Bump
Seal the boarders, remove the jobs incentive, and as Newt said most of the illegals will deport themselves. Then we can deal with the rest.
guest workers=guest voters
if we can shut down money wire transfers operations funding terrorist nations, why can't we
impose a 25% tax on US dollars wired to MX to help fund our border fence?
Now, after seeing what a mess the Congress is making of it, maybe some would reevaluate - especially those that would "teach the Repubs a lesson in 2006" in hopes of getting them to turn around. The Congress does not want to do anything positive, because they are either cowards (the average Repub up there) or want the largest illegal base possible for political reasons (the average Dim). The Congress has refused to insist that existing immigration laws be enforced and has actually stood in the way of those that would enforce the laws. After making it a big issue (because each side knows that their bases want it addressed and each side thought they could make political hay over it) the Congress has done what it does best and screwed the pooch so bad it doesn't know which end is up anymore. If nothing else, it should be an eye-opener that the Prez is about the only Repub that really wants something to happen, while almost none of the Congress is willing to do what is right for the nation and the Dims are actually for amnesty, that fits the actual meaning of amnesty.
The naive left believes and is trying to convince others through agitprop that the illegals ultimate goal is to become US citizens and assimilate. They say that giving the illegals a tortuous path to ultimate citizen ship is not amnesty in the strict sense, it that they might be correct.
What they fail to realize is that the goal of most illegals is to be in this country by any means necessary. To allow those illegals to remain in the country under the guise of naturalization is absolutely amnesty.
Any plan to work must take this reality into consideration. IMHO: there needs to be a system that allows those with no interest in citizenship a way to keep their jobs, work for a specific length of time then go home. This is still amnesty of a sort but addresses the reality.
But for any plan to work at all the border must be closed.
Where's Jack Kevorkian when you need him?
Also, I'm not really understanding why it's up to me to pay that burgler's health care costs for the rest of his life.
I think if this amnesty thing goes through I'll just the Mexicans go to the polls in my place next time around. It's hardly worth my time, it seems.
The illegal invasion has concentrated the attention of Americans on the nature of democracy and its central bulwark against anarchy---our Constitution and the rule of law.
No question, the deciding factor in killing the amnesty bill were Americans, disgusted at vote-hungry US politicians, all puckered up, ready to assume the Hyphenate-Fellate position for political gain.
Bandying about a bill that treats these drugged-out lawbreakers better than law-abiding US citizens was about as dumb as you can get.
And we can't discount the arrogance of the illegals protesting in the streets. The mental midgets actually believe waving the Mexican flag in our faces helps their case.
Lowlife drug lords, dealers and pushers, lurking behind the scenes, actually told these illegal dupes that Americans are a bunch of suckers, that we would sit still for this atrocity----amnesty bill.
A pity these dumb amnesty pushers didn't factor in that Americans can spot a hidden agenda a mile away.
No one is impressed by this conspiracy of spineless marionettes dancing limply on the strings of corruption, manipulated by the unseen alien horde puppetmasters lurking behind the scenes, ready to pounce on US assets.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")