SEN. HAGEL: Our borders are the most critical, urgent issue facing our country.

CNN/The Lou Dobbs show ^ | Jan. 21, 2005 | Transcript

[television is just wrong]

I believe the only one in congress who is serious about this problem is Mr. Tom Tancredo. I want him to run for President.

[JustAnotherSavage]

Yes, and they would also need to appologize to Martha Stewart. I didn't see them letting her off with a fine of $1000 for lying. But then she's a citizen, isn't she?

[rdcorso]

Screw immigration reform and close the damn border.If he really is concerned then his first priority should be to secure the borders in the quickest and most efficient manner.I'm tired of wondering how many terrorist are crossing our borders everyday while our politicians sit around with their thumbs up their .

[exhaustedmomma]

Please, explain to me what a "coyote" is!! Thanks! (Ya'll keep using the term on these threads.)

[Clemenza]

If Chuck would give more specifics on what he wants to do, he could have the nomination in the bag.

[judgeandjury]

All Hagel is doing is trying to play to the small minority of people who are obsessed with the issue of immigration.

By "small minority of people", are you referring to the voters of California (the most populous state in the country) who passed Prop 187, and the voters of Arizona who passed Prop 200? In addition, several other states are in the process of getting their own anti-illegal immigration propositions on their state ballots within the next 2-4 years.

[usadave]

You guys are so transparent, if you were true to your usual rhetoric on FR, you would be demanding Hagel ship them all out in boxcars.

Nah, I'd be just as happy to see them all shipped out on airplanes and buses.

[usadave]

I thought $1500 made it "not amnesty". What is the dollar penalty when we can call it amnesty? $999.95?

If we let illegal aliens legally stay in the U.S. after they pay their fines, then the illegal aliens will have benefitted from violating our immigration laws because they will be allowed to stay here, which was their goal all along. To me, that is an amnesty, fine or no fine. Can you imagine fining a bank robber $1500 for robbing a bank, but then letting that bank robber keep the money that he stole? Even after paying the fine, he will still have benefitted from robbing the bank.

[lainde]

bump and thanks!

[Once-Ler]

I am ashamed to say that this idiot is my US Senator. I as GOP are more proud of Sen Nelson (A DEM) that I am of this moron.

You've got to be kidding! Hagel has a 100% voting record for 2003 a 95% for 2002 and a 85% lifetime record with the American Conservative Union What does it take to earn your vote?

[usadave]

The mode of transportation for their removal isn't important, so long as they are removed. Wheelbarrows, Chevy pick-ups, or stolen bass boats from Ensenada would work just as well as INS buses. The end result is the impotant part; that being: they ain't here anymore.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[JustAnotherSavage]

Interestingly, Fienstein replied to a letter I wrote, that she agreed illegal immigration was a big problem and how much it was costing the state of California. She sent this bill and it's sponsers against the totalization Social security agreement with Mexico.


http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:1:./temp/~c1084uPlbV::
COSPONSORS(29), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 7/22/2004 Rep Bradley, Jeb [NH-1] - 10/6/2004
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 7/22/2004 Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] - 7/15/2004
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 7/22/2004 Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] - 7/15/2004
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 7/15/2004 Rep English, Phil [PA-3] - 7/15/2004
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 7/15/2004 Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 7/22/2004
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 7/15/2004 Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 11/17/2004
Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-5] - 7/15/2004 Rep Hostettler, John N. [IN-8] - 7/15/2004
Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 7/15/2004 Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 7/15/2004
Rep King, Steve [IA-5] - 7/15/2004 Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 9/15/2004
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 9/15/2004 Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] - 10/6/2004
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 7/15/2004 Rep Norwood, Charlie [GA-9] - 7/15/2004
Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 7/22/2004 Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] - 7/15/2004
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 9/15/2004 Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 7/15/2004
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 7/15/2004 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 7/15/2004
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 7/22/2004
Expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the Social Security totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico. (Introduced in House)

HRES 720 IH 108th CONGRESS 2d Session

[Once-Ler]

Thanks for the link.

[zzen01]

Why don't you stay with WI and get rid of the 2 clowns you have for US Senators and leave NE to the grown-ups.

[servantboy777]

We've got 10 to 12 million immigrants here illegally

Blah blah blah. More talk is all this is. Oh by the way Mr. Hagel, the number of illegals are much higher and thats not even counting the past amnesties given by prior presidents.

[JustAnotherSavage]

Smoke and Mirrors by Hagel, servantboy777, you are correct.

[FITZ]

A "coyote" is a Mexican who is paid to smuggle people over the border and often to get them to a particular destination in the USA. They know where the border is very easy to cross, they know how to bypass the interior checkpoints --- of course almost everyone knows that. Some illegals know how to make it over on their own because it's not very difficult to those who know how the border works --- but for Guatemalans, Oaxacans, Mayans and those other in the interior, a coyote comes in handy.