>> My guess is border security will be beefed up even more and those who have been here illegally for some time -- two years? -- will be granted amnesty. That would put this whole silly matter to rest. It's not like we're going to evict 12 million people. That's the kind of thinking that led to the Third Reich.
that's nonsense. This is not about ethnic cleansing. This is about the right of a state to control its borders. Immigration and work visas are necessary and vital for our society. But without being able to control the borders all immigration laws are meaningless and therefore contribute to the legal morass we have now. Giving amnesty to this batch (as we did the last batch) creates illegal entry as the path to residency. If you can't see the flaw in that, you may be eligible for appointment to Eric Holder's staff.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
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Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
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