A Bad Bill
I am told by some friends on the Hill that there is concern over the Senate immigration bill. Not only does it seem to repeat the mistakes of 1986 -- that is, putting no mechanism in place either for border security or its own enforcement -- it also makes it easier for illegals to obtain citizenship. Taken together, it's hard to see how we won't be in the same predicament again in a decade that we're in today.
Politically, it's a mess, as well, serving only to divide Republican ranks -- not only between the House and the Senate, but within the Senate itself. So if no bill passes, guess who's going to get blamed by the Democrats and their buddies in the MSM? You've got it -- the no-good, very bad, all-purpose villain: The Right Wing.
Update: Senator John Cornyn has a cogent statement setting out the many problems with the legislation in its current form. I wish either he or Senator Kyl would run for President (we've got the wrong senator from Arizona in the race for sure!).
Politically, it's a mess, as well, serving only to divide Republican ranks -- not only between the House and the Senate, but within the Senate itself. So if no bill passes, guess who's going to get blamed by the Democrats and their buddies in the MSM? You've got it -- the no-good, very bad, all-purpose villain: The Right Wing.
Update: Senator John Cornyn has a cogent statement setting out the many problems with the legislation in its current form. I wish either he or Senator Kyl would run for President (we've got the wrong senator from Arizona in the race for sure!).
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:30 PM
3 Comments:
I wrote my two Senators from Maryland. Not sure what good THAT will do.
I'm sorely disappointed that Cornyn, Kyl and Sessions had no say in the present bill.
Anything that has the stink of McCain, Specter AND Hagel on it can't be good.
(Wot, no Dick Lugar? No Voinivich or DeWine? No Lindsey Graham? It could have been the perfect RINO storm!)
I like this idea put forth by a Mac Johnson in an americanthinker.com article: If we can't deport 11 million illegals, how many CAN we deport and when do we get started? We don't have to do it in a day. Arrest them when found, seize their assets as is done with other lawbreakers, and deport them. Two things will happen: They will relate their tale of woe to friends back home, thereby dampening the friends desire to invade illegally, and those still here will hear such tales and begin to think they'd better go home before THEIR stuff is confiscated. The seized assets can be sold or auctioned to help pay for the fence and more border security personnel. I like it.
Marshall, that sounds like a great idea, so I'm certain no politician will endorse it.
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