WSJ on Sensenbrenner illegal immigration bill

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Tom Tancredo's Wall
December 29, 2005; Page A10

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So there you have it. Tom Tancredo has done everyone a favor by stating plainly the immigration rejectionists' end-game -- turn the United States into the world's largest gated community. The House took a step in that direction this month by passing another immigration "reform" bill heavy with border control and business harassment and light on anything that will work in the real world.

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Sponsors of the legislation, led by House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner and Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, don't stop at targeting good Samaritans. They're also forcing the business community to simultaneously create jobs and kill jobs. The bill would make it incumbent on employers to establish the immigration status of all hires and empower local police to enforce federal immigration laws. This means small-business owners soon could find themselves not only inconvenienced by a mandated hiring database system but also threatened with the prospect of bankruptcy due to repeated raids and high fines. Some will throw in the towel on the GOP.

Perhaps the bill's most revealing feature is the one that makes it a criminal offense, rather than a civil violation, to be in the country illegally. This would effectively turn the country's 11 million or so illegal aliens into felons and automatically disqualify them from gaining legal status -- ever. The provision gives lie to the claim we keep hearing from Mr. Tancredo and GOP Congressional leaders that they're open to a guest-worker program for illegal aliens so long as we first beef up the border.

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President Bush has said repeatedly that he'll only sign a comprehensive immigration reform bill; that means creating legal pathways for foreign labor to enter the country and fill jobs Americans simply won't do anymore. Regrettably, the White House, in a sop to the throw-'em-all-out faction, praised the House vote. By voicing no disapproval of these over-the-top provisions, Mr. Bush legitimizes the forces that will make it hard to pass useful reform. And so a highly divisive problem may fester without solution into the next elections. At some point, the president of the United States will have to get behind the Statue of Liberty or Tom Tancredo's wall.

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[Maestro]

1. Tancredo is such scum.

We are part of a global communtiy and immigrants are NOT ruining this country. In fact, it is his dumb party, but immigrants are an easy target. He would want to fight with anyone that could fight back. I dealt with his shennanigans when he opposed educating immigrant children even though the SCOTUS has ruled we must since the alternative would be even more detrimental to society, Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler ISD, et. al. v. Doe, Guardian, et. al. U.S. Supreme Court, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).

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2. The WSJ concerned about "business harassment"?

Well, I'm just shocked. :eyes:

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3. "Some will throw in the towel on the GOP"

BWAHAHA!!