Posted on 05/17/2015 8:06:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions said the United States needs to curb legal immigration along with illegal immigration, and fast. We need a timeout, don't you know, and the only folks who favor letting more foreigners in are monocle-wearing, cigar-smoking elitists... Yeah, the intimidation on anti-immigration beliefs is so strong that only one of the potential Republican presidential candidates, Jeb Bush, is openly in favor of current (much less expanded) levels of immigration. And note that when Sessions (like a lot of restrictionists) talks about "uncontrolled immigration," he's not even talking about illegal immigration. He's talking about the "million mostly low-wage permanent legal immigrants who can work, draw benefits and become voting citizens." ...Elsewhere, Sessions has railed against Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for multiple reasons, not least of which is that any sort of agreement "could facilitate immigration increases above current law."Bravo, Senator Sessions! There's nothing wrong with the TPA that couldn't be fixed with a new President.
Libertarians are nothing more than liberal Democrats who think they’re more fiscally responsible than everyone else.
The Libtard mantra never ceases.
he’s right on immigration (though he overestimates the jobs part of the equation) - it’s not cool for a Republican to be protectionist however.
Re: “Even with its congressional seats and governorships, state legislatures too, the GOP is doomed in the long run, even the short run.”
I agree.
I’d be surprised if 50% of the people on Free Republic support significant cuts in legal immigration (1.25 million per year) and new citizens (10 million in the last 14 years).
New citizens vote 80% for the Democrat Party. They have very poor voter turn out, especially in off year elections like 2010 and 2014, which is the only reason Republicans won major Congressional victories in those years.
When Black, Hispanic, and Asian voter turn out equals white voter turn out, the game is up, and Conservative political power will be extinguished.
And almost no one in the Republican Party seems to care.
Even worse, nobody in the GOP supports American jobs.
So we are creating more democrats.
Drug-crazed baby-killing child-molesting queers (who like smaller government)
This is an attempt to Alinsky Sessions.
That’s right, just let them all in here. There’s no lessons to be learned from cheap labor. The Civil War was a just a figment in someone’s imagination.
As are the race riots, Welfare State, overcrowded/polluted cities.
Cheap labor, cheap votes . . all for the other guy. What more could we want?
If California’s immigration explosion is America’s future, the GOP has no future
I heart Sessions
Open borders didn’t work so well for the American Indians, nor for Mexico when they wanted to settle TX. Why would it work better here and now?
I like what he writes on a lot of issues, but not immigration
As for the black wardrobe, I’ve always wondered if he’s channeling the character of Adam from Bonanza
I seem to recall Ace of Spades dubbing Nick Gillespie something like “Goth Fonzie” for his ridiculous appearance and demeanor.
He’s a perfect example of why I can’t take Libertarians seriously.
Yes.
Without Jeff Sessions’ immigration stance, the country has no future.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
If most Conservative ideas that get touted as "a sure way to ruin the Conservatives" were to become facts, we might have a chance.
It’s always about cheap labor, always.
Funny how so many people are for the free market, except for when it comes to the price of labor. Then they want Government policies to make available the entire world to drive down the wages of working Americans.
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