Posted on 05/18/2007 6:44:16 AM PDT by pissant
I vow to oppose this legislation supported by Senators Edward Kennedy and John McCain.It provides a vast new immigration benefit to millions of illegal aliens who have broken our laws to live in the United States.I opposed the 1986 amnesty act because of this same reason.It proved to be the draw that we predicted it would be.I am deeply disappointed to see history repeating itself.
This package will confirm to the world that the U.S. does not really mean what it says when it comes to immigration enforcement.As a result of the citizenship benefit included in this legislation, despite the fine print, we will see a stampede across our borders.
This vast new amnesty and expansive guest worker program will surely be ridden with fraud and abuse, and ultimately lead to millions of public-assistance-dependent immigrants.
The Senate’s decision to blatantly ignore the Secure Fence Act signed into law last year and only require construction of 370 miles of fence, as opposed to the 854 miles mandated by the law, is a dramatic failure of this legislation.The San Diego border fence has proven that fencing works.The time has come to quickly implement the Secure Fence Act, not retreat from its mandates.
I believe that this package will result in lower wages for America’s already-struggling families by encouraging the importation of cheap foreign labor rather than investing, developing and growing a domestic workforce that will sustain our economy far into the future.
Amnesty is not the answer.Border enforcement must be first and it must be comprehensive.To do otherwise is to repeat the mistakes of the past.This Senate bill is bad for Americans, bad for our workers, bad for law enforcement and, most importantly, bad for national security.I will fight it.Please join with me.
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I gave money to Hunter. I think this amnesty nonsense will give some of the lesser known candidates a chance against the ones GOP HQ has selected for us.
Well, it IS the name of a website! ;o)
So far of all the Republican Candidates only Hunter and Romney have passed the loyalty test.
Immigration/Hunter double-ping!
Maybe I’ll send him a few bucks.
He’s a former Army Ranger and seems real steady on the issues that concern me.
Here’s a chance for Hunter to gain some traction in the press.
Bush will NOT veto this bill. It closely mirrors the type of immigration proposal that he espoused in his 1999 and 2000 election campaign.
You will have to work on blocking this some other way.
Hunter for president bump.
The RINO’s in the race(Rudy McRomney) are all weak on illegal immigration. I hope that the media stops ignoring Hunter after this tragedy.
Apparently, it's been moved. I agree it isn't breaking news, though -- anyone with half a brain cell would know that Hunter would react exactly this way (and I'm saying this as a good thing). "Breaking News" would be if he had suddenly gone senile and supported this POS.
A lot of people are calling Laura ingraham to support Duncan Hunter this morning.
John McCain just kissed his presidential aspirations goodbye.
They see it as a giant organizing campaign for more dues.
We should be calling Rush right now.
We were working for and supporting the anti-illegal Republicans, despite the efforts of the RNC to marginalize them. This outrageous amnesty is the direct result of President Bush's determination to force it on us. The RNC, headed by Bush's choice, Mel Martinez, loves this bill.
Your attempt to fault conservatives for this debacle is laughable.
I still haven’t backed a candidate but I’m sending the Hunter campaign some $ today because I’d like to see him replace one of the other ‘front runners.’
Anyone who can send this guy $20, please do. We need to replace one of the Rudy McRomneys with an actual conservative.
Realistically, He is an unelectable unknown.
A better course, a doable course, would be to recapture the House and have him serve as Speaker.
We’ve only built 2 miles of the 700 mile fence we were promised.
Big Business doesn’t want it, Bush doesn’t want it, the GOP doesn’t want it(The Democrats don’t want it. Back when Bush was Governor, he wanted us to be as close to Mexico as possible (so did the democrats). I have a very strong feeling that that’s the reason why we have dragged our feet on the wall. (Because there is no one party that wants to do ANYTHING to stop the illegals!)
THERE fixed it!
He's already going to give up his House seat, win or lose the primary, so that option is off the table. VP or SecDef (maybe even Homeland Security?) are excellent possibilities, however.
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