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Immigration time-out?

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Posted: June 9, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



Tom Tancredo made an interesting suggestion at the recent Republican debate hosted by CNN.

Because America has permitted so many millions of foreigners into the country illegally in recent years, he said it's time to consider a suspension of all immigration – legal and illegal – so the country can work on assimilation.

"How will we know when that goal has been achieved?" he asked rhetorically. "When we're no longer prompted to dial 1 for English and 2 for another language."

He makes a great point.

Washington has been so negligent in enforcing existing immigration laws, there is real question as to whether the federal government can be trusted to handle legal immigration responsibly.




Clearly, the problem is not just President Bush, though he deserves special scorn as the chief executive of our laws. The Washington elite just don't seem to get the fact that real Americans feel like we're losing our country.

Americans have been clear about where they stand on the issue of illegal immigration and border enforcement. Every public opinion poll demonstrates where they stand.

Yet, most of our elected officials, isolated from the ill effects of illegal immigration in their ivory-tower existence, don't care.

So maybe it's time to up the ante.

Tancredo's right about assimilation. We can't possibly turn tens of millions of foreigners into Americans overnight – no matter where they are from. We can't protect American culture and language, the glues that hold us together as a society, with the kind of unlimited immigration we've experienced in recent years.

If the amnesty advocates are right in saying we're never going to get rid of the 20 million to 30 million illegals, then Tancredo's proposal makes even more sense.

While I'm not ready to concede we can't persuade most of those illegals to leave, it's certainly true they won't all go. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to accept more foreign immigration than every other country in the world combined!

Does this make sense?

I've always been a big defender of legal immigration. It's true that America is a land of immigrants. As the grandson of immigrants, I want to see more people come here – people who share the American Dream, people who will become good Americans, people who seek freedom and will fight to defend this country.

I still feel that way.

But we can't possibly ensure those goals are reached as long as America is flooded with illegal immigrants and as long as we have tens of millions of foreigners who haven't yet been assimilated or deported. Period. End of story.

Tancredo was ridiculed for making this suggestion at the debate. However, he was ridiculed by John McCain, an avid supporter of the immoral Senate bill that, if revived and approved, will be a nail in the coffin of a sovereign, self-governing USA that operates under the rule of law and through the will of the people. That suggests to me Tancredo is absolutely right. If McCain "can't comprehend" the idea, it must be good.

From a purely political perspective, it's always better to demand more. If you ask for only what you need to protect the country, you will surely be forced to accept a compromise that materially hurts the country. Therefore, the time is probably right to tell elected officials they have been negligent too long. Now it's time for a moratorium on all immigration.

This is hardly a substitute for securing our borders. It's no substitute for enforcing existing immigration laws vigorously inside our borders. But both of these objectives will take time and precious resources. So, in the meantime, we need a national debate about a moratorium on all immigration.

Thanks to Tom Tancredo for his leadership and initiative.
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