Posted on 05/05/2008 8:28:51 PM PDT by pissant
Arizona Sen. John McCain has not given up on the idea of comprehensive immigration reform, despite criticism he received for trying to help push forward President Bush's plan to deal with our nation's immigration problems.
In fact, the GOP's presumed presidential candidate said Monday that as president he would again take up the effort in Washington with the goal of combining border security with programs for temporary foreign workers and establishing tamper proof identification so employees would know workers were legal.
It is a little surprising that McCain is willing to step back into the buzz saw of the immigration debate, especially since his more moderate position on the issue in the past has been very unpopular with members of his own party.
His Monday foray into the border battle was nevertheless welcome. It is an issue that needs to be debated by the presidential candidates in the upcoming election. It is an issue that is as important to the nation as the war in the Middle East, gas prices, civil liberties, health care and the economy.
In fact, immigration is a key part of any discussion on the economy because foreign workers, both legal and illegal, are a key component of the country's economic climate. The need for workers from outside the nation is likely to increase as the "bubble" of the baby boom generation passes into retirement and there are fewer available American workers to replace them.
We were pleased to see that McCain continues to believe, as we do, that immigration and border security are federal issues and not state issues. He said it was the federal government's failure to properly deal with comprehensive immigration reform that has encouraged some states - especially Arizona - to intrude into this federal sphere.
"It saddens me to see these conflicting approaches toward the issue of illegal immigration because we would not have this problem if the federal government had carried out its responsibilities," he said.
What he did not say was that there are some who really do not want comprehensive immigration reform and broader legal opportunities for foreign workers. The will do what they can to defeat federal efforts which they feel will "water down" actions against illegal immigration.
That is the hurdle that will have to be jumped if the next president, whoever it may be, wants the federal government to again assume its immigration responsibilities, as it should.
If McCain would keep his mouth shut he would win this thing in a landslide.
Let's Roll!
comprehensive immigration = let’em all in
The "bubble" of the boomers is generally skilled labor.
Immigrants from Mexico are generally unskilled and illiterate.
They're gonna fill in for us?
That'll be the day.
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05/05/2008 2:04:29 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 38 replies · 547+ views CNN ^ | May 05, 2008 | CNNSen. John McCain said Monday the tenor of the immigration debate has hurt the way Hispanic voters view the Republican Party. "I believe the majority of Hispanics share our view that the border must be secured, and the border must be secured first," McCain said in Phoenix, Arizona. "But they also want us to have an attitude which I think most Americans do, that these are God's children and they must be taken care of." The senator from Arizona used Cinco de Mayo as a launching pad for a new Spanish-language Web site on Monday, and he emphasized his stance... |
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Any one of the three liberals will screw this country bigtime with regards to amnesty.I hope everyone knows just how screwed we all will be.Man,I despise rinos even more than the commies.
McCain is what we get when people vote out of fear. First it’s get behind Rudy because he can win. Then it’s Mitt. We need to use our heads next time and start grooming a real candidate for 2012. Especially if McCain wins ‘08 and wants a second term.
What will he tell La Raza? No mas?
We were pleased to see that McCain continues to believe, as we do, that immigration and border security are federal issues and not state issues.
They are not issues they are responsibilities. The Federal government is constitutionally obligated to establish immigration law, and punish/deport the lawbreakers.
Tomorrow I vote for Barrack.
Next fall, I stay home.
Go to hell, McInsane.
McCain says he got the message; Border enforcement first, but after that, let everybody and all their kin in.
300 Million people and not one conservative leader to step up to the plate and lead us.
His bill would have given amnesty to all except those aliens prosecuted for other crimes. Meaning 12 to 20 million get a stay in US free card. Then they would have chain migration rights to family. Uhg.
I tried my damndest to get the father of border enforcement nominated. He also was the best on military matters, US sovereignty, and trade policy, but he wasn’t a rich celebrity candidate, so it went nowhere.
There’s not a peso’s difference between Juan’s positions and Jorge’s.
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