Posted on 05/06/2008 12:20:54 PM PDT by Delacon
“Even though this two month old article was posted by mistake, it still cheers me up one day after McCain opened a Spanish website and scheduled a speech to La Raza.”
Again my apologies to all for posting this rather dated article but you are right. The issue is just as topical today as back then if not more so. In fact there should be some outrage that these initiatives have stalled in both the house and senate.
I would rather have a moat with alligators, but then that’s just me.
McCain promised to secure the border first
He has just backtracked on that saying that “it has to be part of a comprehensive immigration bill and that addressing the issue piecemeal will not work.”
Frankly, I don’t believe a word that he says to Americans about anything.
I do believe his record on any matter.
“What a bunch of bull. Now that theyre out of power, the corrupt and inept GOP has suddenly discovered immigration as an issue”
The BS is the reaction here. First the corrupt and inept Democrats are and always have been far more wrong on immigration than the GOP, always have been and always will be. It was Ted Kennedy who slurred in Spanish in front of illegal aliens telling them he watned to give em citizenship etc. It was Senator Sessions and conservatives like him who stopped it - good for him.
Tancredo and Hunter discovered the immigration issue something like 10-20 years ago, its not new.
And now Sessions has a bill. Good for him again. This proposed bill is not too different from the bill the GOP House passed in 2006. This is not new ideas. The problem is that the senate went for amnesty and nothing happened because of folks like *US* who shut down the senate bill.
This is what those who want to fix immigration without amnesty want to do. Either it is good public policy or it is not. This happens to be good. But blasting it now because of the timing is a pathetic and wrong-headed reaction.
This is a good bill... I guess everyone here blasting it is really in the tank for amnesty, that’s the only explanation for such irrational responses.
The reaction that ‘we should just enforce the law’ is incomplete. We apparently are doing that now, much better, and now the question of support of local law enforcement and how to verify employment comes up. Legislation is needed to make the system work better.
“I anxiously await the next useless bill from the GOP that has absolutely zero chance of passage”
- So any bill that wont pass because there is a Democrat majority is ‘useless’. So I guess we just propose nothing.
No tax cuts to counter Democrat tax increases. etc.? NUTS to that!
How about showing the alternative to what the Democrats want? And showing how it can be better. This does exactly that. There is nothing wrong at all, in fact it is great.
Too Funny!
Your assessment is right on the money!
I read the reports on it myself and it supports what I said. McCain promised to secure the border first. When you find the direct quote it will back what I say.
“As long as we have Jorge in the White House, nothing will come of this.” Not long. 10 months.
“The millions of Mexicans flooding across our borders are our FRIENDS, and we should WELCOME them with open arms and give them as much monetary assistance as they want. Its racist to think otherwise!”
You sound bitter. Are you a small-towner clinging to Guns & God?
How are these ‘meaningless’:
“# Block federal funding from cities that bar their police from asking about immigration status.
# Give the Department of Homeland Security the authority to use information from the Social Security Administration to target illegal immigrants. “
- Do you think our current Federal funding of sanctuary cities is ‘meaningless’? How many millions of dollars are involved?
- Do you think DHS authorizations that are lacking in some areas should be left unfized?
In fact its like all three amnesty candidates have cut a deal with the MSM not to cover illegal immigration even though over 80% of Americans view immigration as being either one of the most important or an important issue facing this country.
“Man, what do think about the dust up that happened 2 weeks ago when one of Chertofs assistants said that it isnt federally illegal for an undocumented worker to be here?”
He is correct. So was Rudy Guliani correct when he made the same point (yet he got attacked for saying it, as it sounds ‘soft on illegal immigration’ when its just a fact). Illegal presense is a civil not criminal offense. That is why when people say “oh, just enforce the law we dont need any new law” you know they are spouting ignorance. they say simplistic things and make it sound simple but dont realize the laws themselves are imperfect and needs to be fixed.
We need folks like Sessions to craft the law so it is fixed without amnesty.
“its illegal to cross our borders without going through the process but that actually being here without proper documentation isnt. Thats a big hole in the existing laws that this push may help rectify.”
Yes, and if you recall, The GOP House bill *did* fix this in 2006, and this caused the backlash of the immigrant rallies.
Bravo to Sen Sessions for bringing this up.
“Chertoff is blowing smoke by feigning an excuse not to arrest and deport illegals.”
He and DHS have been deporting illegals.
“This bill(s) is a complete waste of time”
Do you say that about ALL of Tancredo’s ideas?
I guess is need the :-) or sarc tag.
A joke. But I’m glad to cling to the Right Stuff.
ooops ... meant to say: But Im glad you cling to the Right Stuff.
I do too.
That’s OK. I got it.
:-)
It's Scary Harry pushing amnesty again. I never seen anyone do such a 180 on immigration as Harry has. In the 1990s he was actually tougher than most conservatives on the issue but after some lectures from his wife and a few tears of remorse that's all changed now.
“Nope. Live in overcrowded Los Angeles. Only own one gun. But yes, I do try to cling to God.”
If I lived in LA, I’d have more than one gun and go to church more than the minister did. ;)
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