From The Aspen Times:
This bill was conceived, in secret, by a dozen open-border advocates without even the benefit of the committee process. Like all the failures of the past, it creates the illusion that it will accomplish both enforcement and amnesty simultaneously, while its true purpose is amnesty for uncounted tens of millions.
The real solution to our immigration problems is enforcement. We need a few high-profile cases, where company CEOs who hire illegals are thrown into jail and fined millions of dollars. That will dry up the job market. And without jobs, many illegal aliens will simply go home. No muss. No fuss.
If the government were able (and willing) to create working versions of an employee eligibility verification system and a visa entry-exit system, our immigration problem will vanish very quickly and permanently.
That our government has failed to take these simple steps points to the real intent of our elected officials - and what we can expect from the Bush-Kennedy amnesty plan.
Why are you even debating a bill whose formula is a proven failure? Don’t you care about our national security or our nation’s sovereignty? Don’t you think we have enough problems in this country without importing 200 million more problems? Don’t you worry that our Social Security trust fund will go bankrupt overnight when all of these people begin to line up for benefits?
In a sharp rebuke to President Bush, House Republicans unveiled legislation Tuesday that would bar illegal immigrants from gaining legal status in the U.S., require tamper-proof birth certificates for Americans and make English the nation’s official language.
The measure’s core principles include gaining control of the border and enforcing existing immigration laws. It does not provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as the Bush plan does.
The House bill stands virtually no chance of becoming law, or even advancing, in the Democratic-controlled Congress. Still, it casts in bold relief the split between Bush and Conservatives in the immigration debate.
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