[Afronaut]

"Ours is a nation of immigrants. We're also a nation of law. Unfortunately, the United States has not been in complete control of its borders for decades and, therefore, illegal immigration has been on the rise. We have a responsibility to address these challenges. We have a responsibility to enforce our laws. We have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility seriously. "

Yea sure, whatever...

[conserv8ive1]

I won’t listen to Bush on any domestic policy, he’s proven FOS.

[Minutemen]

“FENCE”? I want to see CONCRETE & STEEL high & WIDE!

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

One of my good buddies was one of the "up to 6,000" National Guardsmen" who were sent to the border last summer as a result of the pre-election Conservative outrage over the situation down there. He spent about four months down in Arizona, and said that the whole exercise was a joke. He and his pards stayed in a Double Tree hotel in Phoenix, spent most of the time partying, and routinely drove down to the other side of the border to visit some Mexican senoritas.

Yeah, when the Administration says that it is going to do something, it really means it!

[Hunble]

To hell with a fence, I want towers with machine guns. Our country is being invaded by hostile forces, and the use of deadly force must be authorized.

This is a military issue!

[kevao]

Bush is not vey series about border security, and that’s a hugh problem.

[Joe Boucher]

Two years and what, two miles of fence?
That’s our illustrious govt for ya.

[mikeus_maximus]

Why bother posting this? Most of us saw this as a deparate election season ploy, we weren’t fooled, and the GOP got what it deserved. We know who and what GWB is by now.

[freekitty]

I thought he signed that bill in 2006

[NRA2BFree]

Riiiiight!! The day after a stunning defeat, he throws out a morsel to Americans so we'll think he's serious about border control......

Why didn't he do it before? It's a con game, folks. Don't believe him!

[NRA2BFree]

You should ask the mods to make a note that it’s from last year. I didn’t notice it until after I had already posted to the thread. From the looks of it, everyone else thinks that the article if from today!

[pissant]

Geez. You’d think he would have thanked Duncan Hunter. The guy who wrote the bill and ramrodded it thru without any cosponsors. LOL

[PEACE ENFORCER]

“We have a responsibility to enforce our laws. We have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility seriously.”
.
SHOW ME !!! and no I’m NOT from Missouri. I’m form AMERICA.

[PEACE ENFORCER]

“We have a responsibility to enforce our laws. We have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility seriously.”
.
SHOW ME !!! and no I’m NOT from Missouri. I’m from AMERICA.

[shekkian]

I thank the Deputy Secretary, Michael Jackson, of the Department of Homeland Security.

That explains a lot.

[Tamar1973]

Build the Fence NOW. The Koreans have a couple of decent templates we can borrow.

Or a version of this Chinese one!

[KeyLargo]

It’s 1986 all over again

By David VitterFri Jun 8, 7:00 AM ET

In studying the immigration bill on the floor of the Senate, my overriding question has been: Does it repeat the fatal mistakes of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act? That bill was supposed to solve our illegal immigration problem once and for all. Instead, it quadrupled it - from more than 3 million illegal aliens in this country then to more than 12 million today.

Why? Two reasons. The ‘86 bill provided amnesty for millions here illegally and lacked strong enforcement. Those fatal flaws combined to create a magnet for more illegal border crossings with inadequate enforcement to stop them. Unfortunately, the latest bill repeats those fundamental mistakes.

Black’s Law Dictionary defines amnesty as a “pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense,” and even gives the 1986 act as a textbook example. Again in this year’s bill, the federal government would forgive an entire class of lawbreakers with the Z visa provision. As in 1986, they’d have to pay a few fines and take other modest action. But they would never have to leave the country or spend one day in jail....

excerpt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070608/cm_usatoday/its1986alloveragain

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just say NO to Amnesty!! Keep calling!!

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121

U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121

White House comments: (202) 456-1111

Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep

Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[COgamer]

Dated just a couple weeks before the election, if I still know how to read... I think the timing says it all.

When did I become so cynical? But, comparing his comments then to his comments now, how can I not be?