Hchutch, much as you try to avoid it, you are in fact FOR illegal immigration. Your above makes this painfully clear. Like Mr. Ziglar you begin with an intentionally defeatist “false” premise that nothing can be done about deporting illegals and proceed to back into your open borders agenda.
Though you prefaced your remarks with “mass”, there is certainly much that can be done about illegal immigration over time that does not require a door to door search for them. But hey why look at practical solutions right?
And doesn’t your position that we can’t deport them beg the question as to why you would ever want to exacerbate the crisis of illegal immigration with more Amnesties? As usual, your arguments are all over the board and in a constant state of conflict.
You and like-minded Neo-Cons (con being an apt term) would be better served to note how many Freepers here have gone on record as saying they will no longer vote for a party or candidate that encourages illegal immigration. If you are into defeatism, I suggest you examine THAT because if the GOP wishes to remain relevant in the future they are well advised to start listening to what MOST Americans are saying about issues like immigration and trade.
I do not see how throwing out hard-working people who are working - even if they entered illegally - helps things out. As a conservative, I consider those "Illegals" to be far better for this country than the hucksters who are demanding reparations for slavery.
So, let's just forget about our laws and our sovereignty--right? Is your point that if anyone from around the world wants to come to America to get a job the Citizens of this nation have no right to insist that our ELECTED Officials halt this practice? If so, I guess I suffer under the delusion that it is “We The People”, through our representative form of democracy, that determine what our immigration policies are. Silly Me!
And just what is this BS about Hard Work? The “REAL” Hard Work jobs are those that require one to use their mind--not their back. Yet, what we continually see with illegal aliens is that they drop out of school at an early age, normally well before high school and proceed to do menial work for businesses that operate on dirt-cheap “illegal” labor. Is this your definition of Hard Work and a healthy trend for America?
America needs SKILLED, EDUCATED workers—not more unskilled labor from 3rd world countries that have a culture and value set vastly different than ours…And we certainly don’t need this at a rate of a million or more a year! Wake Up.