Immigration Bill Woes

Immigration Bill Woes

John LeBoutillier
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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This week's revival of the Amnesty/Immigration Bill - even President Bush now calls it an amnesty bill and then has to rush Tony Snow out to clean up yet another mess — shows just how far our country and the Republican Party have fallen under six years of Bush's "open borders" policy.

With 12-20 million illegals now infiltrated all across our nation — and millions more poised to rush in here if this Amnesty Bill passes — G.W. Bush and the Senate GOP leadership actually think they are doing a good thing.

What planet are they on?

They have systematically undermined our national community, and they have fractured the Republican Party.

Here, in a nutshell, is what our immigration policy ought to be:

Secure the southern border — all the way from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf Of Mexico, whether through a fence, a wall, armed guards, a combination or other means. But the border has to be secure and able to prevent uninvited invaders from crossing into American territory. This comes before any other actions are taken on immigration.

Enact severe employer sanctions to penalize Americans who knowingly hire illegals to undercut American workers. These employers are traitors and cheaters, and ought to be nailed for their perfidy.

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Reform welfare rules to allow for the seasonal hiring of American workers without losing their benefits. This is a huge problem in agricultural areas where American cannot afford to take these seasonal job for fear of losing their rest-of-the-year welfare benefits.

When all of the above has been done, then we need to address legal immigration. Who is deciding who can legally come into this country? Who sets the quotas for each country?

Guest-worker programs, something we have had for most of the 20th century, should be determined by need. What skills does the country need? Let's get the best of those people to come here. But don't confuse that with a flood-tide of uninvited, unskilled families swarming here and overwhelming communities all the way from Maine to San Diego.

George W. Bush is already a political dead-duck. Iraq and immigration, along with his trademark smirking arrogance, have sunk him and his presidency. But that should not mean that the Republican Party needs to keep drinking his Kool-Aid and become, as former New York City mayor — and 2004 Bush supporter — Ed Koch just called it, "dead."

The GOP is indeed in dire political trouble.

We conservatives need to re-assert ourselves and take over the party before the Bushies squander everything Ronald Reagan did for us and for the country.

This week is the beginning — either of the end or of a new beginning.

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