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Pat Buchanan Praises Romney's Immigration Policy: "Right on, Romney!"
The Boston Herald ^ | 12.16.06 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 12/16/2006 2:51:38 PM PST by Jeff Fuller

Right on, Romney!

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Gov. Mitt Romney, leaving office, has just taken a modest step to protect the people of Massachusetts.

Romney signed an agreement with the feds to empower 30 state troopers - to be trained by the feds for five weeks - to determine if crime suspects are illegal aliens. If so, the troopers could hold them on immigration violations.

If an MS-13 gang member were arrested for assault and battery, and the victim was too terrified to testify, the state troopers could hold the alleged assailant, call in immigration authorities and have him deported. Troopers would also be empowered to detain illegal aliens leaving prison, to ensure their deportation by the feds.

But never underestimate the suicidal bent of a Bay State liberal. Recall: This is the commonwealth whose governor used to grant weekend prison furloughs to the likes of Willie Horton.

Deval Patrick, the incoming Democratic governor, thinks Romney has a “bad idea” because state troopers have “enough to do.”

But Romney’s plan does not force troopers to do anything. It empowers them. And what is more important for police to do than assure that felons, who do not belong in this country, do not return to Boston, or that gang members are sent back where they came from, rather than set loose in Springfield?

What the Romney plan challenges is the “sanctuary” policy many cities have adopted under pressure from ethnic lobbies. Under New York’s policy, backed by Rudy Giuliani, five illegal aliens, several with long rap sheets, were still in the city in 2002 and able to gang-rape a woman in the shadow of Shea Stadium.

Nine states have adopted versions of the Romney plan.Resistance to this common-sense idea reveals how ingrained is the ideological hostility to any idea that might halt the flow of illegals into our country. For open-borders champions, the real criminals are those who wish to reduce immigration.

Anger has also surfaced over the raids on six meatpacking plants of Swift & Co. Of the 7,250 workers at the plants, 1,271 - nearly 18 percent - are suspected illegal aliens.

According to The Washington Post, 100 have already been charged with various crimes, including identity theft. Federal and company officials estimate up to 40 percent of all plant workers may have stolen or falsified identity documents.

In recent weeks, Swift discovered false or stolen documents for some 400 workers, who either quit or were fired. The folks at Swift apparently knew something was coming down. But while there has been a slowdown in production, Swift says it anticipates “no adverse long-term impacts.” What does this tell us?

First, that the Bush propaganda that illegal aliens only take jobs Americans won’t do is patently false. There is probably no industry in which illegal aliens are more heavily concentrated than meatpacking. Yet even at Swift, we are told, 60 percent to 70 percent of the workers are neither illegal aliens nor do they have phony IDs.

Stepping back, consider the rampant criminality the feds unearthed by turning over a few rocks at Swift & Co.

These illegal aliens had to break the law to get into our country. Many were probably assisted by human traffickers who rob the men of money and the women of much else. The illegal aliens then paid for forged or stolen documents provided by organized crime. They then are hired by firms that know they are here in violation of federal law.

These companies are triple cheats. They cheat competitors by hiring illegal labor. They cheat the government of taxes. They cheat the community by passing on to citizens the costs in higher taxes of schools and social services.

What we have here is a chain of corruption. A society that passes laws its leaders refuse to enforce, the violation of which is condoned by its corporate and media elites, is a society on the way down and on the way out.

Patrick J. Buchanan is a syndicated columnist.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; aliens; corruption; immigrantlist; immigration; potus; romney
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To: Mojave
The illegal immigration problem is a symptom, not a cause. It's happening because of economics, and that's where the solution is going to be. I'm all for fences and enforcement of the laws, but it's also true that all the fences and laws in the world will ultimately fail except in making illegals more innovative.

The problem is a current state of an always-fluctuating market, and if you ask me, I'd bet overregulation of businesses is probably more to blame for the resulting illegal workers. Illegal Mexicans are a symptom.

Take the gruesome job of meatpacking. The majority of Americans are probably much too finicky to hack animal carcases for a living, as they see it, even if it earns them a decent living.

Illiegal immigration ala cheaper workers is not a pressing make-or-break issue compared to terrorism and the U.S.'s place in a dynamic and violent world. Sure, terrorists find it easier to sneak in under lax immigration laws, but it's an entirely different kind of immigration issue than illegal Mexicans, and a hell of a lot more important!

101 posted on 12/16/2006 4:21:46 PM PST by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: Finny
The majority of Americans are probably much too finicky to hack animal carcases for a living

Really? I used to know Americans who gladly did that kind of work.

102 posted on 12/16/2006 4:30:41 PM PST by Mojave
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To: Finny
I read somewhere that 20 years ago the average pay per hour in a meatpacking plant was around 19.00 per hour.

Now its about 9.00.
All due to illegal workers.
Americans will do that work if the pay is enough. As far as prices, I sure haven't seen beef prices going down, even though employers are spending so much less on wages.

