Posted on 02/04/2005 12:36:08 PM PST by Willie Green
Before President George W. Bush slogs on with his virtual amnesty plan for illegal aliens, he should speak to two Republicans who voted for him in 2000, but not in 2004.
Mr. Bush clearly cares more about homeland security for Iraq than for the United States. Count the troops defending Iraq's borders and then count the ones defending ours.
Dubya would rather spend his political capital on untold millions of foreigners sneaking across our borders illegally than on 300 million Americans living here legally.
For all the president knows, the illegals could include terrorists who found it easier walking in from Mexico than through airport security.
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Isn't it currently illegal to use the US Military for border patrol?
The president is being downright unfair, because there are thousands of potential immigrants waiting to come into the country legally, but his total focus is on helping the business community obtain cheap labor.
"America's immigration system is also outdated — unsuited to the needs of our economy and to the values of our country. We should not be content with laws that punish hardworking people who want only to provide for their families, and deny businesses willing workers, and invite chaos at our border. It is time for an immigration policy that permits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take, that rejects amnesty, that tells us who is entering and leaving our country, and that closes the border to drug dealers and terrorists.
posse comitatus act
So basically the author is suggesting that POTUS break the law.
It's worth a try. He sure as heck isn't ENFORCING the law.
Not when there is a systematic invasion by a foreign power.
Bush's insistence that his guest worker scheme is not an "amnesty" is Orwellian. Bush's plan allows those already in the country illegally to remain here, as long as they're performing jobs Americans "won't do." That is an amnesty in the normal sense of the word--a decision not to prosecute someone for past offenses. Just because the guest workers aren't automatically given citizenship doesn't mean this isn't an amnesty; Bush certainly isn't advocating deporting or otherwise punishing the illegal immigrants who broke out laws to come here.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
If there are jobs available that Americans "will not take", then we have no business paying welfare to any able bodied individual.
Kick out that crutch and put those deadbeats to work.
Or do we now want to adopt a "living, breathing document" stance?
"Treason" is the right word. Perhaps not technically treason per the Constitution, failure to defend the borders is certainly an impeachable offense.
C'mon, one needn't nor never let facts get in the way of an ardent Buchananista!
>>>>>>>>Or do we now want to adopt a "living, breathing document
There is no Constitutional limit on the President's authority to station troops on the border. If the Posse Commitatus Act prohibits such an action, all Bush has to do is ask the Republican Congress to repeal or amend the statute. Bush hasn't done this because he doesn't think illegal immigration is a problem.
One quickly observes with these types, not only do they not pay attention, they shun any mention of anything that differs from their pre-conceived ideals. In this case you'll have to excuse Willie Green. Not only is he off his usual meds of late, the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2% is a real downer to his usual posting slate of job cut announcements.
The Constitution merely says "invasion"...
But the Mexican Government clearly condones this invasion
( Mexico Provides Guide to Illegal Immigration)
and there is no assurance that this isn't a potential terrorist invasion staged for the purposes you mentioned.
But to point to the word "invasion" in the Constitution and claim the founding fathers were talking about immigrants crossing our borders is assinine.
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