda" by adopting the DEMS AGENDA of open borders and big government programs and big spending, like Bush has done?
If I were a lib, I'd get on and say exactly what you are. Since I'm not, I'm gonna call you and your defeatist buddies on it.
I've noticed that happening on many of these immigration/illegal threads
rational thought and solutions need not apply
whatever
It is still bad if they assimilate. Not near as aggravating as having them driving up and down your streets on "Cinco de Mayo" waving Mexican flags and letting their illegal presence be known. Or having employers in your area say "Those who are not bi-lingual need not apply".
"It's the same old same old and a HUGE reason why I normally avoid the immigration threads"
You just don't like being in the minority opinion on Illegal Immigration issues.
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Employer sanctions is the key. Enforce existing law and they will self deport gradually. Restaurants, hotels, motels, construction will howl. I could give a crap. Only illegal aliens I would allow would be in agriculture
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