Senate Amnesty: Non-Enforcement is Chief Goal

Senate Amnesty: Non-Enforcement is Chief Goal

Tom Tancredo in WND – Many political commentators are feigning surprise at the large number of waivers, exemptions and “unreviewable discretion” written into the Senate’s 844-page amnesty bill. No one should be surprised: No amnesty bill in history has ever had its enforcement provisions implemented after the amnesty was granted. The debate over the Gang [...]

Enforcement Before Amnesty

Enforcement Before Amnesty

Arizona Daily Star – In 1986, Congress passed a large immigration bill based on a simple deal: amnesty for settled illegal immigrants in exchange for stricter enforcement of the law to minimize new illegal immigration. The deal was not honored. The promised future enforcement never materialized. That’s because once the amnesty was out of the [...]

Will the GOP Embrace Amnesty?

Requiem for a Grand Old Party

Patrick J. Buchanan – During President Eisenhower’s first term, 60 years ago, the United States faced an invasion across its southern border. Illegal aliens had been coming since World War II. But, suddenly, the number was over 1 million. Crime was rising in Texas. The illegals were taking the jobs of U.S. farm workers. Under [...]

Border Crossers Seek Arrest, Hoping for Amnesty

Border Crossers Seek Arrest, Hoping for Amnesty

Fox News Latino – An immigration reform bill hasn’t been drafted yet, but illegal aliens already think it’s a done deal and if they make it across the border, they’ll get amnesty. Word has spread south of the border that there’s a good chance they could get amnesty as part of a major overhaul to [...]

Jan Ting on Avoiding Immigration Amnesty

Jan Ting on Avoiding Immigration Amnesty

Washington Times – Rand Paul’s Libertarian immigration policy would be an experiment in which I don’t think we should participate. We should not bet the republic that the results will be good. I suspect the results would be a disaster and the end of the American experiment. The irony of millions of Americans looking for [...]

Why Immigration Amnesty Should and Will Fail

Why Immigration Amnesty Should and Will Fail

Waxahachie Newspapers – Illegal immigrants make a rational choice when they decide to violate our immigration laws. They weigh the costs, including the risks of getting caught, against the benefits of a better life. We attract more illegal immigrants by reducing the costs through discretionary enforcement and improving the benefits through amnesty. The United States [...]

Despite Our Immigration Generosity, We Get Sucker-Punched

Despite Our Immigration Generosity, We Get Sucker-Punched

Jim Gilchrist, MMP Exclusive – Republicans are told by critics that they must accept today’s reality: 11 million people who entered our country illegally are here to stay. Get over it. Furthermore, Republicans must accept the inevitability of legal status for these people as they set out along the path to citizenship in fulfillment of [...]

What’s the Difference Between Obama and Rubio on Immigration Exactly?

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Washington Examiner – Somebody leaked select portions of President Obama’s draft immigration reform bill to USA Today this weekend, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was quick to issue a statement denouncing what little details were revealed. But when you compare what USA Today reported with the bipartisan principles Rubio signed onto earlier this year, there [...]