VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: A modest solution to the Strip handbill problem

Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | 15 june 08 | VIN SUPRYNOWICZ

[rellimpank]

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Always interesting to review the responses to our former scrivenings -- never forgetting that, as Bastiat preached in "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen," sometimes the most interesting response is silence.

Responding to my recent missive on illegal aliens, a number of hand-wringers complain we should not take a punitive attitude toward under-age illegal aliens, since their being here is "not their fault."

I'm never sure whether to attribute to ignorance or disingenuousness the failure to note that -- under current federal law -- if these kids are granted legal resident status, the parents can then apply for legal resident status, which is likely to be granted to prevent the kids being "orphaned." The parents are thus rewarded -- in fact, they win the jackpot -- for illegally bringing these "anchor children" here "against their will."

But what about my accompanying point that -- if the law was enforced and all the illegals sent home -- Congress of necessity would have to expand the number of legal immigration slots to provide the required labor pool?

At that point, many law-abiding would-be immigrants from Europe, Asia and Africa, who have been patiently waiting their turn in line, would be allowed to immigrate here far sooner.

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[rellimpank]

--the weekly Vin--

[marktwain]

Vin is a national treasure.

[FlyVet]

We do not reward citizens for breaking the law, we punish them. Yet, we want to reward non-citizens for breaking the law by the tens of millions. It's a no-brainer that more law-breaking is the result.

AZ, for example, is #1 in the country for property crime and identity theft. Half of all births a few years ago were Medicaid at $4000 a taxpayer pop, and our state government continues to push this Free Stuff upward into the middle class. Phoenix and Tucson were #1 and #2 in the country in traffic accidents caused by running red lights. Half of all Tucson drivers under-insured or uninsured according to one insurance commercial I keep hearing. Tucson murder rate skyrocketing this year, well past double the rate of last year. Meth addiction rampant.

Yet, none of our politicians, law enforcement, or the local media in bed with them dare tell us how much of this is due to illegal immigration/drug trafficking leaking northward from Mexico. It all just "happens".

[2nd amendment mama]

Sorry I posted this to the wrong thread....duh. I’ve asked the mods to remove it