FAIR, the immigration lobbying group with whom Tancredo and other restrictionists are affiliated, refers to its agenda as an "immigration reform agenda."
http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/111th_agenda.pdf?docID=2341
They generally don't use the adjective "comprehensive," though, you're right. Neither did Romney.
And your point is? We should get rid of legal immigrants and keep the illegal ones because they are cheaper?
No, my point is that our legal immigration policy is just as big a problem as our illegal immigration problem. To fix it we need reform, though a different sort of reform than what Bush and McCain are proposing.
That's why it's stupid to say that anyone who favors reform automatically favors what Bush and McCain proposed.
And what happens when the illegals become legal through amnesty or the fraudulently named "path to citizenship" proposals? Kabooom! Watch the welfare roles explode!
I agree. It will make the problem much worse. But just because the Bush-McCain reform idea is bad doesn't mean all reform ideas are bad.
Take a look at FAIR's reform agenda. I think you will agree with most of it.
Which proves my point.
Neither did Romney.
I'm reserving judgment on whatever it is that Romney is proposing until he actually puts something forward. Although, I question the prudence of the statements he has made (see my post #151). I only entered this thread when mbraynard made the ridiculous statement that "Everyone here on free republic also supports immigration reform." Obviously by reading all of the posts on this thread that statement was not accurate.
No, my point is that our legal immigration policy is just as big a problem as our illegal immigration problem.
I disagree.