01-22-2008, 11:52 PM | #1 |
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Catholic interview of Romney
http://www.catholic.org/politics/sto...d=26298&page=2
I disagree on his immigration policy of NOT implementing amnesty, as I see no feasible way of addressing those who've been here so long.
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Jee I see the connection. You would experience a huge human cost. And let's point out that we as a society apparently demand and benefit from their presence here. If there were no motivation for their cheap services, would employers continue to persue them? We have large sections of the construction industry and agriculture which depend upon these workers. We need a sensible way of determining how many, and amnesty for those here who have been here and given birth to children who know no other country, and then sensible border control. But ejecting 12 million undocumenteds is not feasible or humane.
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the new buzzword in conservative circles is "attrition". You send home the offenders that you catch, and gradually through that, and punishing employers, the numbers decrease.
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None of the politicians are handling this issue correctly, and they're likely to botch it up even worse. I hope I only have another fifty years to live.
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The point is that no matter how you reform immigration policy, if you don't penalize the law breakers you might well not have a policy because it will be ignored. Now I do think there is force to the argument that it is hard to round up 12 million people. Okay I agree its hard. But if we were talking about 12 million terrorists we would find the will and the resources. I am not saying that it is remotely the same, just pointing out that it is not impossible. I would even be happy with true amnesty if the same day a wall went up and any new illegals were aggressively sought out and deported. There HAS to be an enhanced enforcement component to what we do, even it if it is only going forward. Otherwise, we might as well just dissolve INS and open up our borders. That isn't hyperbole, I don't think. I don't think a carrot exists that will keep illegals out. It has to be a stick.
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But it seems the most logical manner would be this, Amnesty for those who've been here a while. A reasonable quota system. Secure borders. We do not have the intestinal fortitude to do it correctly.
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I'm fine with letting illegal aliens stay in the US as long as they have paid all taxes due and they only count as 3/5ths of a vote in elections.
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