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Immigration Proposal Aims to Bridge Republican Divide
The Washington Post ^ | July 25, 2006 | Jim VandeHei and Charles Babington

Posted on 07/25/2006 10:21:33 AM PDT by AppleButter

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1 posted on 07/25/2006 10:21:35 AM PDT by AppleButter
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To: AppleButter
as both sides privately calculate that no deal might be the best politics and produce the best policy.

No deal AND enforce the laws that are already on the books!

2 posted on 07/25/2006 10:23:59 AM PDT by AppleButter
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To: AppleButter
"No deal" would be better than this idiocy. Raise your hand if you will "self deport".
3 posted on 07/25/2006 10:26:03 AM PDT by finallyatexan
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To: AppleButter
...would pressure illegal immigrants to "self-deport" to their home countries within two years ...

And if they don't 'self-deport', what then?

[Therein lies the problem. This proposal is only a political dipsy-doodle side-step; it still fails to address the problem.]
4 posted on 07/25/2006 10:26:06 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: AppleButter

Yep. I thinks that's the right way to go.


5 posted on 07/25/2006 10:26:22 AM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: AppleButter

How is this not rewarding law breakers?


6 posted on 07/25/2006 10:29:03 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (My new blog: http://capitalistpundit.blogspot.com/)
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To: AppleButter

I cross ocean, poor and broke,
Take bus, see employment folk.

Nice man treat me good in there,
Say I need to see welfare.

Welfare say, "You come no more,
We send cash right to your door."

Welfare checks, they make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep you healthy!

By and by, I got plenty money,
Thanks to you, American dummy.

Write to friends in motherland,
Tell them 'come fast as you can.'

They come in turbans and Ford trucks,
I buy big house with welfare bucks

They come here, we live together,
More welfare checks, it gets better!

Fourteen families, they moving in,
But neighbor's patience wearing thin.

Finally, white guy moves away,
Now I buy his house, and then I say,
"Find more aliens for house to rent."
And in the yard I put a tent.

Send for family they just trash,
But they, too, draw the welfare cash!

Everything is very good,
And soon we own the neighborhood.

We have hobby it's called breeding,
Welfare pay for baby feeding.

Kids need dentist? Wife need pills?
We get free! We got no bills!

American crazy! He pay all year,
To keep welfare running here.

We think America darn good place!
Too darn good for the white man race.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Why not give them amnesty, we've already given them the shirts off our back!


7 posted on 07/25/2006 10:29:35 AM PDT by Finop
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To: AppleButter

And here Kay proves the statements I've made of her in past. If not up for re-election she'd have voted for the Senate bill.

BTW, I'm still not voting for my Republican Congressman this fall. Nothinh has changed there.

Nor has Pence's amnesty plan suddenly not become amnesty. Nor will he ever have my support in a Presidential campaign for this sell out. Nor am I dense, as Kay and Pence believe, to fall for the idea the government that doesn't enforce laws that already exists can be trusted to verify they've been enforced.

Pence has had this sell out organized with the W.H. and other groups for some time, this isn't even his plan. Others ventured it a few years before he did. It's been shopped around capitol hill as a backup for some time, and they found someone willing to destroy their credibility by aligning with it.


8 posted on 07/25/2006 10:30:16 AM PDT by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: finallyatexan

Actually, it has gotten so bad in the small city I live in that I, an American citizen, is considering self-deportment!


9 posted on 07/25/2006 10:30:23 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Finop

LOL! Bravo! Encore!


10 posted on 07/25/2006 10:34:10 AM PDT by AppleButter
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To: sheana

I told my husband we would be better off if we renounced our citizenship, lived here as illegals and applied for food stamps, welfare, free medical, etc.We would still receive SS because they are planning on giving that to illegals as well. This is getting really pathetic and now this "self deport" crap. If they have lived here 20 years as an illegal why would they self deport now.


11 posted on 07/25/2006 10:35:00 AM PDT by finallyatexan
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The reason for the divide in the GOP is because there are conservative Republicans who know the borders must be secured, current law enforced, illegals deported and then there's the RHINOS and their left-wing socialist agendas.
12 posted on 07/25/2006 10:35:06 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: soccer_maniac
The all or nothing crowd really don`t want to solve the illegal immigration problem. More fun to moan and complain plus they get to help Rats win elections. Pretty neat deal---for them but hell for the country.
13 posted on 07/25/2006 10:37:42 AM PDT by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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To: TomGuy
And if they don't 'self-deport', what then?

The authorities will ignore them, like the ignore the 20 million legals who are here now and the businesses that hire them. And the churches will feed and clothe them and sue on their behalf. And the Democrats will register them to vote. And they'll keep driving drunk and molesting children.

THAT'S what will happen.

14 posted on 07/25/2006 10:37:54 AM PDT by AppleButter
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Dear Senator Frist:
There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran aliens.
1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.
2. There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.
3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.
4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful U.S. residents.
5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.
6. The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined.
7. There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.
8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, new Mexico and Texas. If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their schoolchildren.
9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight. Besides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life. I'll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want a better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better life a good reason to trash another nation?
10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior citizens, students, unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.
11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting people to sneak into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens, senior citizens, children and other legal residents? What is it about race that entitles people to violate our laws, steal identities, and take the American Dream without paying the price?
For about four decades American politicians have refused to secure our borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society has resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high. There has already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their supporters. There will be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have stolen into this country and demanded the rights afforded to U.S. citizens or to offend those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the wants and needs of those who don't even have the right to remain here?
There will be a reckoning. It will come in November of this year, again in 2008 and yet again in 2010.
We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators and thieves.
David J. Stoddard
U.S. Border Patrol (RET)
Hereford, Arizona


15 posted on 07/25/2006 10:39:24 AM PDT by Finop (Liberal wisdom defined... "It's not fair that you work harder than I do")
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To: AppleButter
apply for a new kind of visa that would allow them to return to the United States quickly and work legally

Under our current laws, criminal aliens would not be able to apply for any new visa for a long time. Pence's plan would change the law to accommodate a group of criminals. Can anyone say amnesty.

16 posted on 07/25/2006 10:39:33 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No bill which does NOT address securing border First. Period!!!!!

17 posted on 07/25/2006 10:39:58 AM PDT by seasoned traditionalist (ALL MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS, BUT ALL TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY, ARE MUSLIMS)
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How is this not rewarding law breakers?

It is rewarding law breakers. See post #16.

18 posted on 07/25/2006 10:41:21 AM PDT by Marine Inspector (Government is not the solution to our problem; Government is the problem)
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To: finallyatexan

Only reson they MIGHT self deport would be if they can't find a job and the welfare goodies stop coming. But, I hate to say this, but even if we manage to get the political will to do that, we still have to deal with the problem of 11-20 million angry (mostly) men of military age who've already shown a willingness to get in the street, in our face. I say bring it on.


19 posted on 07/25/2006 10:41:29 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I have to take a shower.)
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To: finallyatexan

Well a small island in the middle of nowhere that I have been looking at is starting to look better and better.


20 posted on 07/25/2006 10:42:16 AM PDT by sheana
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