[antimedia] antimedia: A consistent theme of the supporters....

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Posted by antimedia:
A consistent theme of the supporters....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1179894564.shtml


   ....of the awful Senate immigration bill is, "If you think it's bad
   come up with something better." The corollary is, "No one who
   criticizes this bill has offered a better solution."
   Here's mine:
    1. Enforce the existing laws. Once you have done that, we can talk
       about what to do with the illegals still in the US.
         1. Enforce the [1]fines and criminal penalties that you said you
            would enforce against companies that hire illegal aliens.
            Right now "enforcement" is a joke.
         2. Stop giving [2]government benefits to illegal aliens. They
            haven't earned it, and you passed laws making it illegal.
            Should we have you arrested for defying the law?
         3. Enforce the [3]laws against harboring that you said you would
            enforce when landlords rent to illegal aliens. No one is ever
            arrested for harboring any more.
    2. Close the border. Really. Stop the influx of illegal aliens. Prove
       you mean business. Earmark some money for increasing the border
       patrol to the point that it's no longer possible to enter the
       country illegally. Build a fence. Increase surveillance. Until you
       stop illegal entry, what's the point of dealing with the existing
       illegal population?
    3. Reform the immigration process so that it doesn't take ten years
       and multiple visits (starting over from scratch) to become a legal
       citizen

   After you've done that, we can talk about what to do with the illegal
   aliens that remain in the country. Of course, by that time most of
   them will have left because they can't find a job or a place to stay
   and they can't get government benefits, but we do have a place where
   the ones that remain can get three squares a day and a place to sleep
   -- [4]prison.
   You keep telling us we're a nation of laws. Yet you pass law after law
   after law that you ignore as though it doesn't exist. Why should we
   obey the laws when you won't? Why should we believe that you will do
   anything at all about illegal immigration? You gave illegals amnesty
   in the eighties. Nothing changed. Now you want to give it to them
   again? Why not just declare the great American experiment over and
   hand the country over to the criminals? After all, many of them are
   serving in Congress anyway.
   Tags: [5]immigration [6]illegal aliens [7]border [8]laws

References

   1. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+8USC1324a
   2. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+8USC1611
   3. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+8USC1324
   4. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+8USC1325
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/immigration
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/illegal%20aliens
   7. http://technorati.com/tag/border
   8. http://technorati.com/tag/laws