Might I suggest
Posted on 12/26/2017 1:58:23 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Conventional wisdom says that Democrats hold all the cards when it comes to the upcoming debate on Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals.
The reality, however, is that former President Barack Obama’s illegal edict to legalize undocumented youth will automatically expire in March, meaning it will be the Democrats who will be scrambling for votes to save it.
Consequently, all the Republicans have to do is sit back and make a list of the demands Democrats will have to compromise on if Democrats wish to keep DACA alive.
This presupposes, of course, that Republicans can act like conservatives and not like a bunch of RINOs that many have morphed into you over the past many years.
For example, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., remarkably was doing the Democrats’ bidding this past month, using passage of DACA as leverage before he would vote for the Republican tax bill.
Think about this. Was this Republican senator holding out to get enhanced tax cuts for small businesses, or protections for property taxpayers? No, he was placing the goals of 800,000 undocumented individuals over the needs of 170 million citizen taxpayers.
The ugly truth is, too many Republicans have been complicit in allowing the illegal immigration problem to snowball out of control. Democrats promoted open borders because they believed one day these immigrants would obtain citizenship and become an insurmountable majority voting bloc for generations to come. Meanwhile, Republicans acquiesced to ensure a steady flow of cheap labor to boost profits for the business community.
These pro-illegal immigration RINOs were living in a bubble, far removed from the rank-and-file Republican voters who wanted a leader who really meant it when he said we need to enforce our immigration laws. Enter Donald Trump.
Trump refused to tiptoe on the politically correct tightrope. And though his rhetoric was often over the top, he hit a chord. While other Republicans were parroting the Democrats mantra of “comprehensive immigration reform”, rank-and-file Republicans knew this was code for “amnesty.”
The base overruled the Republican establishment, electing the one candidate who they felt was serious about enforcement. Since then, many Republican officials have “gotten religion” on the issue. Now comes the test with the upcoming DACA vote.
The 1986 amnesty was supposed to be the last of its kind, but it sent the message that it's worth crossing the border illegally, because, in time, a new generation of lawmakers will provide yet another amnesty. Thus, we had 11 to 20 million additional undocumented aliens flooding over the southern border since.
If Republicans are going to entertain another amnesty, dangerously sending the message that illegal crossings pay off, they had best get concessions that will ensure the flow of illegal entry will be controlled once and for all.
Here’s what Republicans must get:
1) End of sanctuary cities.
Receive a legislative concession from Democrats that any city defying the federal government on this issue will lose its federal funding.
2) Kate's Law
Pass this law that imposes mandatory five-year sentences for deported criminal illegal aliens who try to make it back into the states.
3) The Wall and border security.
Fences work or we wouldn't put them up. Ask the Israelis, who saw terrorist attacks drop precipitously after its wall was built. The one-time spending on the Wall will pay for itself very quickly due to the elimination of the billions that would otherwise be spent annually on still more illegal new arrivals.
4) E-Verify.
A wall wouldn’t even be necessary if E-verify was enforced both prospectively and retroactively. If you don’t have either a valid Social Security or Alien ID number (or other legal dispensation), you shouldn’t be able to hold a job in America. Congress must require every employer to utilize the E-Verify database and if they fail to do so, punish them with hefty fines that provide the necessary deterrent.
This presently available option is the remedy to the illegal immigration problem. And the frustrating thing is, it’s been available for quite some time. There simply has been a lack of will from both parties to actually enforce it.
Now the proof will be in the pudding. If Democrats want amnesty for all undocumented youth, they should first have to compromise and allow these items to be passed so we are ensured this is the last amnesty this nation will ever have to provide.
Steve Levy is executive director of the Center for Cost Effective Government. He served as Suffolk County Executive, as a New York State Assemblyman, and host of "The Steve Levy Radio Show."
Why does anything have to be done? Simply let Obama’s unconstitutional executive order expire.
Deport them all.
And let’s stop calling dreamers. Occupiers is a more precise description.
