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.
United Church of Christ.
Thanks for the link. I'll add it to my list of required reading. :)
That a college campus library hides hell, well that speaks for itself.
According to his 1st book .. he never mentions what faith he grew up with .. he claims he didn't really have any religious upbringing .. though he did admire his step father and their customs (he talked in detail about how they would kill their chickens before dinner)
He also mentioned attending a Muslim school .. but that his mother would wake him up every morning at 4am to teach him American classes .. don't recall him mentioning a catholic school
When he came back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents he attended a prep School that had a waiting list to get into but that his grandmother pulled some strings and got him into
He claims he didn't find religion till he started doing charity work and ran for state office
Hope that made sense .. I'm trying to get dinner on the table :0)
One heck of a packaging job going on.
That's it. My memory ain't what it used to be. lol.
If former Okla. Governor Frank Keating puts his hat into the ring, it will be interesting to see he stance on the issue. He and Rudy are the only potential candidates from the Reagan Administration.
Thank you, Mo!!!!!!
The bio I watched told about the exclusive prep school in Hawaii --- he was the lone black in his class which numbered under 20 students.
I cheated. I looked at Torie's link in post #73.....lol.
Oh heck I'm sure PJ O'Rourke's "Holiday in Hell" is on that list somewhere too.
If anything you illuminate a point. The pointy headed intellectual elite my not believe in hell, but who cares about 'em, they are more or less atheists anyways. Must be a conscience coping mechanism.
You've been holding out on me and letting me blab on and on. lol
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/06/21/troopers_would_arrest_immigrants/
Got this from another thread. The first time Romney mentioned this was apparently June 06.
You have me on a list?
:)
I wish I knew where Mitt really stands on the issue of illegals. With Mitt you never know if its the real thing or if its being done for political reasons.
Another thing, this is being implemented in the last month of his term in office?
3 years and 11 month too late.
Duncan Hunter is best on this issue!
I used to cheer for old Pat too.
I can remember the Democrats trotting out the old familiar "racist" label against him. And then of course, linking all Republicans to their false charge.
What was tough for me to swallow was next door in Missouri. Claire McCaskill{D} was running ads against Jim Talent {an incumbent Republican who got defeated} showing his unwillingness to "crack down" on illegals. {And of course, the message was that the democrat really would.}
Ya know what?
I haven't seen any MSM talking heads, Jay Leno, or anyone else proclaiming these Dems that used this trick as "racists".
It's more than that with Obama. He's the black JFK who will lead them to the promise land = White House.
Never mind that he is inexperienced. They're claiming it's a plus! Not tainted. Fresh new face!
Commander-in-Chief? The heck with the military. He's their guy.
BTW, am I on the anti or pro list?
:)
Have you seen this website?
http://romneyisaliberal.com/
Any thoughts?
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