At least The President is solidifying and motivating Conservatives.
George Bush’s open borders policy was done on purpose so that one day GW and twinkie Lindsay Graham, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Bill O’Reilly could get up and squawk about the impossibility of deporting 12 million illegal aliens. Of course the number is more like 25 million and they can be deported via enforcing existing laws on identity theft, Social Security number fraud and job sanctions. Which will induce them to get the heck out!
Why is this canard continually repeated? I have only seen a few FReepers who correctly understand the real reason for open borders: to inflate the short-term economy.
It's the oldest & simplest trick in the book. Bush needed a strong economy (at least expressed in GDP & unemployment - forget national/state budget deficits) to deflect attention away from domestic issues so that he could deal with the WoT.
Problem is, he's gambling away our nation's future. While the WoT needs to be won, destroying the village (our country) in order to save it is the wrong way to conduct the war.
Now we're in a fix; forcing out 12-20m illegals would have a disastrous & depressing affect on the economy. But there is a way out: replace 20m illegals with 20m LEGAL immigrants from around the world.
It would offset any deflationary effects, bring in higher skilled immigrants, and provide much, much greater cultural diversity. Since they wouldn't be able to form any single block, they would be forced to adapt/assimilate like all previous generations.
Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!! It’s NOT OVER!!
U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm