Posted on 02/21/2002 2:43:56 PM PST by usadave
What BS. What claptrap. Our system somewhat pushes them to be criminals??? What happen to "we are a nation of laws"?
We are in big, big trouble folks.
Thanks for the ping Sabertooth. I didn't realize they were voting on this already. Sen. Ron Teck is my senator..a Christian man who attends the church I used to go to. Eagle County has a huge problem with illegals. They live in that county and drive to Vail/Aspen to be employed as housekeepers/cooks etc. Big problem here.
I'm glad it got the liberal's bill got voted down. The Sheriff's are probably behind it because they have friends in high places who need illegals working for them; no disbaragement meant to the police, but these are small towns weaving in and around the western slope.
Free tickets to Disneyland? How about coupons for 10 percent off on their next case of Budweiser? More food stamps? Free family pictures at the local maternity ward?
Aw shucks! Lord this makes my blood boil--if we citizens didn't have a drivers license or insurance, our butts would be in jail until we found someone who could afford to bond US out. I frankly don't know anyone who could afford to bond me out of those kind of charges at the drop of a hat.
More likely I will be thrown in jail and my property would be confiscated. It must be nice to be able to break our law and have nothing happen to you.
While I worked for the Colorado Dept. of Health, I was the only conservative in my department. I had to listen to the liberals I worked with go on and on, day in and day out about how we mean-spirited conservatives were opposed to giving our country away. Trust me when I say it was a very hostile work environment--maybe I should have sued someone--eh?
What a novel idea. These folks did something illegal only because our system's laws made their actions illegal.
Just how long will it take for some enterprising attorney to mount a defense for, let's say a burglary charge, by claiming that his client would not be guilty if it wasn't for our laws. Therefore the the system is at fault and the guilty party. I'll try to use that logic next time I get a speeding ticket. "Your honor, I wouldn't be guilty of speeding if it wasn't for the stupid law and that stupid radar and that stupid officer. They're the ones at fault" ;-)
Hey, I really like that. Of course, you and I would be so far back in jail they would have to pump sunshine to us, unless of course we had enough money to buy the prosecutor and the judge.
Do I sound cynical here?--I'm sorry--NOT!
Andy: "Now Barney, Ah want yew to go out and solve this here undocumented problem".
Barney: "Well Hey Aindee, I got the solution! If they're Un-Documented, let's give 'em some documents!"
Sounds like the Sherriff has been hitting the evidence room in the Narco division.
Everyone should buy the uninsured or underinsured motorist rider. Insurance companies should be lobbied to offer a policy rider that will cover family members, when walking, riding their bikes, scooters, skates, etc., that are struck by illegal aliens or anyone else driving without insurance.
Then our government should announce that all illegal aliens have until the end of summer to sell everything they don't want to take with them and return to their home countries. Any illegal aliens apprehended after that date forfeit everything. Every last dime.
There are a lot of people in the valley who drive without licenses and their illegal status prevents them from getting one, says Rene Martinez of the Hispanic group La Mesa. This also has an impact on the economy, because a lot of them have jobs and need to commute.
Nearly every article I've read about illegals (NOT "undocumented"), and there seems to be more and more of them, always seems to have some commentary from "advocates" like Martinez, or "support groups" like "La Mesa". When is the government going to CRACK DOWN on these individuals and groups for AIDING and ABETTING illegal immigration???
I'm not going to hold my breath.
All Illegals need to be rounded up and deported, no matter how important their place in American Society.
Yeah, I heard President Bush tell chinese students on TV tonight that "we are a nation of laws." He also said "no one was above the law." He certainly could not of been referring to our immigration laws and his proposed amnesty, regularization or guest-worker for illegal aliens.
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