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Don't let nativism cloud the immigration debate
The Washington Examiner ^ | July 10, 2014 | Shikha Dalmia

Posted on 07/11/2014 2:57:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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So all eight billion people in the world are welcome here?

SHIKHA DALMIA, a Washingon Examiner columnist, is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Columbia University's Eric Haskell provided valuable research assistance for this piece.

1 posted on 07/11/2014 2:57:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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“Because asking your government to do what you can’t ain’t right! “

So all taxation will now cease right? I mean, I can’t tax myself, so...


2 posted on 07/11/2014 3:00:57 PM PDT by vladimir998
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“Reason Foundation”

Another liberaltarian think tank


3 posted on 07/11/2014 3:01:55 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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Bull freaking crap! They have NO RIGHT to be in this country.

Any words to the contrary are absolute pure bull crap.


4 posted on 07/11/2014 3:02:33 PM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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Drop a quarter and send the trespasser and those who gave him/her aid and comfort on a long train ride to Costa Rica. Millions have done it the right way. Why should these folks be given special treatment just because the speak spanglish? More like a non profit/for profit stink tank. Not a think tank.


5 posted on 07/11/2014 3:02:56 PM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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A partial repeal of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, signed by GWB, would be a major hit to GWB’s legacy, and he may not take kindly to this, and this may upset GWB’s supporters, Karl Rove, Jeb Bush and others. I personally could care less what they say, and don't care much for Boehner, Rove, etc...

Yes, we are under a planned invasion, but Boehner has pounded the drum that Obama does not uphold and defend the law. Yes, Obama does neither, but f Obama does so now with this Act, Boehner will have put the GOP in a pickle.

6 posted on 07/11/2014 3:04:53 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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Being my neighbor does not remove the status of criminal from anyone. If my neighbor robs a bank I want him to go to jail.
The fact remains that this is an illegal invasion of our nation and our Government MUST put a stop to it.


7 posted on 07/11/2014 3:04:56 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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This fellow left ‘reason’ at the door.

I’m assuming, strictly from his surname, that he’s not native-born. So I guess that makes me a ‘nativist’.

It sure does. How does he/she assume they knew what or forebears wanted this country to be?

Go away! Leftist, third-world, pest!


8 posted on 07/11/2014 3:05:01 PM PDT by x1stcav ("The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.")
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Here’s a question for the proud Americans demanding that the unaccompanied foreign children showing up at our borders be deported: Suppose that one of these “illegal” minors was your neighbor, living with his aunt and uncle, ... Would you, with a clear conscience, pick up the phone and turn him in?

My conscience would compel me to pickup the phone and reunite the child with his parents. I'm all about family.

9 posted on 07/11/2014 3:05:01 PM PDT by TheDon (Californians are losing their right to keep and bear firearms one firearm at a time.)
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I see this writer never lets facts get in the way of his agenda.
So many people are bemoaning that these illegals are fleeing a dangerous p0verty mired place. the writer needs to check out the murders in Chicago. Houston Detriot Phully new Orleans etc just over the week end
and then the writer and all the others spouting the extreme poverty nonsense might stop and wonder how people in extreme poverty all cam up with the thousands to pay the coyotes.
last the writer should ask why Mexico is giving these illegals a pass to get here and even giving money to the illegal minors to get here


10 posted on 07/11/2014 3:05:06 PM PDT by RWGinger
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Wheeling out all the old cannards aren’t they.


11 posted on 07/11/2014 3:05:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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Yep, I’ll have to admit it.

There’s really nothing wrong with 100s of thousands of foreign national pouring across our border every month.

I had to take a good look in the mirror and admit it.

I’m the real problem. I’m to much a nativist.

[insert sound of needle going across a record here]

WTF has this knuckle-dragging Leftist been drinking, paint thinner?

Nativist?

At what point does loyal citizenship come into play?

In a sane nation, people like this guy would be charged with treason. I’m sorry, but the time has come to call a spade a spade. Bring the guy up on charges, misinformation and acting as an agent for the enemies of our nation.


12 posted on 07/11/2014 3:05:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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Tell me who is letting “nativism” cloud the debate? Who? Every conservative I know focuses on the rule of law. The idea of letting a mob of people in illegally, without screening for their criminal past or diseases, is abhorrent. Not using any logic as to who to let in — letting skilled workers in first or other logical criteria — is abhorrent. Letting border-crossers in ahead of immigrants who have waited for years going through the legal process is abhorrent. I don’t know of any credible person who is saying don’t let immigrants in because we hate Latinos or want a “white” country. This “nativism” argument is a straw man.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 3:07:03 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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"Here’s a question for the proud Americans demanding that the unaccompanied foreign children showing up at our borders be deported: Suppose that one of these “illegal” minors was your neighbor, living with his aunt and uncle, going to school during the day, kicking ball with friends in the evening, trying hard to put the traumatic journey from his native, violence-ridden country to America behind him. Would you, with a clear conscience, pick up the phone and turn him in? "

It wouldn't have gotten that far along with me. Before anyone illegal had a chance to settle in, I'd be on the phone reporting him or her.

"Shikha Sood Dalmia" is a native of India who makes money mocking "proud Americans." She can go right the hell back where she came from.

14 posted on 07/11/2014 3:08:48 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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This is about the fifth article I’ve seen today blaming the “War on Drugs”. Evidently that’s the new focus-group tested meme from the left.


15 posted on 07/11/2014 3:09:32 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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“Because asking your government to do what you can’t ain’t right! “

Need me to drive a truck?
Fly a plane?
Stand guard at the border with a weapon?
I am asking my Government to follow the law.
I am asking my Government to do what we elected it to do.
Today its 90 thousand next year its 900 thousand. We the people are not going to allow that....


16 posted on 07/11/2014 3:14:18 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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“Because asking your government to do what you can’t ain’t right! “

Need me to drive a truck?
Fly a plane?
Stand guard at the border with a weapon?
I am asking my Government to follow the law.
I am asking my Government to do what we elected it to do.
Today its 90 thousand next year its 900 thousand. We the people are not going to allow that....


17 posted on 07/11/2014 3:15:04 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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0bama has pulled the border patrol back 45 miles in some areas so the invaders are already ‘here’ when they are met by the Patrol.

There are 5 people over the age of 15 for every ‘child’.
All the photos I’ve seen show the child holding an adult’s hand.


18 posted on 07/11/2014 3:18:55 PM PDT by alpo (What would Selco do?)
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It doesn’t matter how family oriented they are or how nice their kids are — if they snuck and lied their way in, kick them out.

And let those who point their fingers at the natives about compassion bear the cost of their so-called compassion. The illegals can stay in their houses.


19 posted on 07/11/2014 3:19:25 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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The author

20 posted on 07/11/2014 3:19:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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