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McCain And Kennedy: It's Amnesty When They're Together
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
03/06/2007


Republicans embracing Sen. John McCain in his presidential run should note how easily he works with Sen. Edward Kennedy on surrendering to the open-borders lobby.

In a bow to immigration conservatives, their new bill would retain the proposal for building the 700-mile fence on the Mexican border, double the U.S. Border Patrol and get tougher with employers who illegally hire illegals.

But as for the 12 million illegals already here, the measure would open the door to full citizenship after 12 years of residency.

That's amnesty for an illegal act that would embody into law erosions of the national character and the value of U.S. citizenship.

McCain's immigration "reform" sharply contrasts with his support of the troop surge in Iraq. His commitment to a democratic Iraq won at the cost of thousands of American lives and hundreds of billions of dollars cannot be reconciled with his dismissal of national interests at home.

The more leniencies we grant to illegals, the greater the chance that terror will reach us again.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review