"...maybe we could just make life so miserable for them that they leave on their own."
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As we make things tougher the PUBS will be labeled a party of hate mongering racists. The media will portray how we are destroying these "poor innocent families." If the PUBS want to retain a majority they need Hispanic votes.
Also, we have a labor shortage in this country for the low end heavy labor jobs.
Also, we have a labor shortage in this country for the low end heavy labor jobs.
Hell if there is a shortage why are they on street corners begging for work. Spare me!!!
Well, actually, the consistently DEMO union members are genrally anti-illegal alien, too, because it's obvious that American union membership suffers by the ever growing "unregulated" cheap labor pool of illegal aliens in the country.
So, I don't believe it's accurate to project that the Republicans should take the heat on this issue.
Although I recognize that it's a case of Florida and elections for Republicans there, here's my attitude about that: those FL Republicans will grow bigger and taller and more capable in the eyes of many IF they enforce immigration laws and the return of these people to where they came from.
NONE of these people of issue here was unaware of the terms of them being carted to the U.S. They were aware of their status, some admitted (article) that they knew they were "illegal" prior to this program and that they were here anyway -- thus, they are aware of their behavior that is punishable, and should be.
Send them home. It's harsh to some, but it's a case of that we have laws and they are being violated. We have to enforce our immigration laws and require citizenship or at least permanent residency for people from other countries who seek presence in the U.S.
Send these people home and stop loading them into the country when disasters strike elsewhere. Take them aid, go and assist (the U.S. already does that anyway), but we should not be and have to stop appearing to be the social aid nation for the world's needy.
Send these people home, give them instructions as to how to apply for citizenship and let them work it out just like every other LEGAL immigrant who has then become a U.S. citizen has done for the last two centuries. That's part of what it takes and what it means to be here anyway, to live by our rule of law.
De la Rosa said she likely would stay even if she loses the protection
I'm sure she is a Hispanic that will not be voting for the GOP. Sounds like a Democrat to me.
On the other hand, I am a Hispanic that has voted all my life for the GOP but unless the GOP knocks off the hispandering I will be moving onwards to a conservative third party. I don't give a damn about Republican partisanship. I want good governance and we are not going to get it from racial panderers.