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The Beginning of the Beginning of the Immigration Debate

LastStand Wrote: Feb 01, 2013 10:01 AM

"A trigger of 350 more miles of hard, double-fencing –not vehicle barriers—would be the visible expression of an invisible but real commitment to border security" So they get amnesty for building half a fence? I don't think so. "Title I must obligate them to meet quarterly and issue a “yes” or “no” on the metrics, and to vote by roll call. " The Senate is "obligated" under the Constitution to produce a budget. Where's the penalty for not doing so? If you have so much confidence in Title I getting accomplished, and Title II can't be implemented before Title I is completed, why do they have to be included in the same bill at all? Pass Title I, and when it's done, pass Title II. Or, just enforce the laws ALREADY ON THE BOOKS!!!!

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Ron781 Wrote: Feb 02, 2013 9:46 AM

We'd probably hire illegals to build the fence. They do work hard, their country is a mess but they are costing us ours.

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The Beginning of the Beginning of the Immigration Debate

The end of the first week of the debate over immigration reform proved that it is the roller derby of public policy debates for Republicans and Democrats alike.

Louisiana Senator David Vitter was the first to provide a face plant and skid over the rails. The blowback directed at Vitter for mocking Marco Rubio was intense, and the penalty box includes a copy of An American Son for reading. “Naïve” about immigration doesn’t work well with the son of immigrants.

More seriously, Senator Schumer may have declared immigration reform over before it began...