No movement on immigration reform
It looks like another session of Congress will end Saturday without any substantial movement on immigration reform. The House last week passed a bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security to construct 700 miles of border fencing in Texas and Arizona by 2008. That would be a colossal waste of money. Fortunately, the Senate won't go along with it. But it also won't approve anything that will help stop illegal immigration, despite the clamor by the American public to do so.
If Congress was serious about staunching the flow across the Mexican border it would deny taxpayer-supported services - education, health care, welfare, etc. - to anyone who could not prove they were in this country legally and impose stiff penalties on employers who hired illegal immigrants. Thanks to Congress' continued inaction, more than 1 million illegal immigrants will continue to pour over the border each year. When will it end?
If Congress was serious about staunching the flow across the Mexican border it would deny taxpayer-supported services - education, health care, welfare, etc. - to anyone who could not prove they were in this country legally and impose stiff penalties on employers who hired illegal immigrants. Thanks to Congress' continued inaction, more than 1 million illegal immigrants will continue to pour over the border each year. When will it end?
posted by Randy Bergmann at 11:01 AM
5 Comments:
Its a do nothing Congress to go with a do nothing administration.
Just "stayin' the course" right into the crapper.
It is estimated that the value of illegal Mexican immigrants' labor far exceeds the value of social services that they consume. Also, once they're here, they have a high employment rate and a low crime rate. Granted, we should try to end illegal immigration, but I think we should also admit that the issue has been highlighted primarily by people who want to divert attention from our real problems.
The construction of the border fence and increased enforcement of border security are the first prerequisites to immigration reform.
Estimated by who, Nick? Yourself?
The High Cost of Illegal Immigration (and not just some crap that Nick Fera made up)
Our Jails Are Full of Illegal Aliens Too, Nick!
"If Congress was serious about staunching the flow across the Mexican border, it would deny taxpayer-supported services -- education, health care, welfare, etc. -- to anyone who could not prove they were in this country illegally ..." -- Randy Bergman
Your biography says that you are the father of three young children, Mr. Bergman. Look me in the eyes and tell me that you would really deny health care to a sick three year-old simply because that child's passport is a different color than the one held by your own children.
You are a better man than that, Mr. Bergman, and America is a better country. Please spare your readers the sort of hyperbole that one normally finds only in high school newspapers.
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