Posted on 05/18/2007 6:44:16 AM PDT by pissant
I vow to oppose this legislation supported by Senators Edward Kennedy and John McCain.It provides a vast new immigration benefit to millions of illegal aliens who have broken our laws to live in the United States.I opposed the 1986 amnesty act because of this same reason.It proved to be the draw that we predicted it would be.I am deeply disappointed to see history repeating itself.
This package will confirm to the world that the U.S. does not really mean what it says when it comes to immigration enforcement.As a result of the citizenship benefit included in this legislation, despite the fine print, we will see a stampede across our borders.
This vast new amnesty and expansive guest worker program will surely be ridden with fraud and abuse, and ultimately lead to millions of public-assistance-dependent immigrants.
The Senate’s decision to blatantly ignore the Secure Fence Act signed into law last year and only require construction of 370 miles of fence, as opposed to the 854 miles mandated by the law, is a dramatic failure of this legislation.The San Diego border fence has proven that fencing works.The time has come to quickly implement the Secure Fence Act, not retreat from its mandates.
I believe that this package will result in lower wages for America’s already-struggling families by encouraging the importation of cheap foreign labor rather than investing, developing and growing a domestic workforce that will sustain our economy far into the future.
Amnesty is not the answer.Border enforcement must be first and it must be comprehensive.To do otherwise is to repeat the mistakes of the past.This Senate bill is bad for Americans, bad for our workers, bad for law enforcement and, most importantly, bad for national security.I will fight it.Please join with me.
(Excerpt) Read more at gohunter08.com ...
Yeppers to that. What if the criminal aliens, crooks, terrorists and narco-gangsters don’t want amnesty? Why should they? Wouldn’t they have to pay taxes? How can you force criminals to become citizens? Why would you? If these people really wanted to be real citizens they wouldn’t use phony ID’s.
NO AMNESTY for Employers or Employees!
“..I think Hunter is more of a valid “conservative” than Fred, but I think that Fred can win. ..”
If Duncan Hunter can win in the primaries, he can win in the general election - especially after the Dems make such a mess out of everything, as evidenced in this thread.
If you like Hunter best, please vote for him in the primaries, but if Fred enters the race and wins the primaries, we can always support Fred at that time.
But I think Duncan Hunter is going to pleasantly surprise us. More and more conservatives are discovering him.
One of the few who does not worry what others may think about his views
aT LEAST MOVE HIM INTO CONTENTION
aT LEAST MOVE HIM INTO CONTENTION
aT LEAST MOVE HIM INTO CONTENTION
Must be the salty language you use.
Yes it would.
Maybe it will at least move him into ...contention :))
You mocking my accidental caps?
NEVER!
Sometimes I say darn.
Bull feathers! I don’t believe it.
Ha!
It gives details how this 'behind the scenes' amnesty bill was worked on FOR MONTHS..behind the scenes,,OR better yet, behind our backs
.and then McCain got mad because one of the senators complained about it, and anyway....go read it.
It's what everyone suspected....
..they said they wouldn't pursue it, but they've been planning it all along.
If he's going to have a chance in this race, he's going to have to.
This is good opportunity for Hunter to show what he's made of.
Duncan Hunter is a good man!
Good to see folks coming to their senses. Rudy has been wrong on illegals in the past. Of course, now he’s wiggling around to sound tough.
Golly, gee whiz, darn - heck, ask my husband.
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