Posted on 01/04/2007 5:32:40 AM PST by Mount Athos
Five years into the war on terror, most Americans desperately hoped 2006 would be "the year" for solutions to the long national nightmare of intentionally unsecured borders and the resulting illegal immigration crisis. For many, the dream was that at a minimum, we would begin to see border security and immigration law enforcement similar to what Mexicans still living in Mexico enjoy. It didn't happen.
According to a report released in late 2006 by the House Committee of Homeland Security, up to 10 million people entered the United States illegally and un-inspected last year. Georgia watched as its population of illegal aliens increased by 114 percent - the highest rate of growth in the nation.
Now, 2007 is being touted as "the year." The word in Washington all over the country is that "comprehensive reform" - a repeat of the 1986 "one-time" path to citizenship for illegal aliens who come mostly from Mexico - must happen before official campaigning begins for the 2008 elections.
Happy New Year!
It seems that the party taking power in Congress is more in line with the president's ideas on how to treat the resentful illegals and the vast black market labor-addicted employers.
Even as it became clear on election night in November that the Democrats were taking over the House, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow remarked that the election results presented "interesting opportunities" for "comprehensive immigration reform."
For something that the "do-nothing" Congress accomplished, I point to stopping the McCain/Kennedy/Bush amnesty of 2006. To the GOP House: Gracias.
The solution to the illegal immigration problem coming from Washington can be boiled down to this: Make everybody "legal." Give them - again - the path to citizenship they demand, and whatever you do, don't mention the "A" word. The present voters are on to the amnesty swindle, but hold on, we have millions of potential new voters right in front of us!
Happy New Year!
"They might be unlawful aliens but otherwise lawful citizens," was how U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales described the millions of identity and wage-stealing illegal aliens in remarks during his Senate confirmation hearings in January. Happy New Year!
Having happily endorsed the re-writing and translating of the American national anthem, in the spring of 2006, millions of screaming illegals marched in America waving the flag of Mexico in a demand for "dignity," "justice" and amnesty for all. In Chicago, about 75,000 marching illegals were led by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
"This is our country and we are not leaving!" was Gutierrez's rallying cry.
Gutierrez is busy now helping write the House version of "comprehensive immigration reform." Happy New Year!
Imagine the headlines of "intolerance and racism" if Americans were to march by the millions in a demand for secure borders and requiring that illegals be punished along with their employers.
An effort to preserving the common language of our grandfathers, laws making English our official language were angrily ridiculed as "racist" by - among many - U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, (D-Nev.).
Does anyone remember the outrage of 1999 when El Cenizo, Texas, not only resolved to grant safe haven to all illegal aliens from Mexico, but made Spanish the town's official language? Me neither.
Reid is the incoming Senate Majority Leader. Happy New Year!
Here in Georgia, taking time out from lobbying against passage of the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, Jerry Gonzales, executive director of the Atlanta-based Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, joined marchers outside the CNN Center carrying signs calling CNN's Lou Dobbs a racist.
Dobb's offense? His must-see daily television presentation of the consequences of illegal immigration.
Beware: The open borders lobby, designed to create a climate of fear for Americans tempted to speak out in defense of their nation against amnesty-again, will be in high gear in 2007. On illegal immigration, the president has found new friends.
Happy New Year - or as we may be saying next year if illegals are rewarded with a path to citizenship again - Feliz Ano Nuevo.
I'm wondering if Bush's advisors understand that this is a wedge issue, and the GOP candidate running to be his successor will lose on this issue alone? A very large number of people don't want an amnesty program for illegals.
What is worse i sBush knows and does nothing!
Beware..within the next few weeks, more Illegal Civil rights Marches will be taking place led by our Pastors and Priests.
I pray this gets National nonstop coverage and attention..
IBD...sw
So what's a few million more illegals.. /sarcasm
Quite frankly I don't think that the illegals care about amnesty all they want is to get in,take, steal and than leave this country looking like a third world country after they destroyed it.
Only 4 more years of worrying about open borders. After that, there won't be any.
If true then why did voters vote in nancy pelosi and the democrats and that 1/3 of the GOP of Tancredos's immigration caucus, lost.
The INS/Border Patrol should also be severely reformed or privatized. They created this problem through incompetent enforcement both at the border and inland as well. Their naturalization process is horribly incompetent too. There is no need to continually employ people who do do this poorly. They are the problem. Perhaps future employees should be motivated by performance based compensation.
Perhaps we should kill 2 birds with 1 stone and retask the BATF to do their work.
Does anyone remember the outrage of 1999 when El Cenizo, Texas, not only resolved to grant safe haven to all illegal aliens from Mexico, but made Spanish the town's official language?I do.Me neither.
Pretty sure that's about the last time I watched the show.
New Amnesty?.....Same as the Old Amnesty...........
Listen folks you have to get with the program. This nation doesn't belong to Americans, it belong to illegal criminal invaders. When the going gets tough, let the illegal criminal invaders have the country. Our politicians on both sides of the isle think being an American citizen can only happen if you invade the nation for the freebies. Get used to it!!! and remember it's for the children!! Be certain you tell the children it's for them as crime increases and more people are raped and or killed, and more illegal activities increase. It's for the children!!
I agree with you and steps in reform are happening especially with the election of Claderon, also the problem ain't going to be solved be building a neo-Berlin wall.
I will tell you why. The liberal party pretended to be ALLLL about border security, remember when the House first passed that Border bill and the "I AM" Senator Clinton said about it, that IF the Republicans in the House could they would make Jesus illegal.
Well the night before these liberals 'Foleyized' the morals voters, the great and vaulted Clinton voted for that very 'anti-Jesus' House Border Security bill. That House Border Security bill got 80 YES votes 19 NAY and the big daddy of immigration Ted Kennedy did not vote.
I agree. In the recent past, I have used the term "illegal invaders" as well. The term alien was considered offensive by the criminals. Maybe they thought we were confusing them with space creatures?
I said a "large number" not a majority. Enough to cause a loss for the GOP.
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