Posted on 03/10/2013 6:58:09 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Likely fellow 2016 GOP presidential rival Marco Rubio has taken some heat from the conservative grassroots for being the face of comprehensive immigration reform (or what many conservatives call amnesty). Now it appears Rand Paul is going to the left of Rubio on this issue if you read his column in The Washington Times, says Steve Deace.
The entire premise of Rands piece is whats best and fair for the illegal aliens, and never discusses whats best and fair for the people here legally, paying taxes, and paying the freight for those who arent.
Gang of 8 Plan A Security Nightmare
While the Democratic Party has been most often seen as the party that was eager to enable and encourage millions of aliens, including illegal aliens, to enter the United States, the reality is that both Democrats and Republicans see significant gains to be achieved by opening Americas borders to aliens from around the world, irrespective of how they enter the United States, says Michael Cutler at GOPUSA.com.
[I]t is impossible to understand how the Gang of Eight has utterly ignored the fact that there is virtually no integrity to the process by which aliens are granted lawful status and U.S. citizenship under the current circumstances. Aliens who are applying to participate in the DREAM Act program cobbled together by the President without the consent of Congress are not being interviewed in person.
Jan Ting Say No to Another Amnesty
The so-called comprehensive immigration reform proposed by a group of senators and President Obama amounts to immediate amnesty for millions of immigration-law violators, and the lifting of limits on future immigration, with some window dressing designed to assuage skeptical voters. Weve seen this act before, says law professor Jan C. Ting.
The 1986 amnesty promised to fix the immigration problem by granting amnesty to three million immigration-law violators, strengthening the border, and penalizing employers for hiring illegal immigrants. It didnt work then, and it wont work now.
Fitton Dont Be Fooled by Deceptive Amnesty Claims
More than a few Republicans in the United States Senate seem to have contracted a severe case of what Harry Truman called Potomac Fever (wanting to go along to get along in Washington). Apparently still trembling from the recent election debacle, they have cobbled together a deceptive and destructive bipartisan compromise on illegal alien amnesty, says Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch.
There is no question that the Senate plan is unjust. Illegal aliens have broken our laws, and they shouldnt be rewarded with amnesty and immediate legalization. Heres something else: Simply talking about providing a pathway to citizenship is only going to worsen the already out-of-control illegal immigration crisis by inducing greater numbers of illegal aliens to flood across the border to take advantage of the program.
So he can’t be a senator?
This obsession is getting more than a little old.
you and John McCain have something in common.
The ignorance of never owning a business.
Go away. I’ll not indulge your blithering ignorance ever again.
I’ll take ignorance. I’ll take arrogance. i’ll not suffer both.
Obsession?
Gimme a break.
Amnesty could be 5% of a pol’s positions, but it is death to electoral victory for what could his 05% conservative stance, so it means everything.
There aren’t nearly enough anti-illegal immigration pols in the GOP. Ted Cruz at least sounds like one, and Palin has been on the fence, seemingly back and forth on it, but we’ve let it pass too often in selecting our representatives.
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