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December 19, 2007

Why Don't Politicians Get Immigration Reform?

"Among the many mine-fields the primary candidates are required to walk through is the one most commonly called 'Immigration Reform.' As is typical with such issues, the rhetoric over time is softened and the politicians agree upon a few things they can say in public venues without shooting themselves in the foot or committing themselves to real action. And so we hear from both parties familiar words and phrases: limited amnesty; enforcement of existing laws; a process leading to citizenship; border security; immigrant rights and the like," says Evan Goranson for Family Security Matters. "The reality remains that in an era when our government has devised a color code to alert citizens to the terror threat level, our national borders are still pervious. And, I am convinced, that focusing on Immigration Reform is a convenient way of avoiding the true issue: border incursion and the threat to our national security."

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ITS CALLED: WHO'S CAMPAIGN FUNDING THE CANDIDATES' PUPPET STRINGS

A good portion of the corporate/company elite slave masters that want amnesty and overpopulation fund the open border political campaigns and America is stuck with almost 100%turkey candidates.

Of course the candidates don't listen to us, we're not important......except around election time, then they pretend they're listening to us to get in.

Actions speak louder than empty promises to Americans.

A dry alcoholic [politician] is proof of amnesty reform, but we all know the hopeless amnesty alcoholics [politicians] all go back to their addictive amnesty booze habit eventually anyway.

They're all puppets on a string.

Posted by: Softwarengineer on December 19, 2007 11:44 AM

It is time to stop thinking of the United States as a nation, as nations have a common culture and a mindset of its population to work towards a common goal that is best for its legal population. A nation also has a basic language that all its population speaks, understands, and operates by. The United States now is a empire, an imploding empire at that. We, the once majority population of this great land, now must choose leaders who represent only our individual group survival. We are back to tribalism in 21st century America.

Posted by: Future Day Laborer on December 19, 2007 12:57 PM

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why the politicians don’t **get it** on immigration. It’s because the elite politicians, both Re-THUG-lican and Demo-CRAP, have been bought off by the big business crime bosses to flood this country with never ending waves of cheap workers at the expense of WE THE PEOPLE.

ALL current immigration – whether it’s legal or illegal – is just a form of TYRANNY perpetrated on the American people by the big businesses crime boss pigs and their paid piglets in the Government.

Posted by: Marc on December 19, 2007 01:02 PM

Oh, they get it all right. Delay, stall, lie and argue...repeat ad infinitum. Then talk some more. Emptiness. Government doesn't hold onto their power or your money by solving problems. The flow of everything illegal across our border could be stopped overnight if they wanted to. Get a clue. They don't want to.

Posted by: jeebie on December 19, 2007 01:13 PM

FROM FAMILY MATTERS.COM:

The cost of providing for illegals in California alone is said to be at least $9 billion annually, the largest segment of which is related to the education costs for children of illegals.

MY RESPONSE:

Currently the State of California is facing a $14 BILLION deficit. Wouldn't it be nice of the policiticians (especially the governor) to eradicate this portion of the deficit by simply denying these benefits to illegals. How difficult is that? Why should I pay for someone breaking the laws of my country and state?

Posted by: Sick 'n Tired on December 19, 2007 01:35 PM

My whole family is voting for Tencredo, because he's the only one with a plan to secure the border.
Who cares about the Hispanic vote? We should, before it becomes an illegal majority and controls our nation.

Posted by: wazzamattaU on December 19, 2007 03:42 PM

I don't want to say I know the defenitive answer on why polliticians don't get it, but I think I know one important reason. One very important reason. The general public, is just not fired up enough about the issue to put pressure on these politicians.

Tremendous pressure, is the only thing that will move them. Yet, look at how traitors like Chris Cannon, in Utah, David Drier in California, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, etc. etc. keep getting elected.

I've picked two republicans and two democrats, showing the publics unawareness or stupidity on the issue of illegal immigration by voting for these people. These politicos continue to be utterly toxic in their positions-which consist mainly of handing the nation over to Mexico regardless of what anyone says. That is effectually what they are doing.

Posted by: Bobby on December 19, 2007 04:08 PM

Why don't politicians get immigration reform? Are you kidding me, they know full well all the ramifications of both legal and illegal immigration. The American public just got a huge lesson in,"gesture politics", give them hallow rhetoric, to shut them up. Have the president sign meaningless legislation they know they are never going to enforce. This president, and Congress have an agenda dictated by special interest groups and business interests depositing huge amounts of money into the politicians election coffers. Some smart person long ago said it best when they said, "fallow the money"!! This is what this is about, and has always been about. And it will not stop until the citizens of this country stand up in mass, and say enough is a enough. We have the power, it's called the vote, and it scares politicians to death when you tell them you will not be voting for them. I make it a point to contact my idiot representatives, Senator's Cornyn, and Hutchison, (two of most worthless Senators ever elected to Congress) , and tell them just how pathetic they are.

Posted by: Bob Hubble on December 19, 2007 05:58 PM

mullah is the answer and i dont mean it in the Islamic terrorist sense but in the greens, not the environement since those that care about the environement want to deport illegals

Posted by: impeachbush on December 19, 2007 08:10 PM

Yes, I know. "Patriot" is now considered a dirty word by politicians and the politically correct. But it was one of the best of all words back when I was a child during WWII when we knew what our nation was all about and we all stuck together for the good of the U.S.A. And we all spoke English and saluted the flag and said the pledge of allegiance and sang the Star Spangled Banner. That was then. Now we are divided and the politicians, most of whom are no longer loyal Americans, are doing their best to keep us that way in order to weaken us for the billionaires who are getting closer and closer to ruling everything and everyone for their own greedy profit. We won't have a fence or good jobs so long as we have a government that has been bought off by the wealthy.

Posted by: Tired Patriot on December 20, 2007 04:15 AM

Now that Tancredo is out, no one else is talking about what they will do about illegals. But there is no 'Hispanic vote', because, only Americans can vote here, and to become one, you must speak and read English. So why worry? Because the illegals don't mind breaking a few laws to get in, so why should they care about election laws?

Posted by: wazzamattaU on January 8, 2008 02:49 PM