Hunter Promotes Fence, Allen Sits on It

Human Events Online ^ | 12/16/05 | Human Events

[NavVet]

Last night the House voted 260 to 159 to approve an amendment to the bill sponsored by House Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter (R.-Calif.) to authorize construction of several hundred miles of fencing along five strategic stretches of border.

Before the scheduled vote, Human Events Assistant Editor Amanda Carpenter asked Republicans if they thought the U.S. had the engineering capability to build a fence that would keep illegal aliens out, and the obvious follow-up: If we can build one, why not do it?

Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.), a likely 2008 presidential candidate, carefully straddled the fence on the fence issue. Hunter explained why it would work.

[Ben Ficklin]

I don't have to provide a link because you have done it for me in your reply #91.

"Granting amnesty to hardworking immigrants." As in McCain-Kennedy.

"Halting the expansion of the guest worker program." As in the Bush Plan

You really should read these before you post them.

[primeval patriot]

The Unions are opposed to a Bush type plan because the workers under a Bush type plan can't be organized.

So you're saying they'll be prohibited by Federal law from participating in a labor union?

[Ben Ficklin]

No.

The main thing is that Bush's temp workers are difficult to organize because they are temporary. Although McCain-Kennedy will create a lot temp workers, these workers are "on the path" to green cards so unless somthing happens that removes them from the path, they are actually permenent.

Additionally, McCain Kennedy will allow the union greater access to the workers at the workplace.