Last Words On Immigration?
Probably not. As long as the government sees fit to act like a traffic cop on valium when it comes to dealing with illegal immigrants, I'm afraid I will have to continue to pester them on my little corner of the blogosphere.
It would appear the "compromise" bill on illegal immigration, which is having lots of trouble at this moment, was worse than anyone could have immagined. Take a look at this text from Senator John Cornyn's web site:
THE PROBLEM:
The Compromise bill includes language that would prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining or deporting any alien who files an application with the government. The “safe harbor” provisions would apply even if the alien was ineligible for the amnesty because of prior criminal violations. Moreover, DHS would be required to issue the alien a secure travel and work authorization document while the application was pending.
This language is broader than the text of the 1986 amnesty, which required the alien to establish a prima facie case for eligibility, did not limit DHS’s ability to detain the alien, and did not require DHS to issue a travel document. This loophole, though, is easy to fix.
...
The compromise bill even protects illegal aliens before DHS has implemented the program by restricting DHS’s ability to deport any alien “who is apprehended before the beginning of the application period.”
In simple terms, immigration enforcement would stop upon enactment of the bill. Every single alien who is apprehended—and there were more than a million apprehended along the southern border last year alone—could easily establish prima facie eligibility for the amnesty and DHS would be prohibited from deporting the alien.
This could be particularly problematic because of the “rush to the border” that would inevitably occur between date of enactment and close of the application period.
The Hagel/Martinez bill states that any alienwho files an application for amnesty:
“shall not be detained, determined inadmissible or deportable, or removed pending final adjudication of the alien’s application. . . unless the alien commits an act which renders the alien ineligible.”
“shall be granted employment authorization pending final adjudication…”
“shall be granted permission to travel…”
(hat tip to RightWingNews)
Cornyn had a fairly simple amendment to add to this that would have clarified the language a lot and removed the "safe harbor" handcuffs from DHS so they could still deal effectively with criminals who cross the border. Senator Reid, the darling obstructionist from Nevada, managed to block the addition of Cornyn's amendment. So, we now have a "compromise" bill that would hogtie and render useless any form of immigration control. Why not just open the borders and let whoever wants to come in come in? Why not just declare all laws moot?
If you can't control your borders, you can't consider yourself a sovereign nation, as Reagan once reminded us. If you want to thumb your nose at the very consideration of sovereignty, then the foundation of our government (and its power structure) becomes suspect. Congress sends a dangerous message, as always, by championing lawbreakers at the expense of the rest of us. Do you honestly expect that Mexico would be as lax with illegals crossing its borders? If you've seen their immigration laws, you'd know that also was a moot question. Draconian doesn't begin to describe Mexico's immigration law.
What the illegals who marched so recently in all major cities are saying, and what governments like Mexico are saying is that they do not care what our laws are. They do not recognize our right to exist or to be a sovereign nation. Our land, apparently, is actually there's according to their own statements and thus they feel no need to honor or abide by our law or anything else we might demand of them. Make no mistake, what they do constitutes an invasion of our nation. In this way, we are not far different from Israel, at risk of destruction by an enemy that does not regard its claim to the land as legitimate or its people as anything more than European colonists.
Well, we haven't been colonists for a long time and have been in our country much longer than the Spanish-descended citizens of Mexico and other Central American nations that make up a signifcant portion of the illegal wave. We have a right to this land too and should consider very strongly how far we are willing to go to protect our place on it.
I advocate no harm to anyone. This is not a call to armed resistance. This is a call to not only ensure our sovereignty, but to assist those who would deny it in finding their way back to their own countries before making their way legally back into this one. This is a call to send those Senators and Congressmen and women who feel our ownly hope is capitulation into the retirement they so obviously require starting with the 2006 election. Only with these conditions and a strengthening of our border will this crisis begin to abate. There will of course be much more that must be dealt with, but securing the border and removing the swamp rats from Captiol Hill who wish to see it remain porous is a helluva good start.
We are at war, not just with Islamofascists, descendants of the fascists of central Europe in the 30's and 40's, and also of the radical sects of Islam, but also with nations that seek to right perceived wrongs against us and settle long-buried scores regarding perceived injustices, merely to assuage their own political problems by blaming them squarely on the United States. Until Washington realizes that, we're as good as setting out the buffet for the vultures.
