Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
Here we go again.
This so-called immigration "reform" (actually a proposal to open our borders and grant amnesty) was overwhelmingly rejected by the American people in the last decade, so much so that even the racists in Congress (on both sides of the aisle) were forced to vote against it.
Looks like those racists didn't take the hint. Maybe they don't think they've given us enough reasons to vote them out of office (as we did, again overwhelmingly, on Nov. 2010) already... and they think we need more?
They keep saying the system is "broken". Hardly. The system is simply not being followed in the first place. Long ago Congress set quotas for the numbers of people who will be allowed to immigrate for various reasons, and set up well-defined procedures for them to apply (visas, green cards, procedures to get naturalized citizenship etc.).
Those quotas and procedures aren't suggestions, they are Federal LAWS. And to my knowledge, none of them have been repealed. What, exactly, do the racists consider "broken"?
What's broken, of course, is that the people whose job it is to ENFORCE the laws, aren't doing it. And that's the "Office of the President" and all those below him, agencies he put in place and he controls. Obama never enforced the laws, GWB never enforced them (much), Clinton never did, Bush41 never did, etc., all the way back many decades.
If the President's men are not enforcing the laws we have now, please explain to me how making more laws will change that?
So-called "Immigration Reform" (a.k.a. giving up and letting the lawbreakers stay) is the last thing we need. In fact, it's just about the WORST possible solution we could come up with. Do we really want to accept into this country, a huge group whose only common characteristic, is a demonstrated willingness and ability to ignore and violate U.S. law?
That's like running a Savings Bank, on the basis that the only people you'll let into the bank, are people who have already robbed it once and managed to evade the cops ever since.
Try enforcing the present laws instead. Please.
It's not just a good idea. It's the LAW.
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http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep..._to_outline_blue-print_for_immigration_reform
Obama to Outline "Blue-Print" for Immigration Reform
by Katie Pavlich
President Obama will speak today in El Paso, Texas about his plans to reform the immigration system. The President is expected to call on Congress to enact legislation to "fix" the broken system while stressing the "important economic impacts" (illegal) immigrants have on the country as he lays out his version of a blue-print for the nations' (illegal) immigration problem.
Topics the President is expected to cover according to the White House:
-Developing (amnesty) a new pathway to citizenship
-Stressing the importance of (illegal) immigrants when it comes to employment, entrepreneurship, taking advantage of 'the brightest minds" in the world and job creation
-Continuing the presence of the National Guard on the southern border
-Securing the border with resources allocated by Congress
-Fixing a "broken" immigration system
-Raising the dialogue surrounding the (illegal) immigration issue above "amnesty"
-Emphasizing the role of (illegal) immigrants as major job creators in the U.S.
What can we really expect?
By what we're hearing, Obama's speech is expected to lay out the DREAM Act wrapped up in a brand new shiny bow branded with a different title. Obama made clear what his goals were for those in the country illegally by forcing a vote on the DREAM Act during the lame duck session, which if passed would have granted children of illegal immigrants citizenship if they went to college or joined the military.
Meanwhile, although it didn't pass in the previous session of Congress, Harry Reid conveniently made it possible for the DREAM Act to be brought up again for a vote during the current session and Obama has expressed his disappointment in the failure of the legislation the first time around, saying he won't give up to eventually get it passed.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
This so-called immigration "reform" (actually a proposal to open our borders and grant amnesty) was overwhelmingly rejected by the American people in the last decade, so much so that even the racists in Congress (on both sides of the aisle) were forced to vote against it.
Looks like those racists didn't take the hint. Maybe they don't think they've given us enough reasons to vote them out of office (as we did, again overwhelmingly, on Nov. 2010) already... and they think we need more?
They keep saying the system is "broken". Hardly. The system is simply not being followed in the first place. Long ago Congress set quotas for the numbers of people who will be allowed to immigrate for various reasons, and set up well-defined procedures for them to apply (visas, green cards, procedures to get naturalized citizenship etc.).
Those quotas and procedures aren't suggestions, they are Federal LAWS. And to my knowledge, none of them have been repealed. What, exactly, do the racists consider "broken"?
What's broken, of course, is that the people whose job it is to ENFORCE the laws, aren't doing it. And that's the "Office of the President" and all those below him, agencies he put in place and he controls. Obama never enforced the laws, GWB never enforced them (much), Clinton never did, Bush41 never did, etc., all the way back many decades.
If the President's men are not enforcing the laws we have now, please explain to me how making more laws will change that?
So-called "Immigration Reform" (a.k.a. giving up and letting the lawbreakers stay) is the last thing we need. In fact, it's just about the WORST possible solution we could come up with. Do we really want to accept into this country, a huge group whose only common characteristic, is a demonstrated willingness and ability to ignore and violate U.S. law?
That's like running a Savings Bank, on the basis that the only people you'll let into the bank, are people who have already robbed it once and managed to evade the cops ever since.
Try enforcing the present laws instead. Please.
It's not just a good idea. It's the LAW.
---------------------------------
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep..._to_outline_blue-print_for_immigration_reform
Obama to Outline "Blue-Print" for Immigration Reform
by Katie Pavlich
President Obama will speak today in El Paso, Texas about his plans to reform the immigration system. The President is expected to call on Congress to enact legislation to "fix" the broken system while stressing the "important economic impacts" (illegal) immigrants have on the country as he lays out his version of a blue-print for the nations' (illegal) immigration problem.
Topics the President is expected to cover according to the White House:
-Developing (amnesty) a new pathway to citizenship
-Stressing the importance of (illegal) immigrants when it comes to employment, entrepreneurship, taking advantage of 'the brightest minds" in the world and job creation
-Continuing the presence of the National Guard on the southern border
-Securing the border with resources allocated by Congress
-Fixing a "broken" immigration system
-Raising the dialogue surrounding the (illegal) immigration issue above "amnesty"
-Emphasizing the role of (illegal) immigrants as major job creators in the U.S.
What can we really expect?
By what we're hearing, Obama's speech is expected to lay out the DREAM Act wrapped up in a brand new shiny bow branded with a different title. Obama made clear what his goals were for those in the country illegally by forcing a vote on the DREAM Act during the lame duck session, which if passed would have granted children of illegal immigrants citizenship if they went to college or joined the military.
Meanwhile, although it didn't pass in the previous session of Congress, Harry Reid conveniently made it possible for the DREAM Act to be brought up again for a vote during the current session and Obama has expressed his disappointment in the failure of the legislation the first time around, saying he won't give up to eventually get it passed.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)