U.S. may punish nations that refuse their ex-cons

Austin-American Statesman ^ | 5-6-2008 | Eunice Moscoso

[stan_sipple]

The United States is facing a major obstacle in its efforts to deport thousands of illegal immigrants, including many convicted felons: Their home countries don't want them back.

This does not sit well with Sen. Arlen Specter, a veteran Republican lawmaker and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Specter was stunned at the situation after touring several prisons in his home state of Pennsylvania, where taxpayer dollars are paying to house foreigners who have served their sentences but could not be deported. In response, he drafted legislation that would punish countries that refuse to take back illegal immigrants.

"There is an enormous problem of public safety, which is slightly under the radar screen," Specter said.

He noted that once convicted felons serve their sentences in the U.S., they can be held for only six months before they are released into the general public.

Specter's measure was recently introduced in the Senate and the House.

The proposed legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress every 90 days on the countries that refuse repatriation. Those nations would automatically be denied all immigrant visas until they take their citizens back. The measure would also deny certain foreign aid to the countries.

As of February, at least eight countries were refusing to take back 139,000 illegal immigrants the U.S. has ordered deported, according to Specter's office: Vietnam, Jamaica, China, India, Ethiopia, Laos, Eritrea and Iran. They include 18,000 convicted felons.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he supports the idea of punishing nations that refuse to take back illegal immigrants but has not read the specifics of Specter's legislation.

[Nachum]

There's a real simple answer to this one.

Give them parachutes and drop them by air.

[MrEdd]

HANO jumps?

[stravinskyrules]

Spector flashes one of his Tourette's outbursts of sanity.

He'll be back on the RINO train in a moment or two.

[Disambiguator]

HANO jumps?

High-Altitude Non-Opening?

[FormerACLUmember]

The proposed legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress every 90 days on the countries that refuse repatriation. Those nations would automatically be denied all immigrant visas until they take their citizens back.

Toss in no "tourist" or "student" visas as well!

[potlatch]

Lol, there’d be a lot of SPLATS, because they may be too dumb to pull the cord.......

That’d teach them!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Answer = trade and aid is cancelleled until compliance is achieved.

[stan_sipple]

But what did we do wrong to make these hard working immigrants who were just trying to make a better life for their families go bad? (sarc)

[stan_sipple]

Plus no H1B field hands for Bill Gates.

[dirtman]

Plenty of land here...

[Spktyr]

Better answer - any foreign flagged air carrier flying to the US *must* take any unwanted citizens back to their country or they will NOT be allowed in.

Now, they will not be displacing paying passengers - but any empty seats are to be occupied by deportees.

Also, any foreign flagged ships must also accept their citizens, or they will not be allowed to dock.

[Onelifetogive]

He noted that once convicted felons serve their sentences in the U.S., they can be held for only six months before they are released into the general public.

We should work out an arrangement where they are housed in their own coutries instead of here. We could pay their home country 10% of the cost to house them here.

[ikka]

Good for Specter. Occasionally he gets one right, and when he does, I will give him credit for it.

[ConservativeMind]

I’m for giving all of them a bullet, in the most unhealthy way.

[donna]

Just release them in Phoenix. McCain won’t mind.

[ConservativeMind]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[VeniVidiVici]

How about if we arrange for a 3d-party nation, say, Zimbabwe, to take them? We can negotiate $10 head and drop them off.

[stan_sipple]

immigrant criminals ask for new trials all the time with the excuse their public defender “forgot” to warn them they could be deported if they plead guilty.

[MrEdd]

Yup

[PA Engineer]

Give them parachutes and drop them by air.

Do you want the taxpayers to pay for the parachutes too?

[JerseyHighlander]

The question is,
which country is Specter trying to shake down for campaign contributions through 3rd party surrogates?

[singfreedom]

My solution: Line ‘em up and shoot ‘em. Why should we have to keep the rest of the world’s trash?

Or perhaps we should announce to the world that if an illegal alien breaks the law, any law, it’s an automatic death sentence? If it didn’t discourage them from coming in the first place it would, at least, be a way to get rid of them.

[singfreedom]

They would be great for target practice.

[FrankR]

"We should work out an arrangement where they are housed in their own coutries instead of here. We could pay their home country 10% of the cost to house them here. "

Why should we pay anything? They're not OUR citizens.

Give the country of origin 30 days to come and get them, or block any and all trade, communication, and/or travel to and from the offending country until the situation is rectified.

[devolve]

Official Operation Chaos voter's ballcap for November:

[nyyankeefan]

The United States is facing a major obstacle in its efforts to deport thousands of illegal immigrants, including many convicted felons: Their home countries don’t want them back....

don’t worry...juan mccain will get them work visas and a path to US citizenship....

problem solved!!!

[AdaGray]

Arlen has an epiphany. What a leader.

[Onelifetogive]

Why should we pay anything? They're not OUR citizens.

Because we are the ones who want them lockrd up. Not returning home free to slip back in with a new identity a few days later...

[Malsua]

Kick ‘em out with a tethered parachute over their major cities.

[potlatch]

Super duper sized!!

[17th Miss Regt]

Do you want the taxpayers to pay for the parachutes too?

Very small parachutes (2 feet wide or so) could be very cheap when purchased in large quantities.

[17th Miss Regt]

Charge them with a capital crime (it does not matter what). Their home countries will suddenly be very interested in getting the felon back to the home country to avoid the death penalty. Deport the felon to the home country and then drop the charges.

[devolve]

Yup!

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I'm looking for Rush Limbaugh's official copyrighted "Operation Chaos" ball caps - I believe they may be sold out

Obama's campaign staff blames "Operation Chaos" for a 7% vote in Hillary's favor in Indiana!

She won 51%-49%

So Obama claims Rush Limbaugh took away a solid 56%-44% win for him in Indiana

The North Carolina 17% spread win for Obama will disappear into the dust in November as 27%+ of democrats for Hillary say they will vote for John McCain -

And North Carolina democrat primaries are meaningess in a solid "Red State" anyway

Another big problemo for Obama and the democrats is the November general election will be monitored by the FBI - and 75% of male blacks over the age of 19 have a criminal felony conviction record - many with a prison record - which makes it illegal for them to vote in elections uness the Governor of the state reinstates their voting rights after they officially apply (RARE!)

I'm still looking for TV vidcaps of Barack Hussein Obama (Junior!) play basketball in a gray "USMC" t-shirt on April 25th, 2008

So Obama is attempting to con the voters by simply putting on a gray United States Marine Corps t-shirt? Obama who refuses to wear an America Flag lapel pin and resuse to salute when the National Anthem is played? (see: "Harkin Steak Fry")

GOOGLE Searches produce nothing but photo websites for copyrighted (and watermarked) photographs of Obama that NOW require a password to enter their photo galleries

TV vidcaps of Obama have been shown on FNC, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS - a vidcap - cropped and resized - would not be subject to copyright laws or enforcement

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Otherwise your dollars will be funding the killing of American troops by Iran -

When more light is cast on GE's greedy criminal and traitorous acts for blood money - expect GE stocks to rapidly tank!

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[potlatch]

Good graphic!
Lol, just hearing on Brit Hume that Hillary is still staying in.

Had just read on Drudge, “Democrats quietly send word to Clinton it’s over”.

She isn’t going to quit, has already used over 11 million of her own money!

[btcusn]

Lol, there’d be a lot of SPLATS, because they may be too dumb to pull the cord.......

That’d teach them!!

What cord,no cord installed.
Jack

[potlatch]

[What cord,no cord installed.]

Lol, wish I’d thought of that!!