Posted on 04/12/2007 9:42:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Demonstrators calling for immigration reform march during an immigration protest rally, Saturday, April 7, 2007, in Los Angeles. Marchers filled the streets to demand amnesty for the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)
Deport’em.
Bush takes a stronger stance AFTER the losing the house and senate? Nice game plan.
“...many Democrats and pro-immigrant groups have decried as “report to deport.”
They say this as if it’s a BAD thing.
President Bush has lost so much of my respect on this matter.
I have no idea how a President of the US can effectively say that illegals are great to have as he has for years. To start to wake up now seems so disingenuous. He knew the truth before. What’s changed for him?
Congress needs to pass legislation proclaiming that the US is a nation of laws, no matter how few are enforced.
He’s probably trying to keep the hard-liners from going third party next year. “Yeah, sure, we agree with you! Vote Republican! We’ll get the immigrants out THIS year, I swear!”
Yeah, I don’t like bashing Bush much, but I’m with you on this one. It doesn’t make sense.
Every immigration agent in the state should have been sent to that demonstration.
My question in this matter is “Which law (or laws) do I get to break with impugnity—and get rewarded for it too! Do I get to pick and choose?
You obviously want the immigration laws enforced. But please don't tell me you want every law on the books rigorously enforced. It would turn the US into hell on earth.
The 1986 Amnesty bill increased illegal immigration. There was supposed to be fines and back taxes and all that, but it did not happen. They just want to fool us into opening the floodgates even more.
FYI, my nerd score was 99 (and I wasn’t even trying by going for the obvious).
When we’re talking about 12 - 20 million criminals, I’d settle for “moderately enforcing the law” as opposed to almost completely ignoring it.
gnurd?
“Which law (or laws) do I get to break with impugnity”
If you are not a celebrity, you can break quite a few minor ones. You can hire your neighbor’s kid and not pay minimum wage, collect an I-9 form, or even withold SS taxes. You can even say nappy headed hos without losing your job.
Now if you are a conservative celebrity, you can break nearly zero laws as Rush found out. If you are a liberal celebrity, you can break a few more but not as many as a lower profile person.
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