Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:15:50 AM
We were successful in killing the shamnesty legislation, and then we ended up with two candidates for President who had both supported it, and the issue dropped off of the 2008 election radar.
The experts say shamnesty for illegal aliens is now a certainty. We will see. I think more Americans would be willing to consider another amnesty program if we see our borders realistically secured.
We don’t want a repeat of what happened after the 1986 amnesty, where border security was promised but not delivered.
We need to have a reasonably secured international border to the sake of security. As long as we have taxpayer-funded welfare programs, education, and infrastructure, we also need to control immigration for our fiscal health. I would be more in favor of libertarian-style wide open borders if we had a libertarian employment, education, infrastructure, and social welfare system.
Dropping this issue in an effort to get Latino votes has proven futile. Instead of pandering to people by national origin or ethnicity, we should stick to the rule of law being important. Plenty of Latinos respect that, and the ones who don't won't vote our way anyway.
Here are some of my previous entries on illegal alien issues:
Truly Comprehensive Immigration Reform
How to Get Us to Stop Caring About the Illegal Alien Issue
Three Red Herrings in the Illegal Alien Fight