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02-05-2010, 03:15 AM #1
Gary Bauer Is for Amnesty?
National Review Online
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Gary Bauer Is for Amnesty? [Mark Krikorian]
Gary Bauer has a piece in Politico that starts out sensibly enough, outlining the problems with the push for amnesty. He discusses the grassroots backlash it would engender, as well as the harmful effects on the wages of less-skilled Americans and on the welfare system.
Then this:
If Democrats are serious about reforming immigration, they should propose legislation that strengthens border security and cracks down on illegal hiring. A viable bill would also focus on promoting legal entry of highly skilled workers, who would be strong contributors to the government’s finances. It would also create a system of legalization that’s conditioned on verifiable reductions in the levels of illegal migration. [my emphasis]
The only way this can work is if the enforcement happens first, without preconditions or linkages, and only after the public is satisified with the "verifiable reductions in the levels of illegal immigration" do you move on to debate whether amnesty is appropriate and, if so, for whom. It's the very idea of "comprehensiveness" which is flawed — and not just in immigration — rather than its execution in this or that piece of legislation.
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