Lou Dobbs's Telemundo Interview
I think we need to take a wait and see attitude. This interview is disturbing, but it is also possible he was trying to be polite to his audience. Notice that he said that we need to get control of our border before we talk about legalization. I'm not ready to decide one 25 minute interview overturns his seven years of maximal effort to secure our borders and enforce immigration law. I also think we need to ask Mr. Dobbs why he said these things and remind him of the damage that illegal immigration is doing to America and American workers.
Re: What are the certain circumstances
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Originally Posted by fighterDC
Everyone,
As disappointed as I was to see Lou not stand up for himself, or Sheriff Joe, before we crucify the guy let's get clarification on what he meant by "certain circumstances." Lou has been inarticulate in the past.
I'm as opposed to and morally offended by our nation's acceptance of illegal immigration as anyone but there is a certain pragmatism that no matter how righteous it is that all illegals be deported, it will never happen. Some illegals have been here 30 years and while that in NO WAY means they deserve to be legal, the political reality is that we won't get everything we want in a reform. Sadly, an illegal immigrant could set off a dirty bomb and our nation wouldn't see the connection and deport all illegals. We already had illegal immigrants commit atrocities on 9/11 and there was little change other than slightly improving security to obtain drivers' licenses.
If there are 15 million illegals in this country, would it be worth comprimising to allow 3 million to stay if we could immediately end chain migration, secure the border and deport the remaining 12 million? For me, that would be a win, though not perfect.
The reality is that illegals are voting already. Illegals are reaping benefits. Illegals are continuing to have anchor babies. Unfortunately, time cannot be turned back 100% and so our job should be to first, stop the bleed, then clean up as much of the mess that has been made by our politicians and understand there will be some collateral damage.
I realize that's not what people want to hear but that is the situation as I see it (though not how I'd like it to be).
The only people bringing up the "all illegals deported" is the pro amnesty crowd.
We advocate attrition enforcement. According to the results of 2008 where increased enforcement combined with the bad economy decreased the illegal alien population by approximately 1 million, we could have eradicated illegal immigration in about ten years.
W
Re: Lou Dobbs's Telemundo Interview
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Originally Posted by JamesBowen
I think we need to take a wait and see attitude. This interview is disturbing, but it is also possible he was trying to be polite to his audience. Notice that he said that we need to get control of our border before we talk about legalization. I'm not ready to decide one 25 minute interview overturns his seven years of maximal effort to secure our borders and enforce immigration law. I also think we need to ask Mr. Dobbs why he said these things and remind him of the damage that illegal immigration is doing to America and American workers.
If he is polite to the point of groveling which he was, there is a problem. Think of William in Lou's spot on that interview, it would have been MUCH different and there would have been clear HONEST direct answers and Maria would have been put in her place and WE would have been proud to view the interview. Lou clearly was groveling and pandering. If he is doing it now I can only imagine what he would do in political office!!! GOD HELP US ALL!
Re: Shocking Lou Dobbs Video! Opinions Needed ASAP
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Originally Posted by katiesue
OMG....Lou really said that "certain illegals should be LEGALIZED!"
This can't be....Lou bailed on us. NO ILLEGALS SHOULD RECEIVE AMNESTY they are ALL law breakers. And on top of it all he apologized for not being able to speak Spanish!
Well....for sure Lou is running for office and like all politicians.....he won't call a spade a spade for fear he'll lose a vote. What a shame since he just lost my vote.
I am now glad that I didn't by that Lou Dobbs T-shirt. :(
What I am VERY relieved about is that we found out where he truly stands early on before we sent him any money or wasted any more time supporting him.