The immigration reform bill is a disaster on every level, but President George W. Bush and his small circle of sycophant Senate Republicans persist in their efforts to convince opponents that the measure is the best thing since sliced bread. In a recent conference with recalcitrant Republicans, for instance, the president tried unsuccessfully to win converts by vowing to secure America's borders. But we have heard this before. The 1986 immigration reform bill contained similar promises of border security, but guess what? You got it. They were not enforced.
Prove you mean business, President Bush, by securing the borders now and enforcing the laws that are already on the books. Maybe then, and only then, can we get down to business and have a meaningful dialogue on immigration.
1 comment:
how do we really know how big the problem is and where it is an issue if our borders are like swiss cheese?
attacking a problem when you don't have a real idea of the scope of the issue just begs for revisiting the issue later.
if we had what we were supposed to have and if the laws that are in place were enforced, we'd have a starting point.
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