Posted on 06/04/2005 2:45:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The Constitution says in Article I, Section 8, "The Congress shall have the power.... To provide for the calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and Repel Invasions;..." Since we are being invaded and the laws of the Union are being violated should the Militia be called up and placed on the borders to protect the laws and the American people?
Yes
No
Undecided
Pass
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=102
King to push crackdown on illegal immigration (Steve King - IA "Put our military on the border.")
I prefer the immigrants that come here honestly and legally.The ones that don't take advantage of our system.
Yes!
Lets keep the illegal aliens out!
Sir, I remember the story of a Texas rancher who shot at illegals on his land.
I do not remember the outcome of the case.
But, he argued he was defending the U.S. against invasion.
If we are being invaded by illegal immigrants, should we put the military on the border as Rep Steve King suggests or call out the militia as the Constitution calls for?
Or are we not being invaded?
Or is the military and the militia one and the same?
I think the situation has long since passed from being an annoyance to being a crisis. The Government has been negligent, and it must act now, and broadly. First, secure the borders, even if it takes the Military and/or Militia. Second, begin a rational national policy regarding the deportation of those who are caught sneaking in.
If we are being invaded by illegal immigrants, should we put the military on the border as Rep Steve King suggests or call out the militia as the Constitution calls for?
yes, we should do both.
"Or is the military and the militia one and the same?"
There could be much slicing and dicing on that issue. But I think it is a salient point that only after what, WWII? WWI? did we have a standing army.
I don't think the answer to our illegal immigrant problem can be solved just by militarizing the border. A major font of illegals are visa overstayers who enter at airports on valid visas and then just.....stay.
We need a complete overhaul of the system, and certainly better secured Northern and Southern borders should be part of that.
Gee, will Americans do THOSE jobs, or do we have to hire Mexicans to guard our border?
The World sleeps
While Fresno Freeps.
Many training sorties out of Luke AFB were and are cancelled due to illegals trekking through the Barry Goldwater Bombing range.
Could you please specify.
Could you please be more specific. Make your argument either for or against. Looking at a map of Afganistan doesn't tell me anything.
LOL
The second amendment refers to militia meaning all able body adult males (at least at the time it was written) Militia refers to what is now the national guard.
very good!
the world sleeps
while fresno freeps
and this keeps
the leftist CREEPS
from winning sweeps.
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