What is the difference McCain's position on illegals and Reagan's, BTW?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2763274/posts
Schwarzenegger, Perry, Napolitano, Richardson urge “comprehensive” immigration reform
24ahead.com ^ | Sat, 08/26/2006 - 01:09
Posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 4:11:40 PM by SoConPubbie
The four border governers (Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Rick Perry of Texas, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, and Bill Richardson of New Mexico) have sent a letter House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urging them to pass “comprehensive” immigration “reform”. While Perry says they aren’t endorsing either the House or the Senate bill, they are in fact endorsing the Senate’s version due to their use of the word “comprehensive”.
And, they’re also using a Democrat talking point: “Instead of holding dozens of field hearings that do little but stir the pot of discontent, we urge you to get back to work and pass legislation that puts the interest of taxpayers first and solves this crisis once and for all.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2763487/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2763292/posts
Also - A quote from Perry — “President Fox’s vision for an open border is a vision I embrace, as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. It means we have addressed pollution concerns, made substantial progress in stopping the spread of disease, and rid our crossings of illicit drug smuggling activity.”
Texas Gov.Rick Perry was traveling in Mexico today, and gave a press conference. You might want to take a gander at this article, see if anything stands out to you.
Texas Governor Rick Perry Opposes Border Fence, in Mexico
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2763487/posts
It is interesting that he doesn’t use the work ‘amnesty’, but discusses reforming immigration laws.
Now why in Hell should we reform something that isn’t being enforced? There is no way to know if the new immigration laws will be enforced: it certainly didn’t happen after Reagan granted amnesty in exchange for immigration enforcement that never materialized.