shuamort said:
It looks like the Republicans are wussing out on this one now:
GOP wants felony clause out of immigration bill
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
You don't need to pass legislation reclassigfying them from 'illegals' to an upgrade of 'Felons', especially if you plan on enforcing THIS new legislation as much as you have enforced the EXISTING legislation.
In fact, you don't need to pass any new legislation at all!
We already have immigration laws that outline the legal way to get into this country.
We already have laws that specify the actions that should be taken against those who break the law. That means the goverment chould be rolling into all these companies who are hiring illegals and either fining them heavily, closing their doors, or seizing their property/assets to get the point across. If you enforced the laws, there would be no work for illegal aliens, thus millions would not be traveling here because there would be no work for them when they got here! The FACT is that our politicians, from BOTH parties, have failed to address this issue for YEARS, in order to woo the Latino vote --
Case in point, CNN pointed out that DNC workers were working their butts off to register new voters during the Illegal Immigration rallies the other day. Many of the people they were 'registering' were illegals. When asked about it, the response from one worker was, "Yeah, but when Congress grants them citizenship, they will all be
registered voters." :shock:
Politicians have been betraying us and selling off this country for years in exchange for votes! Faced with this huge problem, what does congress do? They duck the issue by going on vacation for 2 weeks - 1 Senator even said they hope to delay this until next year - AFTER THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS so they don't offend anyone and lose votes!
Lindsey Graham and DeMint wrote me back to say the issue was 'complicated'. BS! Close the borders to prevent millions more illegals from coming into the country and THEN decide what to do with the illegals already here.
This is NOT the 1st time we have considered amnesty/granting citizenship to illegals. If we would have closed the borders the LAST time we did so, we would have 12+ MILLION LESS illegal aliens in this country, $10 Billion more in our economy each year (the amount they drain from our economy), and no marches going on across America with Mexican flags being flown higher than the American flag!
It is not freakin' hard, and we don't need NEW legislation, not if we enforce the laws we have! Actually, I can NOTbelieve you are falling for the ol' political ploy right now. They know all they have to do is enforce the old laws, but if they do, it will 'offend' latinos and cause them to possibly lose latino Votes. So, instead of solving the ptoblem, to appease the growing multitude of voices calling for change/a solution, politicians propose NEW legislation, which they have no intention of enforcing, either! If they make the legislation controversial enough, there will be a lot of debate, and the bill might even be rejected - dragging out the issue for years....during which time they pander for the latino vote by selling out America and 'appease' their constituents by telling them they are trying to get something done!
SUCKER!