Probably not. As long as the government sees fit to act like a traffic cop on valium when it comes to dealing with illegal immigrants, I'm afraid I will have to continue to pester them on my little corner of the blogosphere.
It would appear the "compromise" bill on illegal immigration, which is having lots of trouble at this moment, was worse than anyone could have immagined. Take a look at this text from Senator John Cornyn's web site:
THE PROBLEM:
The Compromise bill includes language that would prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining or deporting any alien who files an application with the government. The “safe harbor” provisions would apply even if the alien was ineligible for the amnesty because of prior criminal violations. Moreover, DHS would be required to issue the alien a secure travel and work authorization document while the application was pending.
This language is broader than the text of the 1986 amnesty, which required the alien to establish a prima facie case for eligibility, did not limit DHS’s ability to detain the alien, and did not require DHS to issue a travel document. This loophole, though, is easy to fix.
...
The compromise bill even protects illegal aliens before DHS has implemented the program by restricting DHS’s ability to deport any alien “who is apprehended before the beginning of the application period.”
In simple terms, immigration enforcement would stop upon enactment of the bill. Every single alien who is apprehended—and there were more than a million apprehended along the southern border last year alone—could easily establish prima facie eligibility for the amnesty and DHS would be prohibited from deporting the alien.
This could be particularly problematic because of the “rush to the border” that would inevitably occur between date of enactment and close of the application period.
The Hagel/Martinez bill states that any alienwho files an application for amnesty:
“shall not be detained, determined inadmissible or deportable, or removed pending final adjudication of the alien’s application. . . unless the alien commits an act which renders the alien ineligible.”
“shall be granted employment authorization pending final adjudication…”
“shall be granted permission to travel…”
(hat tip to RightWingNews)
Cornyn had a fairly simple amendment to add to this that would have clarified the language a lot and removed the "safe harbor" handcuffs from DHS so they could still deal effectively with criminals who cross the border. Senator Reid, the darling obstructionist from Nevada, managed to block the addition of Cornyn's amendment. So, we now have a "compromise" bill that would hogtie and render useless any form of immigration control. Why not just open the borders and let whoever wants to come in come in? Why not just declare all laws moot?
If you can't control your borders, you can't consider yourself a sovereign nation, as Reagan once reminded us. If you want to thumb your nose at the very consideration of sovereignty, then the foundation of our government (and its power structure) becomes suspect. Congress sends a dangerous message, as always, by championing lawbreakers at the expense of the rest of us. Do you honestly expect that Mexico would be as lax with illegals crossing its borders? If you've seen their immigration laws, you'd know that also was a moot question. Draconian doesn't begin to describe Mexico's immigration law.
What the illegals who marched so recently in all major cities are saying, and what governments like Mexico are saying is that they do not care what our laws are. They do not recognize our right to exist or to be a sovereign nation. Our land, apparently, is actually there's according to their own statements and thus they feel no need to honor or abide by our law or anything else we might demand of them. Make no mistake, what they do constitutes an invasion of our nation. In this way, we are not far different from Israel, at risk of destruction by an enemy that does not regard its claim to the land as legitimate or its people as anything more than European colonists.
Well, we haven't been colonists for a long time and have been in our country much longer than the Spanish-descended citizens of Mexico and other Central American nations that make up a signifcant portion of the illegal wave. We have a right to this land too and should consider very strongly how far we are willing to go to protect our place on it.
I advocate no harm to anyone. This is not a call to armed resistance. This is a call to not only ensure our sovereignty, but to assist those who would deny it in finding their way back to their own countries before making their way legally back into this one. This is a call to send those Senators and Congressmen and women who feel our ownly hope is capitulation into the retirement they so obviously require starting with the 2006 election. Only with these conditions and a strengthening of our border will this crisis begin to abate. There will of course be much more that must be dealt with, but securing the border and removing the swamp rats from Captiol Hill who wish to see it remain porous is a helluva good start.
We are at war, not just with Islamofascists, descendants of the fascists of central Europe in the 30's and 40's, and also of the radical sects of Islam, but also with nations that seek to right perceived wrongs against us and settle long-buried scores regarding perceived injustices, merely to assuage their own political problems by blaming them squarely on the United States. Until Washington realizes that, we're as good as setting out the buffet for the vultures.
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