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Posted on 04/08/2006 9:32:07 PM PDT by JustPiper
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Mr. President, I thank Senator Leahy, ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. I have received just this afternoon in my office some disturbing news in the form of correspondence from the Congressional Budget Office. It suggests a number of areas where the amendment we are talking about here today, No. 3424, the immigration so-called compromise, violates our budget and the rules of the Senate. Let me read from the correspondence we have received. This is something, as you know, Mr. President, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, that we never discussed at all. It is not a matter we spent any time at all discussing as we moved forward with legislation which ultimately cleared that committee and came to the floor legislation which I thought was not good legislation and which I opposed, and so did the Senator from Texas, who just relinquished the Chair. We didn't discuss the financial impact of the legislation before us. Stand Up For America ! |
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> It's exactly the type of reasoning that's over the head of these politicians in DC and apparently you.
Ummm... no. I'm an Immigrant to New Zealand. Not an Illegal. There is a differance.
As an Immigrant I'm here legally. Illegals aren't.
The post characterized "Immigrants" in general. Not "Illegals" in particular. Something that is clearly over the head of these politicians and apparently you.
Barnes is just as bad as Kristol... but he won't commit to words. The whole FOXNews take on the illegal mess is despicable.
So you are basically saying, there is nothing to talk other than full deportation? is not that I disagree with your position is that I think we will lose the the whole argument that way. Because we appear unreasonable and unrealistic. I would much rather get a commitment that the border would be secured and the flow stopped and THEN I would agree to consider different solutions. One of them, yes, a "guess worker" program in those areas where we need people to do those jobs (like picking up vegetables, the restaurant business, etc).
We got a little over-excited anticipating Tancredo's appearance. They got him outa that studio so fast it wasn't worth the trip for him...
Disgusting... but expected.
Thanks, I am not always as attentive as could be. At least he mentioned the wall, on which he is absolutely correct! ElPatriota has posted Krauthammer's article.
BTW, we are so overwhelmed by this invasion now, we could definitely put a moratorium on legal immigration from south of the border as well.
What's clearly over your head is that unlimited, uncontrolled inmmigration is not good for any society. It's impossible to absorb the entire world as you seem to be implying we must quietly and with a smile on our face do otherwise we're a bunch of redneck racists. I personally happen to believe legal immigration numbers are too high but having said that many would probably disagree with me if the government would simply get illegal immigration under control and stop with the amnesties. But to you we're all a bunch of xenophobes aren't we?
Excellent idea, but I think the screaming libs, MSM, and bureaucrats would definitely throw a hissy fit, at that.
Then: "But if we get do away with slavery, who will pick the cotton?"
Now: "But if we do away with illegal immigration, who will pick the lettuce?"
> Sounds like this pompous finger pointer should focus her angst over bigotry bogeymen at home where they are out of the closet.
Sounds like you mean me, ay "Wardaddy"
For starts, I'm a "He" not a "She". And yes there are bigots in NZ. I am not one of them. And I'm not pompous: I object to "Immigrants" being characterized as "Illegals".
I went thru a legal process to obtain my Citizenship. You probably went thru an accident of birth to obtain yours.
Get it???
Can't expect much from the msm
Will be repeated .......:o)
Thanks !
Word from folks in SLC UT is massive demonstrations today and tomorrow..... here also . Is this a CONUS wide effort for today and tomorrow ???
> What's clearly over your head is that unlimited, uncontrolled inmmigration is not good for any society.
No, what's clearly over *your* head is that I have not advocated uncontrolled immigration.
I have objected to the characterization of "Immigrants" as being bad. I am proud to be an Immigrant.
"Illegals" are not "Immigrants" -- they are unwelcome guests. They have gone thru no due process: they cheat. Get it???
No, America's biggest weakness is listening to foreigners who think they're smarter than we are.
You've taken the lying bait of the leftwing press, mate.
You shouldn't allow them to lead you around by the ear.
Being a real American has nothing to do with skin pigment.
Here's some real Americans for you:
Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist and friends
> Ummm you need to see a few of the signs these illegals are carrying in pictures posted here at FR
They should be ejected from America with all due haste.
I re-iterate: Immigrants are OK. Home invaders are not.
We are being overwhelmed here by illegals which will turn our nation upside down dominated by illegals and their spawn in a generation.
So yes....folks like me would prefer a more limited immigration policy period....from wherever. But first we have to deal with the illegals issue which is enormous.
New Zealand could not handle this either. Do you want 50 million foreigners coming into New Zealand in the next 20 years? Do you think New Zealand would just roll over for that like it was nothing?
We have transferred the largest amount of wealth in recorded history here to redress past social injustice that had anything to do with race or ethnicity since the 1960s. Most went down a rat hole.
When you claim bigotry is the biggest problem in America, it sounds ignorant.
The main bigotry in the US today is that directed at the majority not at minorities.
Look at the Mexican marchers signs?
If you're talking about llegal immigration and are agreeing with us as you seem to be saying now then what's with all the bigot insinuations in previous posts? No one's calling legitimate legal immigrants "illegal" or "bad", where are you getting that from?
Again, you're a slave to the bleatings and the leanings of the leftwing press.
We never refer to illegal aliens as 'immigrants', because that is an insult to the wonderful people who want to be Americans and have lawfully immigrated here.
These "pro (illegal) immigration" rallies. Everyone is wearing white. What is their message here?
I remember, way back when, when I was in high school in the LA Unified School District...they started bussing from San Fernando, to my old Jr. High (caucasian mostly), in the west end of the Valley.
The kids from SF thought that when the football players wore their jerseys on Friday, it was some type of "gang."
So, the SF kids, all took their outer shirts off, and wore their white T-shirts to show "solidarity," and were prepared to fight.
What a bunch of morons. Is this what they are doing here? Showing themselves, once again, as just one huge group of thugs?
> No, America's biggest weakness is listening to foreigners who think they're smarter than we are.
No, America's biggest weakness is not listening carefully enough to foreign friends who may or may not be as smart as you are.
Re-read my posts carefully: I do not advocate illegal access to the United States. I do, however, object to the concept that "Immigration" is the USA's biggest problem.
Immigration requires a process. I went thru that process when I emigrated to NZ. It was fair, it was official, it took time, and I went thru it. Citizenship was the ultimate result.
I did not jump the queue. At no time was I an Illegal: trying to cheat the system.
"Immigration" is not America's biggest problem at all! "Home Invasion" is.
America is being Home Invaded. But not by Immigrants. It's by people operating outside the system.
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