Posted on 07/27/2015 12:51:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
People who entered the United States illegally may be called "undocumented" in politically correct circles, but what is all too well documented is the utter irresponsibility of both political parties in dealing with immigration issues.
Both Democratic and Republican administrations have left the border with Mexico porous for years — porous not just for Mexicans but for anybody else, including terrorists from the Middle East.
Two very different issues have gotten jumbled together in the political stew called "comprehensive immigration reform." The first and most fundamental issue is whether we are going to have an immigration policy at all. The second issue is: Just what should that immigration policy be?
If we do not control our own border, then we do not have any immigration policy. We may have immigration laws on the books, but if anybody can cross the border that wants to, those laws are just words on paper and a bad joke.
Polls showing the surprisingly favorable reactions of some Republican voters to Donald Trump's irresponsible generalities about immigrants probably reflect many people's frustrations with politicians' weasel words on the subject, and politicians' failure to do anything about a festering problem.
The recent murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco by an illegal immigrant with multiple felonies and multiple expulsions, followed by multiple illegal returns to this "sanctuary city," has been galling to many people.
One immediate consequence of this outrage has been a drive to pass "Kate's law" prescribing mandatory prison time for anyone who has been expelled from this country and comes back again illegally. That is overdue.
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I love Sowell. I think, however, it is inaccurate to say Trump made a sweeping smear. He was charged with making a sweeping smear. He has over and over and over again explained his position as not a sweeping smear. Those who do not like him refuse to hear it.
So again, I LOVE Sowell. But he has already come out in favor of Walker. He is being a little unfair to Trump, especially since Sowell is a huge Ann Coulter fan and she is Trump times one hundred in her style and tone and rhetoric. I guess Sowell is only human.
Yes, I believe Dr. Sowell came on too strong using the words “sweeping smear” because Trump has clarified what he meant.
It is not just the open border at our southern border.
We have “legal immigration” problem as well, Obama admin importing all sorts of ME ‘refugees’ (I forgot the numbers, but it is alarming), and forcing integration into communities big and small.
So far, none dare touching it. Only whispers of halting it after the Chattanooga shooting, and it went nowhere.
Yes, it's a huge problem and has got to be stopped.
A few years down the road and the damage will be irreversible, it's bad enough now.
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Everything is so partisan in this country that it is doubtful that we could find qualified people to search for the truth.
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