Also our rage should be most of all directed at the Rats who allowed them to come in and are now standing in the way of getting them out.
There would be no illegals if not for the Rats, so let’s put the heat where it belongs.
someone please get this list to the President. stare pelosi/shumer down with this list and if no deal tell them to please exit your office. full deportation to commence within 30-60 days.
Nothing. No deal.
“.. the ones who never broke the law.”
That’s pretty dumb too.
Let’s say your parents wait until the theater ushers are out of sight, then open the exit door for you, as arranged, so you and your siblings can sneak into the theater and see the movie for free.
The kids are trespassing, they’re all thieving services—the entire family is breaking the law.
I believe Coulter’s point is that the DACAns tend to be obnoxious, entitled little ****s, majoring in either Queer Studies or Hispanic Grievance Mongering, all while enjoying three free hots and cots every day and free edumacations.
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25% fee to transfer back to Mexico? I think if we could forbid the transfer, enforce it as hard as we could, then Mexico would be hurting. With their budget crippled by the lack of money transfers, maybe we could force some economic and political changes on them. Maybe finally get Mexico headed in the right direction.
And I know I am dreaming, but it is such a nice dream.
Might I suggest
Demand all..ALL Democrats give up US citizenship and move to N Korea.....
You’re welcome
I posted a link to her article. Did you bother to read it?
Excellent observation!
1. Anchor Babies Gone
2. Chain Migration Gone
3. Anyone in a previously allowed chain migration convicted of a deport-able offense brings the whole chain with them.
This is the NY state Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, who has just filed his 100th suite against Trump... moving to sue the FCC over net neutrality this month, his office took its 100th legal or administrative action against the Trump administration and congressional Republicans.
His lawyers have challenged Mr. Trump’s first, second and third travel bans and sued over such diverse matters as a rollback in birth control coverage and a weakening of pollution standards. They have also unleashed a flurry of amicus briefs and formal letters, often with other Democratic attorneys general, assailing legislation they see as gutting consumer finance protections or civil rights.
The day after Trump’s victory, Schneiderman convened his staff in Manhattan and began the process of reorienting the mission of the office.........“The election was so traumatizing that my first step was to try and, essentially, pick everyone up off the canvas,” he said.... “I had people who were too depressed to go into work.”.........
His staff soon began compiling something of a virtual war room, a Trump database to track federal actions and plan their responses. .....his office has been transformed into a bulwark of resistance amid an unusually expansive level of confrontation with the federal government.... Other Democratic state attorneys general are undertaking similar efforts, often in concert, like Xavier Becerra in California, where 'extra money was set aside in the budget to battle the Trump administration....also...Mr. Schneiderman’s office filed a lawsuit to protect the Dream Act, or DACA, ...
Screw that!
Kill DACA, and THEN do these other things as well.
Who's driving this train?
The only way I would consider amnesty for those already enrolled in the illegal DACA program would be if it is restricted to only those already enrolled, E-verify is mandated for every job and benefit, chain migration ends, anchor babies end, massively increased funding for border security and interior enforcement, including the immediate deportation of the parents of those amnestied.
They are the only ones responsible for their children being illegal aliens.
That’s too bad. And I would suggest they already resent, if not hate America. At least white America.
Obama’s illegal edict to legalize undocumented youth will automatically expire in March, meaning it will be the Democrats who will be scrambling for votes to save it.
I say “ happy new year” and we start the round up starting in New York and San Fransisco.
Also add
Anyone ever caught either entering, attempting to enter, or residing illegally the USA shall not even be eligible to apply.
There is just one, and only one (1), demand the GOP should make of the demoncrats...Commit suicide immediately!
Anything else at all, except mass deportation beginning in 2018, means D.T. was fooling us on this very important issue.
Fairly or not, in terms of the Nation's future return to a Constitutional Republic (instead of continuing the current descent into banana-republic status) it is the primary outcome that will determine D.T.'s legacy.
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