Thread: John McCain on Border Security and Immigration

I just got this off of McCains website.....


John McCain on Border Security
and Immigration

"As you know, I and many other colleagues twice attempted to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix our broken borders; ensure respect for the laws of this country; recognize the important economic contribution of immigrant laborers; apprehend those who came here illegally to commit crimes; and deal practically and humanely with those who came here, as my distant ancestors did, to build a better, safer life for their families, without excusing the fact they came here illegally or granting them privileges before those who have been waiting their turn outside the country. Many Americans did not believe us when we said we would secure our borders, and so we failed in our efforts. I don't want to fail again to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. We must prove we have the resources to secure our borders and use them, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States. When we have achieved our border security goal, we must enact and implement the other parts of practical, fair and necessary immigration policy. We have economic and humanitarian responsibilities as well, and they require no less dedication from us in meeting them."


- John McCain


John McCain believes America's immigration system is broken. He is committed to a two-step process to reform.

Securing Our Borders First. John McCain's top immigration priority is to finish securing our borders in an expedited manner. Governors of border states will be required to certify that the border is secure. Steps to border security include:
Setting clear guidelines and objectives for securing the border through physical and virtual barriers.


Ensuring that adequate funding is provided for resources on the ground, but also training facilities, support staff and the deployment of technologies.


Dedicating funding to US Attorney’s offices in border states.


Implementing sound policies for contracting Department of Homeland Security software and infrastructure.


Deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and other aircraft where needed and appropriate in the border region.


Continue implementation of the US-VISIT comprehensive visitor security program.

Comprehensive Immigration Initiatives for a Secure Nation. Once the borders are secure, John McCain will:

Prosecute “Bad-Actorâ€

And the check's in the mail, your car will be ready next Tuesday, and I promise not to....

Originally Posted by POTUS

And the check's in the mail, your car will be ready next Tuesday, and I promise not to....

Sorry, CaliNative. That was a rude response. It was not, however, aimed it you. Color me cynical about anything McCain says.

He may take steps to secure the border...a few...but won't do much more than Bush has done. Probably zero internal enforcement. Probably no more worksite raids...or maybe one token raid per year.

Don't believe him.

Ostrich

The program will also ensure that all undocumented aliens either leave or follow the path to legal residence

Here's the amnesty he wants for millions of illegal aliens. And if he is so concerned about "border security" he would have already done something about it during his decades on the public dime in Congress.

Sorry John. The American people said NO to your amnesty scheme back in June 2007, and the answer to your most recent amnesty scheme remains NO.

I just don't believe anything any of the candidates say, including some of those from the third parties. Last night's debate with Biden and Palin scared me a lot, especially, though Palin did stand her ground with confidence and personality, she did not answer many of the questions with any facts. Actually I threw things at the TV when the question was about home mortgages, which Biden answered and Palin went off on a tangent about energy. Her I don't want as possible prez.

Originally Posted by POTUS

Originally Posted by POTUS

And the check's in the mail, your car will be ready next Tuesday, and I promise not to....

Sorry, CaliNative. That was a rude response. It was not, however, aimed it you. Color me cynical about anything McCain says.

No problem Potus... I should have clarified that I did not belive him for a second.... He fooled me in the Primaries...but never again

I just put it up for information only...

It is really too bad that having Barack Obama as president would be much worse than having John McCain.

Barack Obama has even talked about bringing the downtrodden from other parts of the world to this country. We have enough trouble with the millions that have already sneaked in.

If I recall correctly, Obama is not big on having a closed border.

For quite a while I was going to vote for Chuck Baldwin. But now I realize that our government is not going to get nervous about a third party....So it is McCain or Obama.

The third parties will never get it together enough to be a real threat. At least not in this election.

It is really too bad that having Barack Obama as president would be much worse than having John McCain.

They are both horrible choices. Neither one care one bit about us, they both voted without a second thought against the American people on this bailout knowing most Americans would be stupid enough to vote one of them in anyway!!!

GoodOleDays wrote:

So it is McCain or Obama.

It's sad but true.

April wrote:

They are both horrible choices.

I don't think you'll find anyone on ALIPAC that will disagree with that statement. However, as GoodOleDays said, one of them will be sitting in the White House next year. I don't like it anymore than anyone else but it is what it is.