Bills Could Grant Legality To 10 Million Immigrants

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | May 12, 2005 | Jerry Kammer

[Scenic Sounds]

Bush will wait to gauge public reaction to the legislation before announcing his position on it.

The President wants to hear from us about all this. ;-)

[thoughtomator]

McCain must be ejected from the GOP and the Senate. This has gone too far.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

CONSTITUTION PARTY

[RockinRight]

He will...

[GOPGuide]

Sensenbrenner will never let it pass the House Judiciary Committee.

[jb6]

I'm so glad to see our Enlightened Elites know what's best for us peasants and serfs. God forbid that we should carry on with the illusion of a republic by the people for the people, instead of the reality Oligarchy that we live in by the elites for the elites on the backs of the serfs.

[Gefreiter]

There is no way that the INS, or whatver it's calling itself these days, can effectively handle the processing of 10 million-odd people in a timely manner.

The agency is hard-pressed to even cope with what it has to do right now, today. Injecting so many more people into the system overnight is not going to help.

[ikka]

In one sense I welcome this... let's have the liberal Republicans and RINOs and Demoncrats show themselves as the scum they are by voting for it.

If it passes, the govt will be so busy absorbing these criminals and the IRS will be so flooded with work, it will expand freedom for everyone else. And when 15 or 20 million formerly-illegals are not paying taxes on income, it will eventually lead to the destruction of the IRS.

[kingu]

Stabilize the workforce? Oh, I get it, we're going to stop teaching any new generation how to work hard and get ahead in the world because we're giving up an entire class of jobs...

How many of us got our start in business by washing dishes, mowing a neighbors lawn, the construction trade, etc. No one gives a care how many are used to pick grapes, but if you talk to almost any builder, they'll sometimes be honest enough to explain how thousands of construciton jobs have gone to illegals.

No; if they want to come here, apply at home. No more amnesty. Go back to your nations and apply like the honest people. Get back in line. Stop cutting ahead of those who do want to come here! And most of all, stop coming here if you don't want to be part of this country!

[AbeKrieger]

The only way I will accept as legal is to return them from whence they came.

[politicalwit]

"They would have to pay $2,000 in fines and processing fees for having entered the country illegally. After six years, these workers and their families could apply for permanent residency."

hmmm, a rather cheap price for citizen. Now we know we are worth only $2,000. Perhaps that's all the taxes we should pay.

[politicalwit]

"citizen"=citizenship

[boofus]

The only illegals that should even be considered for legal status are the ones serving on the front lines. Prove how much they want to be an American. Citizenship through service ala Heinlein, otherwise do the paperwork.

[Mamzelle]

The irony is--the advantage of hiring illegals is that they are illegal and operate in a black market of labor. This depresses wages and benefits--the employer is in the driver's seat as long as the law goes unenforced. The illegals are pliant and not likely to stand up for their rights.

Once they do have rights, the employers are going to want a fresh crop of illegals.

[Restore]

This ain't gonna fly, Orville.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...the White House was stunned at many conservatives' furious reaction at Bush's proposal...

We're in the hands of idiots.

[An.American.Expatriate]

And this will stop illegal imigration how??

[TomGuy]

Impeachment and recall of many of the elected in Washington would be in order [since tar and feather recommendations get pulled by the moderators].

[Mortikhi]

Thanks for breaking our laws! Wanna become a citizen?

[Joe Brower]

Not just no, but

HELL NO!