Will Republicans Be Duped on Immigration?
The administration is also suing states that want to help it enforce the immigration laws, while no suits follow against “sanctuary cities” that hold themselves out as safe havens for illegal aliens.
If that doesn’t make it clear to Republicans what the core ideological worldview of the Obama administration is, nothing will.
Republicans who support legalization say it must be contingent on securing the borders and tracking whether legal immigrants have left the country when their visas expire. Yet, in spite of Congress’s huge investment of resources in recent years, the federal government is not even close to achieving either of these goals.
Requiring a secure border in legislation will mean nothing in the real world. The modern Democrat Party views law as a nuisance, something to be worked around, ignored, or twisted in a fashion to match ideological ends. Republicans who don’t realize that haven’t been paying attention.
Pay attention to the administration’s arguments that nothing needs to be legislated regarding border security. They are plainly articulating the administration’s worldview. What will change when some Republicans add words to a bill, words which will be ignored?
The Obama administration only gives lip service to greater border security by calling for minor increases in manpower and technology at the border.
Can Republicans really be bought off so cheaply by adding meaningless words to legislation about border security? Congress cannot effectively force the executive branch to enforce the laws it passes, and certainly not in the area of immigration. So the price paid by the Democrats for immigration reform will be negligible.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program proves my point. This is for those who came to the United States before they were adults and are now under the age of 31. The administration has approved over 150,000 applications under the program.
Guess how many applications the Obama administration has denied? Not one.
Immigration agents report to me that they are being forced by their political leadership to look the other way against those who simply claim they qualify for it. It makes it plain the rancid, lawless approach of the officials in charge. Why would the situation improve by adding some words to a bill?
If a bill passes this year, the Obama administration will enforce the laws only against a select few just as they are doing now. It is part of a public-relations ruse: pluck out a few enforcement examples to conceal a lawless disregard for immigration statutes.
The last mass amnesty in 1986 was effective in legalizing millions (including many who were not eligible) but entirely ineffective in addressing illegal immigration. Yet the same promises to enforce border security were made in 1986. The problem of illegal immigration only grew worse.
Despite the best of intentions, Republican proponents of amnesty made more acceptable by promises of border security today will see only half of the deal implemented, the amnesty part. Except this time the risk is existential for the Republican Party. The Democrats know most of these 14 million new citizens will be voting for Democrats. The irony will be that the Republican rush to compromise with the lawless may mean the end of the GOP’s long-term electoral relevance.
2013 - Democrats (and some turncoat Republicans) offer comprehensive immigration reform (11 million illegals with "path" to citizenship) in exchange for border security.
See any parallels? I do..... Stupid Republicans who are only thinking a bout getting more Hispanic votes.
2013 - Democrats (and some turncoat Republicans) offer comprehensive immigration reform (11 million illegals with "path" to citizenship) in exchange for border security.
See any parallels? I do..... Stupid Republicans who are only thinking a bout getting more Hispanic votes.
Who are these "republicans" to be "duped"? Conjoined twin with other people who go by the names:
1. democrats, 2. liberals, 3. feell your (our) pain compassionates - they neither know nor care to know "you/us" except as key holder, door opener and conductor to seats on the gravy trains of politics, laughingly still called public service., 4, progressives, 5, internationalists, 6. multiculturalists. AND Guess who pays for their special seats on the gravy trains?
Duped? Innocent maidens to be seduced by sweet words, "valuable" gifts, and smarmy songs of their moustachioed and caped seducers for whom they are just another notch on the bedpost to register theirtriumph in... (show more)
Who are these "republicans" to be "duped"? Conjoined twin with other people who go by the names:
1. democrats, 2. liberals, 3. feell your (our) pain compassionates - they neither know nor care to know "you/us" except as key holder, door opener and conductor to seats on the gravy trains of politics, laughingly still called public service., 4, progressives, 5, internationalists, 6. multiculturalists. AND Guess who pays for their special seats on the gravy trains?
Duped? Innocent maidens to be seduced by sweet words, "valuable" gifts, and smarmy songs of their moustachioed and caped seducers for whom they are just another notch on the bedpost to register theirtriumph in seduction.
