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.
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You need to give time and money to those who oppose this nonsense.
Duncan Hunter on the Senate Immigration Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_TCdzryD8
Duncan Hunter on the Border Fence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNGCZ2LoYhU
SC Debate: Hunter on Illegal Immigration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Jmmxg90IA
I was spending time volunteering for a strong Republican candidate in a neighboring district because my district is a safe GOP seat and we didn't have a Senate race last year. The most important thing we can do is not to argue about these things on Free Republic during election season but to volunteer for real campaigns in our home areas.
“One of the few who does not worry what others may think about his views”
Duncan is an honorable man!
Let’s get our house in order, then worry about the treason party, who excels at self imploding as well.
Yeah, I heard about the McCain tantrum. Funny stuff.
He’s vowing to. We shall see where this goes.
And as consistently conservative as the sun rising.
:o)
Nobody says it better, or with more seriousness. THis is not an election slogan for Hunter. It’s in his DNA
I suppose you have numbers to support this claim that conservatives staying home cost us congress? As opposed to swing voters that had been going Republican going democrat this time?
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