Bush
& the GOP have been backing down from their promise to do something
about protecting our borders from illegal entry for a while now. Now
they spend their time talking about what they want to do, what should
be done and what others aren't doing. Everything, but actually doing
something about it. And if they manage by surprise to do something,
it's more backtracking.
"Six months after approving a bill promising to build some 850 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Bush administration and Senate Republicans are now saying 370 miles is enough."
Oh really? I wasn't so excited about a big ass wall around the country myself, but this is just more about putting politics ahead of the law. The GOP has to get back Congress and keep the White House. They can't have the black vote, but they can get the Hispanic vote. That's what this is about. Bush, GOP senators trim border fence goal - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
"Six months after approving a bill promising to build some 850 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Bush administration and Senate Republicans are now saying 370 miles is enough."
Oh really? I wasn't so excited about a big ass wall around the country myself, but this is just more about putting politics ahead of the law. The GOP has to get back Congress and keep the White House. They can't have the black vote, but they can get the Hispanic vote. That's what this is about. Bush, GOP senators trim border fence goal - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
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This
NYTimes opinion article starts with, "Everyone said the nation's
anti-immigrant fever was going to spread to Texas this year." Uhm....
As if to say it wasn't there before? Texas, a state with a ton of
illegal immigrants has always had the fever, but the state has had to
balance their anti-immigrant stand against their need for cheap labor
they don't have to offer any benefits to.
I guess the writer is referring to the new legislation the state has proposed to combat illegal immigration. After an Anti-Immigrant Flare-Up, Texas Gets Back to Business - New York Times.
One bill proposes taxing money transfers to Latin America and suing the
federal government for money spent on border enforcement. One bill even
suggest that Texas-born children of illegals be denied citizenship.
Uhm...Not sure how that would work, but okay. The writer sees this as
an attempt to make the lives of immigrants miserable, but again we are
mixing the illegal with the legal to make them seem the same. They
aren't. If you are here illegal, you shouldn't be getting any of the
benefits legal immigrants get. Whether or not you're miserable is up to
you. The good news is that after the pro-immigrant groups threw a
trantrum, the legislature calmed down and agreed to come up with an
immigration reform plan that doesn't violate the 14th Amendment. ------------------
Politico has some of the details of the GOP's revised immigration strategy. Details of GOP's Immigration Bill Strategy - Politico.com
Some snippets:
A
path to permanent residency for the estimated 12 million undocumented
immigrants is in. But making it easy -- or affordable -- for them is
out, according to the group's working paper that began circulating on
Capitol Hill just before the spring break. Granting visas based on
merit is in. A long-standing goal of reunifying families through the
immigration system is out.And, as expected, tougher border enforcement
and sanctions on employers who flout the rules are way, way in.
Sounds like a back down to me.
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Also, another few of piecemeal raids.
