"Republican members of Congress dread the day their party becomes a permanent minority, as they are perfectly happy to see the country continue its descent into a Dark Age, so long as they get to keep their seats."
I know that if these people get legal status, we'll be forever subserviant to their political beliefs. While legal immigrants tend have more mixed views, illegals don't respect the values of America. The desire a leftward economy/society, which isn't us.
The extreme left will dominate the Dem party, and will consistantly win...if they get Amnesty. This sort of assertion is completely possible. It just can't happen.
Im one of those who is not a big supporter of amnesty. We did it already 20 years ago and the government was suppose to get tough on the border back then. They failed us. I am also a realist. Many illegals are in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries as American Soldiers. And if they are not illegals, their parents or grandparents are. So, what do we do, send them back to their country once they get out of the military? It takes 6 months and thousands of dollars to deport just one illegal. How long and how much would it take to realistically deport 13 million? They would die of old age before we would get to even the first 25% of them. I am very dissapointed that again 20 years later we are discussing this issue. Amnesty. AGAIN! Obviously the problem lies within out immigration policy and our borders. Let's fix the problem so we are not here again in freerepublic discussing 8 years from now what to do with 50 million illegals. Let's secure the borders and let's do it now. The GOP controls 3 branches of government. If (in this post 911 Era) they fail to secure the borders, they do not deserve to win in 2006.
That's what makes Republican support for amnesty so insane. These illegals are dependent on government services and will naturally vote for the party that wants to fund or expand those services. Amnesty for 11 million illegals will give the Democrats a lock on the White House and Congress for generations.