Posted on 06/30/2010 12:25:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A few readers have asked for a fuller version of Chris Christie's discussion of immigration, which Maggie Haberman and I wrote about today.
So here's a bit more detail on his view, on an issue on which he said President Obama must "show the leadership."
"What I support is making sure that the federal government [plays] each and every one of its roles: Securing the border, enforcing immigration laws, and having an orderly process -- whatever that process is -- for people to gain citizenship."
He added: "It's a very easy issue to demagogue and I'm just not going to participate in that."
Christie said more resources -- specifically, "money" -- were needed to support federal law enforcement and border security, along with "having a clear understandable law that people can follow."
"Until you have both of those...you're not going to fix the problem," he said.
Christie also said he thinks state and local law enforcement don't have appropriate training to enforce immigration laws, and that it can distract from their overriding goal of keeping the public safe.
ZULU,
I second your baloney. When you consider how many illegal aliens are members of MS - 13, drug & people traffickers, serial rapists & pedophiles, and jihadists, etc., illegal aliens are an appropriate matter for both state and local law enforcement. Sanctuary cities just serve as hiding places for illegal alien alien criminals.
I’m in IT also. My condolences. Doesn’t it just piss you off, that guest workers brought in to replace you often pay no or partial taxes, get hired before you because of affirmative action, often get educated on your dime, and your taxes subsidize them and their families while their here.
I just love the fact that the ‘sweat of my brow’ is confiscated’ to subsidize my destruction. (I don’t really need a sarc tag do i?).
It not only pisses me off, it’s hit my wallet pretty hard also. I’m a contractor and I’ve had to drop my rate by about 30% since 2001 to stay in business.
I’ve been in it since ‘69, used to be a great field to have a career in, but I wouldn’t recomend it to any young American today.
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