Posted on 07/14/2007 7:23:33 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
Robert Divine, former chief counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, told the Rotary Club of Chattanooga Thursday that there needs to be a multifaceted approach to addressing the immigration issue in America.
Mr. Divine served part of his time with the agency as acting director and also as acting deputy director. He said that people will find a way to come to the United States since there is a demand for work here and a supply of workers south of the border.
"We do not have the will and the resources, in my opinion, to put toward a border that can on its own prevent (illegal immigration) from happening," he said at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Mr. Divine was appointed by President Bush as chief counsel of the immigration services and served in that capacity in Washington, D.C., from July 2004 until November 2006.
Mr. Divine, who now works in Chattanooga and leads the immigration group for law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, said it is essential to have mechanisms for employment verification and allowances for some people to stay in America.
"I've never heard anybody who's in charge of immigration enforcement ever say that they thought that they could deport 10 million people," he said.
The U.S. Senate last month prevented an immigration reform bill from moving ahead in the chamber.
Many opponents of the bill rejected its path to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently in the United States.
Mr. Divine said that the debate over amnesty for illegal immigrants is really "a pretext for nativism and protectionism."
"It's not really about 'the law must be the law,' " he said.
After hearing the talk, Bill Chapin, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., said Mr. Divine's "discussion showed the complexity of the issue."
"There is no single answer for such an emotional and complicated situation," he said.
E-mail Michael Davis at michaeld@timesfreepress.com
False accustations as in lies about me and what I've posted.
But of course you wouldn't understand that would you. All you can do is shreak names at people.
False accustations as in lies about me and what I've posted.
But of course you wouldn't understand that would you. All you can do is shreak names at people.
..still waiting for you to post a defense of TN’s accusations. You look pretty stupid just about now.
Not exactly out of the Dale Carnegie School. Let it go and live to fight again, Dude.
Coming from a disruptor like you?
LOL. Call for help from the administrator and moderator. God knows you can't help yourself. With your weak posts.
Dale Carnegie? You're showing your age.
No, that most people on these board KNOW you're an idiot.
And that's no surprise considering your inability to defend the false accustions I'm refering to.
You're the one who dug yourself into the position of defending TN's undefensible accusations against me.
They were FALSE accusations.
Now you look like a fool.
I'm dug into the TRUTH. And will counter your crap at any angle.
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“To: IslandJeff
Not exactly out of the Dale Carnegie School. Let it go and live to fight again, Dude.
Dale Carnegie? You’re showing your age.”
Now you are trashing the only guy who has defended you.
You need to leave our conservative website.
I like this. I agree. To disagree. You are OK in my book.
“ROTFLMBO!! Petronski never fails to deliver : )
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169 posted on 07/14/2007 11:27:34 PM PDT by Jorge “
Are you drunk, or worse than that?
I don't need anybody to defend me. And it's none of your business if I do.
You need to leave our conservative website.
You need to go back to DU where you came from. Cry baby.
Please put down the crack pipe!
This is FR intervention. We are forming a prayer circle for you.
YOU LEAVE. Who do you think you are?
You're an embarrassment to term "conservative".
Just stop it.
You are in the murrymom mode.
No one likes that.
You come here to fight, and that’s all that you do.
Please...come back when you are in a better mood.
You are really a nice person. That is all I wish to make public.
I'm in a really good mood. Just got back from Vegas and had lots of fun. What a fabulous place!
Good for you!
I am very happy that you had such a GOOD time!
Though, I don’t think of Vegas as a great place.
I like to fly in, drive the Experience of a Lifetime, have dinner, see a show, and fly home.
Now...please...don’t stink up the place.
Its 30 million and don’t bet on it. People are getting really sick on this issue.
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