Senate "unites" to stick it to America on illegal immigration

[Vitamin G]

Can we please just either :
1) Annex them & tax them (and stop welfare\unemployment\medicare)
2) Hire a bunch of illegals to build a cheap wall

I love irony, so i'm a big fan of #2.

 

[Desertdog]

Naturalized citizen says illegal immigrants shouldn't get free pass to citizenship
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4744227

Thousands of people are expected to show up at Tucson's Armory Park for Monday’s immigration rally, but not everyone is supporting their cause.

“No other population that has tried to immigrate into the United States has ever been allowed to get away with doing it this way,” Brigitta Carney, a naturalized U.S. citizen, says.

Her family came to America from Germany.

She has no problem with people coming here legally, but says illegal immigrants shouldn’t get a free pass to citizenship.

Carney says, “You come here, you learn to speak English, you become an American citizen, you take the oath of allegiance -- in English please.”

Others have a more extreme view.

“They have no right to protest. They have no right at all. They have the right to be deported,” says Laine Lawless with Tucson-based Border Guardians.

The group plans to burn Mexican flags over the weekend.

“We’ve had a lot of Mexican government meddling in to our government’s affairs, and it’s time for us to say stop. This is enough, we’re not going to take it anymore.”

Activist Russ Dove agrees, saying, “They are telling me to sit down, open your wallet, feed me, water me, let me breathe openly, and continue to take care of me. Put me in the front [of the] line.”

Dove thinks the existing immigration laws are good enough.

“Let us enforce the laws we have. The immigration system is not broken, it’s simply not enforced,” Dove says.

As Monday’s immigration march and rally draws near, the opposition gets more heated.

Brigitta Carney says, “You don’t march for a citizen’s right, wrapped in the flag of another country.”

 

[MadMag]

1) Annex them & tax them (and stop welfare\unemployment\medicare)
2) Hire a bunch of illegals to build a cheap wall

I vote for #2, but could we please have them on the Mexico side when they put in the last stone!

 

[longeyes]

it's starting

Assault underscores tension as Congress weighs immigration reform

April 10, 2006

PORTLAND, Maine --Dozens of people pressing for rights for illegal immigrants gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Monday just minutes after a counter-protestor was bloodied by a teenager who hid his face with a bandanna.

The attacker, described as a Hispanic teenager, went after one of three white people carrying signs arguing that illegals have no rights, police said.

As the teen fled, the victim dropped to the pavement after being hit with something heavy that the teen had carried, possibly in a sock or a bandanna, said Portland Police Sgt. Robin Gauvin. There were no arrests as of late afternoon.

The victim, identified as Robert Gorman, 23, of Portland, was hauled away in an ambulance minutes before 200 people gathered. He was treated and released from Maine Medical Center.

"When you promote violence, you get violence," said the Rev. Virginia Maria Rincon, one of the organizers. "Our rally is about promoting a peaceful dialogue."

About 200 people gathered at Monument Square to voice support for reforms that would legalize undocumented immigrants. The rally was one of many across the country on Sunday and Monday calling for Congress to promote immigrants' rights.

One of the organizers, Portland attorney Rafael Galvez, said people won't forget how members of Congress vote. "They will be remembered for how they vote on this sensitive issue. They can be compassionate, or cruel," Galvez said.

The demonstrators of all colors carried signs and chanted. "This is our America. "This is what America looks like," Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union, said through a bullhorn to the cheering crowd.

Not everyone agreed with the majority view. Jonathan Talbot of Portland said he supported the views of the man who was assaulted.

"I think we should enforce the laws we have. Then we go from there to decide what we want to do to assimilate these people into society," Talbot said. He described the Border Patrol's efforts as a "catch-and-release" program.

 

[Art Eatman]

Okay, the Senate's voted and gone.

The post above, while pertinent to the overall problem of high emotions and violence, etc., is way off-thread.

I suggest that folks gather their thoughts and perhaps begin a thread about suggestions for Senate actions.

But, PUHLEEZE keep the ideas within some vague yelling distance of reality!!!

, Art