FYI
Who is going to pay for the new schools and jails that will be needed if they allow the extended families to come in. 6-7% of any population will need to be incarcerated in state prisons...who is going to pay for new ones, when we already have a problem with overcrowding now.
What are the feds going to do about all the fraudlent documents the current corp of illegals are using?
And have they stripped the provisions that will allow convicted illegal alien felons to remain in the US?
Who is going to pay for the welfare, food stamps and medic-aid these extended family members are going to demand?
We the US Citizens is who with increased propery taxes, increased state and local taxes.
Lamar Alexaner's office couldn't answer these questions, nor could the Minority Leaders office.
This makes sense. They got the whole immigration reform bill from me. I posted it on a FR thread about a year ago....as a sick joke.
Remind me to use the /sarcasm tag from now on.
I’m overjoyed at the thought of all the DUmmies who are gonna have to double their meds after reading an official confirmation that a Whitehouse spokesman posted here. LMAO!
If the bill passes, there will be no Illegal Immigrants for companies to hire? right?
marking
Then talk to me about Immigration Reform!
We need more than the President’s ear.
He needs a change of heart.
Thanks for the post. Next time you talk to them can you ask them when the Commander-in-Chief is going to dress down that little man from Nevada for making disparaging remarks about one of his senior officers? I’ll give Mr. Bush the benefit of the doubt that he’s unaware of the remark because his staff is out to lunch.
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I have a reply for the White House:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
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It is, IMHO, evident that many inside the Beltway in both parties were taken somewhat by surprise at the strength of the response to what was clearly regarded inside the Beltway as an entirely acceptable piece of legislation. The initial response was that the merits of that legislation were insufficiently communicated. It may be that the drawbacks were insufficiently communicated back the other direction, or perhaps misinterpreted by professionals whose business is it to interpret it. What may be done now to ameliorate the communications issues must take into account a level of mistrust that has resulted from this disconnect.
The level of mistrust is very real as may be seen on any immigration thread or practically any other thread that has been hijacked by well-meaning FReepers for whom this issue has become something of an idée fixe. The level of passion present is a direct result of the conviction that their representatives aren't listening to them and have no intention of doing so, and regard the problem as that they aren't listening to their representatives. That is a very dangerous situation for anyone who depends on re-election for a job.
(Sorry FReeper Dubya, had to do it. ;) )
Enforce the existing laws.
bttt
So what's the minimum? Zero?
Since the White House clearly cares what we think here, perhaps the President should reconsider his current plans vis a vis his proposed comprehensive illegal immigration reforms. The current proposals, which offer broad concessions to those who have broken the law to arrive in this country in exchange for promises to do better in enforcement, is entirely unacceptable.
We've been down this road before. The benefits for the lawbreakers are given, and the enforcement mysteriously never happens, or goes away after a short time. We are not willing to accept such a plan again, and we will actively fight any attempt to pass such a bill.
Show us you mean business. Enforce the existing laws -- there are enough of them. Secure the borders and ports. This should have been an urgent national security issue and a top priority over five years ago, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on our country. What good does it do to fight terrorism on the other side of the world when al-Queda can just walk across the border and get a Z visa?
The President's current stance damages his credibility and standing greatly. It harms the Republican party by association. But most importantly, it's wrong for America.
The rest of the world is paying attention.
Others now know that “crowding in line” is the fast track to citizenship
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_165001057.html