Amnesty Bill: Daily Roundup for 06/04/2007
John Hawkins answers a readers question.
Captain Ed responds to Peggy Noonan’s latest piece.
Think what you will about Fred Thompson, but he gets it. He just gets it.
“You’ve got to secure the border first, before you do anything,” he said. “The members say it’s right here in this bill: the border. The response is, ‘We don’t care what’s on a piece of paper — secure the border.’ This piece of paper doesn’t secure the border.”
Apparently some senators who meet with their constituents are “shaken by the emotion and reaction” from those who oppose the Amnesty Bill.
Illegal students are worried, and waiting passage of the immigration bill. Isn’t it funny how we can always find illegals to do these articles, but we can’t find them to send them home?
John McCain and “scaremongering”.
Newt Gingrich asks why can’t we control border? Why can’t we enforce the law?
National Republican Committee fundraising is down. States with anti-amnesty leaders are seeing strong increases.
The GOP seems to be planning ahead… Don’t they know they shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched?
Kevin Ecker reminds us that the Senate is back this week, and covers the basic concepts that would make any immigration bill worthy of consideration.
Jon Kyl thinks opposition to the Amnesty Bill is fading.
Sen. Jim DeMint, from South Carolina, says Republican leader Mitch McConnell is the only person who can save us.
El Presidente Bush’s approval rating for how he handles immigration has dropped from 61% to 45% in just six weeks. But remember, according to El Presidente, the 55% who do not approve have no idea what is right for America.
“The only thing that can save us now is if McConnell made an appeal to Republicans that this thing is out of control and we need to step back from it, and we’re not getting the amendments we want,” said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican. “He could do that, but I’m not sure where he is right now.”
When you make those calls to your senator today, make sure you call Mitch McConnell’s office as well. His number is (202) 224-2541.
Checkout the image from the RNC website. (via Right Wing News)
They can’t spell it, because they have never seen the word before, obviously.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, in his weekly email to the constituents who used to support him, said,
We are seeking to ensure that any reform Congress enacts will truly secure our borders first before any reform of our temporary worker system takes place. If you grant legal status to those here illegally without first securing the border, millions more will flood into our country illegally.
Why do we need reform to secure our borders? The legislation is already there. Plus, there is nothing in the Senate Amnesty Bill that states the border must actually be secure before they start issuing “Z visas”. As long as certain benchmarks are met (ie: increased funding or something else that looks good on paper), the government can then start issuing these new amnesty visas.
I might actually tend to believe the words of the esteemed senator from Georgia, if once, just once, the government had ever done anything to actually secure the borders. Ever. Last year, a bill was signed into law that mandated a fence. Where the hell is the fence Senator? Are you still sitting on it?
The Senate is back this week, and they have resumed the debate over the Amnesty Bill. It’s of vital importance that you contact your senators now. Make sure they know you disagree with this compromise.
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