All's fair in love and war, and the particular aim of this seduction sho ain't love.
Triumph these willing "victims" describe as compromise. For the good of the nation. For the greater good. The "victims" panting to be "won".
In and out of government. Constituents who have the keys to the doors provide them to "representatives" of Republicanism who in collusion with their seducers rob the house of everything valuable. By providing the keys the constituents avoid charging their representatives with breaking and entering the House of Constitutional Republic of the USA. With unlawful intent.
Re Whoopi Goldberg, it isn't rape rape. (show less)
Putting aside the political benefit, anybody who thinks that a radical policy enacted and strictly enforced would not significantly hurt major sectors of the national economy is simply removed from reality.
The first and most important component to immigration reform should be that of labor visa's and implementation reforms of employers utilizing the labor visa's. All non-skilled labor needs should be categorized by trade and exempted from ALL social secuirty taxes and benefits as NO legal alien or citizenship path would... (show more)
Putting aside the political benefit, anybody who thinks that a radical policy enacted and strictly enforced would not significantly hurt major sectors of the national economy is simply removed from reality.
The first and most important component to immigration reform should be that of labor visa's and implementation reforms of employers utilizing the labor visa's. All non-skilled labor needs should be categorized by trade and exempted from ALL social secuirty taxes and benefits as NO legal alien or citizenship path would be made available on such a labor visa. They work until terminated or voluntarily quit and GO BACK HOME! The 'labor' visa employee WOULD NOT be allowed to bring their family or relatives across the border at ANY time so long as they hold that labor visa.
Put reasonable and efficient immigrant labor policies and strict enforcement in place and the 'lure' for illegal immigration benefit eventually diminishes to the point sought. Then, that leaves only the matters of illegal immigration for criminal enterprise to deal with in a most harsh manner! This could then be better managed with multiple enforcement agecincies.
No special labor visa and valid employer ID in hand, you're a criminal and prosecuted as such. Likewise, for employers who circumvent or otherwise violate the labor immighration laws!
Then, deal with the issue of those in-country who have lived and can certifiy long term employment either currently or before having retired -- they get a mandatory seven year track to either legal alien or citizenship. That would apply to those children who have become of legal age but not over the age of 19 unless in college with standing or the military.
Everybody else, well........
Why haven't the republicans developed a 'comprehensive' plan rather than just floating along until put into a political corner? (show less)
Its not a terribly hard legal immigrant... (show more)
Its not a terribly hard legal immigrant labor system to implement! An employer of existing immigrants pays for a background check on each employ and a special federal identification card issued by each states law enforcement with the employee information, picture and fingerprint on the front and the employer information on the back. NO family members allowed! Now, you have created an enforcement tool in which the immigrant is either an employ of the company listed on the ID card or they aren't. If they aren't any longer employed by that employer and stayed incountry,, they get deported automatically and declined from entering the U.S. again as a legal labor immigrant. If another employer hires such a labor immigrant allow the old employer ID to be used that illegal employer is subject to a class A misdemeanor the first time and a class C felony for any subsequent violation(s). Pretty simple!
Now you know, or can 'validate' whose a legal labor immigrant and who isn't legal according to an employer data base and an ID card system with fingerprints and picture. Employment termination by the authorized employer requires surrender of the ID to be turned into the State and the employee given a 72-hour travel voucher to leave the country as well as entered into the data system.
They're either legal labor or criminals! Makes enforcement much easier and the word gets out pretty fast that you can't just cross the border illegally and go get a job. Those who come for nothing more than criminal enterprise, you try them, convict them and charge the governments of their origin for the cost of incrceration. If they don't pay, I'm sure we can withold monetary aid to their countries until they do pay.
Not a cure all, but it sure makes enforcement and determination of whose good and bad much easier. Then you can begin working on the mess created by the past. (show less)
another country-Norte Aztlan.
another country-Norte Aztlan.
Of course they will. They always get duped by the Dems, don't they?
Of course they will. They always get duped by the Dems, don't they?
One good idea I heard was give them all a work permit but...No citizenship Ever! No voting rights EVER!! No welfare ever!
One good idea I heard was give them all a work permit but...No citizenship Ever! No voting rights EVER!! No welfare ever!