Thread: Medved's Immigration Reform

February 06, 2007

A Novel Approach to Illegal Immigration
—Michael Medved

Some of the more than 12 million illegals in the U.S. do serious damage to our society through crime, welfare cheating and refusal to embrace American values, while many others work hard, pay taxes and raise families. Any workable immigration reform must make clear distinctions between illegals who should be compelled to leave, and those who want to correct their shadowy status and continue benefiting the nation.

The best way to divide the undocumented is to force them to choose: if they pay a hefty fine for illegal entry, pay all back taxes, prove they've mastered English and steered clear of criminal activity, creating a path to legal residency and then a chance to assimilate and to become Americans.

Those who can't or won't seize that chance should find it impossible to get jobs--and face deportation. The right strategy for Congress on immigration is divide and conquer--conquer through assimilation and entering the law-abiding mainstream.

Some of the more than 12 million illegals in the U.S. do serious damage to our society through crime, welfare cheating and refusal to embrace American values, while many others work hard, pay taxes and raise families. Any workable immigration reform must make clear distinctions between illegals who should be compelled to leave, and those who want to correct their shadowy status and continue benefiting the nation.

There can be no splitting up the two. If they are illegal, they need to leave. No if and's or buts.
Illegal is illegal is illegal is illegal and there is no "gray area" here.
And how can distinguish between who wants to stay and who wants to go?
Obviously if they are here, THEY WANT TO STAY. They just don't want to become Americans, and they don't want to go back home. If it was better in their home countries, they wouldn't be here. So this is a very stupid statement.
Again, there can be no "law splitting".
It isn't fair to Americans to say, "Well there are so many here so let's just give them all citizenship." (again)
America deserves better than that.

Medved is one of those Comprehensive Immigration hacks.

"...steered clear of criminal activity..."

How about the fact that they violated our immigration laws is considered criminal activity. He just totally trumped his whole immigration-division scheme. This NAU-slamming, CIR-supporting talkinghead should be the last to devise foreign policy, especially when it involves our borders.

And also, who is going to determine who wants to "assimilate" or not? If the illegals are required to attend a certain amount of hours worth of English classes like in the last amnesty, they will do so only to meet the requirement. That in itself does not guarantee a desire to assimilate. There is just so much wrong with this.

i agree meved..there are not all gang bangers..You have to divide the good apple from the bad apples.

Originally Posted by BlueJersey

i agree meved..there are not all gang bangers..You have to divide the good apple from the bad apples.

And since we have yet to invent a machine or computer program that can determine good people Vs. bad people, we should continue to judge people under the law based on their actions.

Illegal aliens have broken several laws, so we must enforce the existing laws instead of changing them to accommodate lawless behavior and the illegal aliens MUST LEAVE AMERICA!

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Medved is a globalist mouthpiece and is in favor of rewarding lawbreakers and invaders.

Originally Posted by AlturaCt

Medved is a globalist mouthpiece and is in favor of rewarding lawbreakers and invaders.

More the Merrier Medved. I've listened to him put down some good people with eloquent comments on his show. Medved now sounds like a Bush no amnesty speech to me.

I listened to him ONCE, and that was enough.

I used to listen to him, but I got tired of his arrogance. This may offend some, but he sounds like a weasily version of Rush Limbaugh. Athough, I think some of Limbaugh's self-praising is tongue and cheek; I think Medved believes he is truly all that and a bag o' chips.