Posted on 12/26/2005 9:55:48 PM PST by ShuShu
Over the past week, popular sentiment made itself felt in government for the first time in decades.
No, I don’t mean the Iraqi elections — I mean immigration policymaking in Congress.
The House of Representatives easily approved Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s immigration-enforcement bill (H.R. 4437) Friday night, after adding several strengthening amendments and turning back an aggressive attempt to insert a call for a new “temporary” worker program.
And the Senate approved the budget reconciliation bill Wednesday, stripped of provisions inserted by Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter that would have increased permanent immigration by up to 350,000 per year and added 30,000 cheap-labor visas for the computer industry. House conferees hammering out the budget bill had insisted these provisions be removed.
The connection between these two developments is that the public’s craving for immigration control, and discomfort with endless mass immigration, is becoming more intense and harder for politicians to ignore. A recent USA Today poll shows that nearly two thirds of the public disapproves of the president’s handling of immigration, a ten-point jump since January and second only to disapproval on “gas and home heating prices.” And a majority of the public wants the level of immigration reduced; only 15 percent want it increased. Along the same lines, a recent Wall Street Journal poll found majorities who felt the United States was “too open” to immigration and that immigration “weakens the U.S.”
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Ping!
No celebrations yet. There is still the feckless Senate to deal with.
There is a reason nothing is being done to curb illegal immigration. It is lucrative business. Lower tier manual labor in the agriculture, building, and service industry forms a de-facto union. Illegal immigration is nothing more than methods to break that union. Outsourcing does the same to the educated middle class. When the history books are written, this era will be known as "The Big Sellout" where social and economic demographics were forever damaged by greedy business interests and their minions in Washington DC. We need a new third party of true patriots, not sellouts.
You're absolutely right, that's why we must keep the pressure on them. If they think they can get away with weakening it they will.
Need someone to Challenge these RINO's in the primarys and then support them. Like Laffey going up again Chaffee in RI - we definately need to get rid of him. Make them pay the price - I'm supporting individual candidates these days instead of sending $$ to the party itself.
I don't know about a third party, I think we need to hold the pubbie's feet to the fire. We have enough illiterates we churning out from our high schools to take these jobs if wages come up a little and welfare reform stays the course.
I'm willing to pay more for produce, etc. because it's then my choice versus watching my state taxes go up, hospitals closing and our people (I in AZ) being terrorized in their homes.
Lastly, the so-called "WAR ON DRUGS" is a joke until they get this done.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
You're right, one of the few items they're charged with in the Constitution is to protect our borders! Instead they're far too busy trying to run the States. Mainly offering money with ties attached.
I have been a "victim" of outsourcing for my entire career until I started doing other things. I'm a Mechanical Engineer.
That being said, if welfare were eliminated those jobs "Americans aren't willing to do" would be filled with Americans.
Are they saying that Americans of Hispanic descent put theur native country first, no matter how many generations removed?
Are mainline Republicans saying that Americans of Hispanic descent are by nature inveterate law breakers, they cannot help themselves?
What? Americans of Hispanic descent are not real Americans but they vote. Is that what mainline Republicans mean?
What's the answer, Karl? Anybody?
Flummoxed in California.
Wot?
Dolls?!
Oh, dollars. I think you've got it!
"We need a new third party of true patriots, not sellouts."
That is precisely the reason I'm contemplating a full out switch to the Constitution Party. At least their platform is promising and I've met with my state coordinator. At the very least we need a strong viable third party to force the powers-that-be into proper action for the good of this country.
For "Thunder on the Border," click the picture:
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"I'm supporting individual candidates these days instead of sending $$ to the party itself."
Millions of us are doing this very thing!
"if welfare were eliminated those jobs "Americans aren't willing to do" would be filled with Americans"
Over 25 years ago a superintendant for a large general contracting firm that we did work for sat down and figured out that adding up all the benefits he could get by going on welfare would equal almost $30,000.
He was making over that at the time but he quit, put all his assets in the name of family members, his home, boat, 2 motor cycles, dune buggy and truck and went on welfare and applied for all the goodies.
Now that he was living off the government he spent all his time working for cash doing construction work making almost as much as he did as a supereintendant and paying no taxes on it.
A good example of why there are so many jobs "that americans won't do".
Welfare is too profitable!!!!
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Support our Minutemen Patriots!
Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!
Until all partys have equal ballot access in all states, the Constitution party, and any other "third," party is going nowhere.
If by full out switch, you mean getting involved in getting ballot access laws changed, and building a grass roots organization that can win local elections, I congratulate you. If you only plan to switch, and vote, your influence will be minimal.
This issue isn't going away and politicians who don't see the problem just may not get re-elected!
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