An example of jobs where illegals haven't brought the wages down yet is miners. One of the worst jobs ever. But American men and women do it every day because the pay is decent.
103 posted on 12/16/2006 4:31:13 PM PST by JRochelle (Duncan Hunter 2008!)
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To: onyx; Ms. AntiFeminazi
I told you she is keeping "our" file on him. Her memory is likely better than mine. :)

Also in his 1st book .. he writes about how his grandparents (on his mothers side) were very liberal and stuck up and defended african-american people .. though later in the book he talks about them as though they were closet bigots

Another part of the he mentions how his great great grandfather, Christopher Columbus Clark was a decorated Union Soldier and that his wife was rumored to have been a 2nd cousin to Jefferson Davis .. but that his grandmother didn't like talking about that

As for his grandfather in Africa .. he made his money as a cook and being friendly with the Brits .. then he purchased a farm where he owned goats .. that is why he claims his father was a goat herder .. which he was not .. his grandfather had hired help

104 posted on 12/16/2006 4:36:52 PM PST by Mo1 (Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
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To: WatchingInAmazement

Hunter/Steele in '08! This would be an awesome ticket!


105 posted on 12/16/2006 4:42:09 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

That would be a great choice.


106 posted on 12/16/2006 4:45:50 PM PST by Dante3
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To: Jeff Fuller

My first thought about this....

Good for Romney...but, once these M-13 gang members and other illegals are deported back to Mexico...they will be right back here.

Then, if they know who snitched on them, they will hunt them down, probably.


107 posted on 12/16/2006 4:46:10 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: Ms. AntiFeminazi; onyx
Oh and as for his name
Growing up he went by the name of Barry
It wasn't till he went to college in CA and started attending/joining Civil Rights Groups did he start going by the name of Barrack Obama

And his (step) sister from Africa, Alma (sp?) .. he is closer to, I think ... he talked more about her then his sister Mia (his mothers daughter with 2nd hubby)

Alma attended his swearing in when he became Senator and yes they are very proud of him back in Africa

The way he praised his grandfather and his father .. I got the impression Obama thinks he will one day be a great leader he claims his father and grandfather were .. though his father died a very poor and lonely man from what I got of the book
108 posted on 12/16/2006 4:47:49 PM PST by Mo1 (Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
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To: hnj_00
I'll issue the same challenge regarding Buchanan I issue to all FReepers - produce one anti-Semitic quote he has made. Criticism of the Israeli government doesn't count.

You can be the first to accept the challenge.
109 posted on 12/16/2006 5:06:57 PM PST by BW2221
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To: Dante3
"Besides, Rudy has been too scared to take on Hillary."

Probably because Rudy is one of the few to the left of Hitlery.
110 posted on 12/16/2006 5:08:15 PM PST by BW2221
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To: onyx
Obama has plenty of media advisers: CNN, CBS, NBC, NYT, AP, etc.

Good luck to the Chargers. A lot of Detroiters have adopted them (since the Lions suck).
111 posted on 12/16/2006 5:11:32 PM PST by BW2221
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To: nocommies
"this state has been overrun by illegals on his watch. this is nothing but a very late stunt to attract conservatives for his prez campaign. and i mean it... massachusetts is being overrun by brazilians, mexicans, etc. sooo sick of the brazilian flag!!"

I believe this is more the fault of the Federal government than Romney.
112 posted on 12/16/2006 5:14:12 PM PST by BW2221
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To: BW2221

Thanks! GOOD to know you're rooting for my beloved Chargers too.

Our LT is often compared to your great Barry Sanders.
I have lots of Barry's football cards. Rookie cards and fabulous inserts.


113 posted on 12/16/2006 5:15:07 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: Torie
Romney is not reliable, and Buchanan is a bit odd, but he got it right in this essay.
114 posted on 12/16/2006 5:18:30 PM PST by Radix (Hey Rocky, watch me make a Tag Line disa)
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To: Jeff Fuller
Swift says it anticipates “no adverse long-term impacts.

One short-term impact will be the absence of Swift product (if there ever was one) on my dinner table -- until they verify NO illegals in their employ.

115 posted on 12/16/2006 5:19:25 PM PST by Edit35
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To: CWOJackson
"I'm not Catholic, but I'm pretty sure they're pro-life and believe Hell exists."

"The entire Kennedy Clan is Catholic."

Rudy claims to be Catholic too. Claiming to be Catholic is one thing. Actually being Catholic is another.
116 posted on 12/16/2006 5:20:33 PM PST by BW2221
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To: CWOJackson
"I'm not Catholic, but I'm pretty sure they're pro-life and believe Hell exists."

"The entire Kennedy Clan is Catholic."

Rudy claims to be Catholic too. Claiming to be Catholic is one thing. Actually being Catholic is another.
117 posted on 12/16/2006 5:20:38 PM PST by BW2221
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To: BW2221

Exactly, buchanan makes the same claim.


118 posted on 12/16/2006 5:21:33 PM PST by CWOJackson (Tancredo? Wasn't he the bounty hunter in the Star Wars series?)
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To: Jeff Fuller

Buchanan for President. Right about Iraq, right about immigration, right about trade deficits. No wonder you are not liked by the dumba$$es.


119 posted on 12/16/2006 5:24:24 PM PST by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: ex-snook
"No wonder you are not liked by the dumba$$es."

Why don't you like Jeff Fuller?

120 posted on 12/16/2006 5:26:30 PM PST by CWOJackson (Tancredo? Wasn't he the bounty hunter in the Star Wars series?)
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