Friday, May 18, 2007

Shamnesty deja vu

Of the top tier candidates for the Republican nomination only two oppose the latest perfumed turd being offered up by the Senate, can you guess which two?

Hint their intials are FDT and MR.

No matter how much lipstick Washington tries to slap onto this legislative pig, it’s not going to win any beauty contests. In fact, given Congress’s track record, the bill will probably get a lot uglier — at least from the public’s point of view. And agreeing to policies before actually seeing what the policies are is a heck of a way to do business.

We should scrap this “comprehensive” immigration bill and the whole debate until the government can show the American people that we have secured the borders — or at least made great headway. That would give proponents of the bill a chance to explain why putting illegals in a more favorable position than those who play by the rules is not really amnesty.
FDT

Any legislation that allows illegal immigrants to stay in the country indefinitely, as the new 'Z-Visa' does, is a form of amnesty,that is unfair to the millions of people who have applied to legally immigrate to the U.S."

"[The] Senate agreement falls short of the actions needed to both solve our country's illegal immigration problem and also strengthen our legal immigration system," Romney said. "Border security and a reliable employment verification system must be our first priority . . .

"I strongly oppose today's bill . . . It is the wrong approach." MR

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