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.
They would deport themselves in a few months if the jobs dried up. HR 4437, the bill they are so worked up about, has tough sanctions on employers and provisions for streamlined ID/documentation verification. The databases are already in place. It also includes safeguards for employers if the gov. verifies a SS# or Green Card but the employee later turns out to be an illegal.
It is interesting to note that the provision in 4437 that they call racist (making illegal entry a felony) was inserted by Dems a short time ago. It wasn't in the original version. Also interesting that Hitlery just happened to jump on "immigration reform" as a Republican evil that "would make Jesus a criminal" a mere week before the protests.
And interesting just how organized the protests were. Tens of thousands of T-shirts, thousands of professional signs and weeks of advertising on Spanish language radio and TV stations. Interesting that the orgs behind the organisation were mostly socialist activists and some Arab/Islamic orgs. Here's an example of advertising for a protest this Friday. Notice the names of the orgs on the bottom left of the poster. Those are Latino commie front orgs.
My question is:
Why aren't the dems that want border enforcement standing up, and telling their party they want it? Hell, I know we won't agree with them on many things, but a significant amount of dems do want it...and the majority of their representive just flat out reject securing the border.
We have to start building the wall of America. And it will take us decades to assimiliate those who are already here.