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
That's not going to happen either.
It won't be too long before we'll all see the adverse effects of the newly enacted laws on a booming Arizona economy.
Maybe then somebody around here will buy a clue.
I wouldn't bet your farm on that....the tide is changing...
No kidding. I never said otherwise.
Do you believe that obeying our laws is an important component of "WHAT'S RIGHT"?
I love people.
Do you love lawbreakers?
Very very interesting.
If millions of ants can migrate in a season, and salmon as well, I see no reason why people can’t do the same.
However, Israels successful use of a fence as well as that of San Diego should also be persuasive.
Ironically edited out of American literature because of Political Correctness. Apparently, "Brer" Rabbit and "Brer" Bear are the equivalent of the "N"-word.
Hint: "Brer" is what "Brother" sounded like in the Antebellum South. It insults the greatness of African-American and Southern US culture to just bury such folk tales under the altar of PC. Sickening.
I wouldn't bet your farm on that....the tide is changing...
Really? And your evidence of that is what?
Where are the leaders and politicians promoting mass deportation of more than 10 million illegals?
It's not going to happen.
We must be on the look out for clandesdine midnight sneak bills that deliver parts of the Amnesty bill.
You are exactly right....all it takes is a re-interpretation as it was never intended to foster the "anchor baby" debacle...
Apparently you are on the side of illegal immigrants. You think they won’t riot. You think Americans don’t want them deported. May I ask again: Whose side are you on? Or maybe I should ask what you think is right?
Yep, if nothing else we Freepers are totally clueless. /s
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
You do realize that you are posting on a CONSERVATIVE web site?
The Disney movie “Song of the South”
Zippity do dah Zippity ay
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine heading my way
Zippity do dah Zippity ay..
Huh? I love to see people gain the American dream. If you call that "giving America away" then that is on you.
But then I think that its likely that you are hiding your real agenda from us.
I don't have to "hide" ANYTHING from you bozo.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK about my positions on ANYTHING.
"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.
QUISLING: a synonym for traitor, someone who collaborates with the invaders of his country.
Yes like the DREAM Act...
A future court, for a variety of conceivable reasons, could reverse the current interpretation on "born" ~ possibly by tieing in the "jurisdiction of" clause, and massive social dislocations would ensue.
The illegal alien advocates did not seem to appreciate that threat in their latest effort to write a law to legalize 20 million Mexicans ~ apparantly they are unaware of the power of the courts in this country.
You need to read my posts again.
The fact that I don't think they will riot has NOTHING to do with being ON or AGAINST their "side".
The deal is that America is going to sic it's lawyers on the illegals and make their lives a living hell for the next 35 years ~ more or less the same way we do the legals.
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