I would have to say that the American People won a great victory this week. And I hate to say that Majority Leader Harry Reid did us a huge favour when he pulled the Comprehensive Immigration Bill from the Senate floor. We Americans want to see immigration reform. The primary reason is described best by former Senator Fred Thompson who said, "A nation without borders will no longer be a sovereign nation." The secondary reason is that wide-spread immigration has thrust us into an economic anomaly. We are experiencing something I have noticed since college that finally has been given a term by the media: "Growthflation." We are a nation with low unemployment, low inflation, high economic growth and something's gotta give.
The Comprehensive Immigration Bill cannot be faulted for its original intentions. This nation needs reform, but another bill that lays a shoddy pathway to citizenship undermines the value we place on America and American citizenship. If anything, we need a bill that breaks down the restrictions on border enforcement that have been built into the system by activist judges and ACLU legislators. Congressman Tom Tancredo offered a simple, yet effective solution to immigration reform: "Enforce the Law." We already have the laws on the books. Isn't it time to let border agents do what they have already been authorised to do?
Today, we have two border agents sitting in a prison because a drug dealer crossed the border and they shot him. The Justice Department offered the drug dealer amnesty for help in the prosecution of the two border agents.
Today, a cop killer who shot an off-duty officer in Denver runs free in Mexico, despite extradition efforts. Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman faces extradition to Mexico for capturing a hardened criminal, and the United States' government willingly obliges.
It is time to rip apart the red tape that surrounds immigration enforcement. We need a clean bill, absent of amendments and special interest spending. The Comprehensive Immigration Bill was originally a noble endeavour. However, as time went on, as Thompson and Tancredo pointed out, we found it did not matter the shade of lipstick that the pig was wearing, it was still legislative pork.
The Comprehensive Immigration Bill cannot be faulted for its original intentions. This nation needs reform, but another bill that lays a shoddy pathway to citizenship undermines the value we place on America and American citizenship. If anything, we need a bill that breaks down the restrictions on border enforcement that have been built into the system by activist judges and ACLU legislators. Congressman Tom Tancredo offered a simple, yet effective solution to immigration reform: "Enforce the Law." We already have the laws on the books. Isn't it time to let border agents do what they have already been authorised to do?
Today, we have two border agents sitting in a prison because a drug dealer crossed the border and they shot him. The Justice Department offered the drug dealer amnesty for help in the prosecution of the two border agents.
Today, a cop killer who shot an off-duty officer in Denver runs free in Mexico, despite extradition efforts. Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman faces extradition to Mexico for capturing a hardened criminal, and the United States' government willingly obliges.
It is time to rip apart the red tape that surrounds immigration enforcement. We need a clean bill, absent of amendments and special interest spending. The Comprehensive Immigration Bill was originally a noble endeavour. However, as time went on, as Thompson and Tancredo pointed out, we found it did not matter the shade of lipstick that the pig was wearing, it was still legislative pork.
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