Posted on 10/23/2007 10:39:15 AM PDT by Neville72
Thompson’s Plan to Fight Illegal Immigration
From Thompson campaign:
Thompson Announces Plan to Secure Border, Enforce Existing Immigration Laws
Senator Fred Thompson today unveiled a comprehensive border security and immigration enforcement proposal that would make America safer by increasing security at our nation’s borders, enforcing our country’s existing laws to reduce the incentive for illegal immigration and streamlining the legal immigration process.
“A country that cannot secure its borders will not remain a sovereign nation and you cannot have national security without border security,” said Thompson. “It’s not only necessary for any meaningful immigration reform, but border security plays a key role in both the interdiction of illegal drugs and in defending America against terrorist threats. Weak borders allow terrorists and smugglers, as well as millions of illegal aliens, easy entrance to the United States.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thepage.time.com ...
A man by the name of Regan, Ronald Regan, was able to do some amazing things back when Tip O'Neil and the Dems were running Congress. He did so by taking his case directly to the American people, and by sticking to his guns. I have a feeling that with a Dem or even Repub Congress, Fred will do the same.
Carry on Fred.
Dang, Spot on, I just posted something similar, but with a bit more brevity.
Which other tier one pubbie candidate has said anything like FRed's plan? Get a grip.
Explain exdactly what penalties he has for employers who hire illegals, if you would. Did he mention the fence?
YEAH, RUDY doesn’t believe there are FEDERAL LAWS against ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. AMAZING isn’t it ? BLAH BLAH BLAH
A good tactician would not telegraph his play book before even getting into the game. Best to let people know what he thinks, and thinks what he means. When he gets into a particular fight, then we'll see the specifics. And having been a prosecutor, I'm sure he has a few tricks up his sleeve.
STRONG!!! This is a strong immigration platform.
Then work hard to change that. Support your Republican candidate for the House of Representatives, and get the GOP back into the majority. With a strong conservative President, and voters who WANT strong conservative stands on issues, they might get the backbone to stand up to the Dems in Congress.
First, I suggest you read it for yourself. It answers your questions.
Fred wants to enforce the laws on the books against employers. You can go to the 1986 Amnesty bill to get most of them.
"Bolster Border Security. Finish building the 854-mile wall along the border by 2010 as required by 8 USC 1103. Extend the wall beyond that as appropriate and deploy new technologies and additional resources to enhance detection and rapid apprehension along our borders by 2012."
When did I ever mention Rudy about this?
thompsons policy statement used the word WALL not fence.
I suspect to keep the MSM from doing a simple word search and zeroing in on that alone.
in the 1996 Immigration Reform Act.
Custody follows the parents, children go with the deported parents REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP.
(see enforce current law)
Anchor babies were done away in 1996.
Knowing how politicians play with word meanings I tend to suspect that we won’t see the completion of a wall or a fence.
Look out, Rudy McRombee! Your days are numbered...
I’ll agree that the past is not encouraging, but history is full of pages turned,
LOL. Well now that would be a switch!
Good one!
Jenny-J, so true that cynics are generally tiresome ... but you gotta admit, there's something still loveable about ol' Cranky Pete! ;^)
... was not a position. It was a platitude. It was the opposite of a philosophy that upholds any position. I love Dubya, but man ... "Compassionate conservatism" should be wadded up and chucked to hell.
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