"People all around the country will be seeing teary-eyed children whose parents are going to be deported." Then their parents should take them with them, right, Mike?
This guy needs to go pick lettuce...he shouldn't be in a position of power.
The aginer’s in this forum have to understand that “deportation only” is not a feasible economic or political alternative at this time. I find it amusing that the compromise fashioned by President Bush and his allies in the Senate is being attacked vociferously by both the politicians on the far right and the far left. This bill combines border enforcement, a path to legal status for illegal immigrants which includes hefty fines and fees, a skill based point system to determine the worthiness of future immigrants, and a guest worker program. This is a sensible alternative to the present situation. As long as the people on the right sound like a broken record yelling “amnesty”, they will be ignored by all just as the lefty’s are being ignored by everyone trying to kill the guest worker program. As you can tell from what has happened in the last week, the debate is going to be over the nuts and bolts of this proposal, not deportation. If you want some input into what occurs, then make some proposals regarding the enforcement provisions (which you seem most concerned about). If you don’t wish to come to table, then don’t complain when the demo’s roll you on your issue. I have already spoken to my Congressman to express support in general for this legislation, with a few changes regarding family reunification provisions.
If you don’t want a sensible solution, fine. I don’t have problem with that. I have that are folks on both sides of the political spectrum that oppose this legislation because they benefit by keeping this unresolved. The more chaos, the better for the organizations they run and benefit from. Myself, I will continue to work for a solution to this vexing problem, rather than tilt at windmills like some here.
Final prediction based on my discussions are that this bill will pass the Senate with minor changes 63-36, and in the house approximately 40-50 Republicans will support it’s passage (30-40 demo’s will oppose it) and send it to the President for his signature.