Posted on 06/01/2011 6:33:20 AM PDT by Jacvin
Those responding to the question, “Is illegal immigration a serious problem in the United States?” answered as follows:
21% Yes 14% No 65% No comprende
The above is, of course, a joke, but, like all good humor, it is rooted in reality. According to a study conducted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, illegal immigration costs the American taxpayer $113 billion per year, a monumental sum by any standards. Add the toll of human life and the fact that Homeland Security now admits having lost track of 6 million illegal immigrants, and the cost becomes staggering.
Rather than meet the challenge head on, President Obama chose to make his "Alligators in the moat" speech, wherein he both mocked
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As in capital-s Seal?
Wait, what? So Homeland "Security" KNOWS where the other 14 million illegals are?
?????
I’m not buying those poll numbers. Not for one red second.
Try to imagine if George Bush had said “alligators in a moat.”
I guess that’s what is being implied.
ah, got it. You’re right of course. The press let’s Obama get away with anything.
He never would. He’d be talking about swan boats to ferry them over.
True...sadly.
But the ‘alligators in a moat’ comment just shows that obama has the mind of a child and relates to the world as if it’s a cartoon.
so true
Ping!
Ping!
“Whew, I am so relieved”
Sleeping like a baby at night, huh?! I know... SARC. Actually, they can lie, manipulate the numbers, low ball the actual estimates etc... but the problem will only get worse. That is what is so annoying. The problems of illegal immigration aren’t being discussed by either side.
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The decision to leave the border unsecure actually secures Obama’s re-election. Bottom line. The end.
True, sadly, just like all the President’s before him.
Of course DHS knows where they are. They are “in the shadows.”
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