(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Deena Gilbey is a British subject whose late husband worked on the 84th floor: On the morning of Sept. 11, instead of fleeing, he returned to the building to help evacuate his co-workers. A few days later, Mrs. Gilbey receives a letter from the INS noting that as she's now widowed her immigration status has changed and she's obliged to leave the country along with her two children (both U.S. citizens). . . Why should illegal Mexicans be the unique beneficiaries of a sentimental blather about "family values" to which U.S. immigration is otherwise notoriously antipathetic?
Whatever happend to Mrs. Gilbey?
Mark Steyn is a gift from God.
The first element?
-Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...--
The other, somewhat interlocking element is this one:
-Thunder on the Border-- (Minuteman Project)--
Not yet, but within an hour, I will update these collections of links with further links connecting these two seemingly disparate groups. Stay tuned.
And I think that's the point.
Our "leaders" are going to milk so much outrage from us that we'll compromise and take anything they offer just to make it go away.
Very good article. He is right on target in saying that it is our complicated policies combined with the world's worst bureaucracy (the former INS) that have done a lot to get us into our current situation.
Much of our immigration law (quotas, etc.) has been manipulated under various administrations to bring in larger numbers of groups for some reason favored by the respective administration. Frequently, these groups seem to be from "developing" countries. That is one reason that it has always been extremely difficult for Europeans to get legal permission to live here. In addition, Europeans normally followed the procedures, reported to the INS on schedule, had legitimate addresses, etc., thus making them much easier to remove.
I had a British friend who was a teacher and ran a small day-care operation and applied diligently every few months for extensions, legal residency, etc. They wouldn't accept her because she spoke English and was a teacher (thus "competing" for American jobs). Finally she simply quit corresponding with the INS, moved, and sank into the vast illegal world and did very well for herself for years, eventually marrying an American and being able to straighten things out.
Our immigration law is so irrational and so politically motivated (no Europeans, lots of people from countries and cultures that hate us, "family reunification" for Third Worlders who go immediately to welfare or SSSI, etc.) that, as he points out, the vast numbers of illegals are a logical consequence of it.
BTTT
"...in search of fake ID from the illegal-alien assistance network that hangs around there. Luis Martinez-Flores, who'd been living here illegally since 1994,..."
Which is a direct connection between the porous southern border and the 9-11 attack...not that it matters.
Steyn's wrong about one thing. The next forty million illegals will be here long before 2025.
Easy Ans. #1. What does a STOP sign mean? #2. Enforce the law! Those foks who can't bring themselves to serve fully according to their SWORN OATH, should get out of the way. Period! We can get people who will do the job.
This article puts the debate in the correct arena.
It is U.S. Immigration Department which needs to be overhauled. Not our laws. The immigration laws we have are not the problem. The problem is that the laws are not being upheld.
That is the fault of our Immigration Department.
No matter how lofty ideals NEW laws might represent, the laws will not be enforced.
Let's get the discussion focused on exactly WHERE our problem lies. It is with our Immigration department their refusal to do their jobs.
Is not immigration under the Executive Branch? I don't know much about it -- but in the next 10 days I am going to know more.
If all 298 million of us starting pointing out the problem, maybe something will be done.
...and I guarantee it isn't the first thing that comes to mind!
"The president himself has contributed a whole barrelful of weaselly platitudes, beginning with his line that 'family values don't stop at the Rio Grande'."
As one of President Bush's supporters (note tagline), I am disgusted by his weaselly platitudes concerning this issue.
The American people expect such as this from Democrat politicians and their supporters from the Left, who cannot be truthful about their policies and designs and must resort to weaselly platitudes, disinformation, propaganda, and mendacity in order to get elected and to advance their agenda.
However, the American people do not expect such as this from a leader whom they have reason to respect and admire.
Here's another place where family values stops: The rubble of the World Trade Center. Deena Gilbey is a British subject whose late husband worked on the 84th floor: On the morning of Sept. 11, instead of fleeing, he returned to the building to help evacuate his co-workers. A few days later, Mrs. Gilbey receives a letter from the INS noting that as she's now widowed her immigration status has changed and she's obliged to leave the country along with her two children (both U.S. citizens). Think about that: Having legally admitted to the country the terrorists who killed her husband, the U.S. government's first act on having facilitated his murder is to add insult to grievous injury by serving his widow with a deportation order. Why should illegal Mexicans be the unique beneficiaries of a sentimental blather about "family values" to which U.S. immigration is otherwise notoriously antipathetic?
This statement tells us exactly why any form of amnesty will not work without establishing strict enforcement first.
:)EZ Does It:)
I am very seriously considering becoming a one issue voter.
If we don't speak with our votes we will be overrun by the vocal minority.
My best friend is Ukrainian and working on getting his citizenship and the illegal immigration situation just fires me up after watching all he's had to do to do it "right". Plus it is very difficult for his family to get visas to get to come and visit him-- it's enough to drive me nuts.
OMG! This needs to be shouted from the rooftops and emailed to every yahoo on capitol hill
Response: Then try a hard answer.