--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forget borders and laws

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted: May 29, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



America doesn't need an immigration reform bill – America needs immigration enforcement. The "Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007" is, in the words of University of Virginia professor Martha Derthick, commenting on the Clinton administration's proposed national health care reform proposal in 1993, "… suffused with coercion and political naiveté."

The McCain-Kennedy bill, regardless of how the Trent Lotts, et al., try to spin it, is an amnesty bill. It is a reward to those who have blatantly broken the sovereign laws of our country under the pretext of wanting "only" a better life. While I am at no shortage of monosyllabic words to respond to such nonsense, the only one permissible on the pages of this paper is "poppycock."

America doesn't need an influx of illegal criminals breaking into our country under the guise of being hard workers, willing to do work our people won't; America needs Americans to stop whining, begging, blaming and making excuses, and go to work.



There is no acceptable reason that justifies the president and Congress in rewarding illegal criminals with the boundless rights of full citizenship, even if they could be viewed as assets to our way of life. Few of the 20 million-plus illegals are proficient in English, but Congress has found a way around that detail by recognizing English as the common language, not our country's official language. Accordingly, American taxpayers will be burdened with the expense of mandated bilingualism in every facet of life, from street signs to Burger King.

Americans recognize our rich history by observing certain specific days, dates and traditions. Which of these will illegals embrace? How long before employers are legislated into observing dates that have nothing to do with American history or tradition? How long before more of our history is filtered through the prism of political correctness so as not to offend someone who has no vested interest nor regard for our culture? Are we to believe the criminal activity carried on by many illegals will stop because they are granted amnesty? Are we to believe this proposed legislation will encourage illegals that broke our sovereign laws in coming here to now embrace our culture and system of jurisprudence?

The 20 million-plus illegals are not scholars and scientists (not that that would make a difference); they are unskilled criminals. Drug dealers and bank robbers might argue they were only breaking the law to feed their families or pay for a child's operation – but we all know such arguments would fall on deaf ears. Yet these same arguments are deemed acceptable for illegal aliens.

McCain-Kennedy does nothing to address an influx of tens of millions who would immediately seek out and qualify for welfare programs. Robert E. Rector and Christine Kim of the Heritage Foundation point out that American taxpayers spent $564 billion on welfare programs in Fiscal Year 2004 ("The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skilled Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer; Special Report #14"; May 22, 2007).

They also point out that taxpayers, vis-Ã*-vis the federal government, spent $840 billion on direct Medicare benefits in FY 2004. Is the American taxpayer prepared to have these numbers literally double and possibly triple overnight, if McCain-Kennedy becomes law? It would seem authors and supporters of this bill, who have based their meaningless careers on allegedly "caring about the working man," might display said concern now.

Public education is already a dismal wasteland of unparalleled under-achievement and failure that costs federal, state and local governments, i.e., taxpayers, billions each year ($590 billion in FY 2004). Are we now prepared to have these expenditures become trillions of dollars overnight?

According to Rector and Kim's research, the government spent $662 billion on population-based services (i.e., police, fire, parks, etc.) in FY 2004. Who will pick up the tab for the increased expenditures? Will McCain, Kennedy, Lott and each of the congressional supporters (the president included) write a personal check for, shall we say, $50 million apiece to help defray the cost to taxpayers, or will they vote to raise taxes under the guise of "it's the only way to pay for the increases"?

We don't need 20 million-plus more unskilled, uneducated people to flood our communities. We need to invigorate and challenge those American citizens who are, at present, the so-called unemployable. We don't need people who are more committed to Dia de la Constitucion, Mexican Flag Day, Benito Juarez, Primero de Mayo and Cinco de Mayo than they are the Fourth of July. We certainly do not need an underclass that will take generations to assimilate. America doesn't need another excuse for continued affirmative action programs and race-preferences based on the language and educational shortcomings of criminals.

America has borders and laws for a reason. If the willful disregard of both by illegals is to be rewarded at taxpayer expense, while legal Americans are punished (often by imprisonment) for the least infraction of drug dealing or criminal trespass – then America indeed has gone to hell in a hand basket.

If such is to be the case, I say do away with our borders and laws. Let every man establish and define both individually as they apply to his own selfish ends.





http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=55903