"Last year, for the first time in our nation’s history, the American people elected as president someone with no high government experience—not a senator, not a congressman, not a governor, not a cabinet secretary, not a general. They did this, I believe, because they’ve lost faith in both the competence and the intentions of our governing class—of both parties! Government now takes nearly half of every dollar we earn and bosses us around in every aspect of life, yet can’t deliver basic services well. Our working class—the “forgotten man,” to use the phrase favored by Ronald Reagan and FDR—has seen its wages stagnate, while the four richest counties in America are inside the Washington Beltway. The kids of the working class are those who chiefly fight our seemingly endless wars and police our streets, only to come in for criticism too often from the very elite who sleep under the blanket of security they provide."
I am amazed that an educated patriot who has served our country in combat can summon the patience to sit in committees of process with mental midgets like Tim Caine, Al Franken and Patty Murray!
Immigration policy should serve the interests of citizens first, foremost, always.
Good luck finding anyone in Washington that understands this.
Immigrant status should be limited to people who love us and want to be us... and who bring something in terms of skills or talent that benefits the rest of us.
They should only be admitted in numbers that can be easily integrated. They should only be admitted when the economy is such that they can be easily integrated.
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Tom Cotton wants to legalize 700,000 DACAs.
He forgot to mention he will also have to legalize their parents, which adds another 1 million.
He also forgot to mention that 80% of those folks will vote for the Democrat Party when they become citizens.
In Exchange...
He will reduce legal immigration to 500,000 per year, over ten years. In other words, 7.5 million more legal immigrants will arrive in the next ten years. And, 80% of them will vote for the Democrat Party when they become citizens.
The Good News - every one of those 7.5 million will undergo EXTREME vetting! And the family breadwinner will take a skills test!
I have a better idea...
Each year, we identify the 1,000 smartest, most creative, most energetic, and most entrepreneurial 25-year-olds in the entire world, and we bring THEM to the USA!
Tom Cotton's RAISE Act is a steaming pile of baloney.
It will never be enforced.
And Donald Trump will be the last Republican president in this century.
Great read. Thanks for posting
This should be the path for the future. Problem is by now so many of all the wrong people have been allowed to infiltrate the country it may well be too late to save it. Hard to say.