To: Ben Ficklin
I doubt that, but if that's the case, then Congress can always loosen immigration requirements afterwards. There's no need to make border security contingent on a guest-worker program or on any other immigration "reform". Since we've never made more than a token effort at securing the borders, it's time to give that a chance first. It worked pretty well for the Israelis.
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03/29/2006 5:19:20 PM PST by
inquest
(If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
To: inquest
The problem with your logic is that it will take 4-5-6 years to gradually implement the enforcement.
If this were the policy that was chosen, it would be very interesting to contemplate the dis-satisfaction amongst the hardliners, such as yourself, with the pace of implementation of enforcement or the effectiveness/ineffectiveness, in preventing illegal entry, the added enforcement might have at any particular time during the gradual implementation. In other words, an enforcement only solution will not satisfy you.
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