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Here is FReeper herMANroberts’ proposal to prez Bush (what The People want):

1. Do the job you swore to do. Enforce the current laws. Support and reinforce the officers working the border. Support a federal law directing local police and other law enforcement to take action to detain and initiate deportation of those here illegally. Jail employers of illegal immigrants.

2. No benefits for those in the country illegally. Exception, those with true emergency medical conditions will receive treatment while their deportation is initiated.

3. Initiate a constitutional amendment to stop the anchor baby phenomenon.

4. Build the fence.

5. Change the immigration quotas to reflect real needs justified by industry and/or states. Make the justifications public. So the average American knows how many we are allowing in and why. We will support something logical, fair, and needed AFTER our security is taken care of.

We don't need a constitutional amendment to deal with the "anchor baby" problem. The 14th Amendment refers to people who are "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. Congress had=s provided by statute that foreign embassies are not American soil. So a child born there is not an American. There are similar examples of legislative definitions such as the "inland ports," as far inland as West Virginia.

In short, that is a problem which Congress can resolve immediately by legislation. It doesn't lack the power to do that, only the will.

Congressman Billybob

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