How is this horrible thing even breathing?
- Posted by Martin on June 25th, 2007 filed in General, Immigration, Martin
This should go down in flames, but it still may not.
Among the public, there is a bi-partisan lack of enthusiasm for the Senate bill. It is supported by 22% of Republicans, 23% of Democrats, and 22% of those not affiliated with either major party. It is opposed by 52% of Republicans, 50% of Democrats, and 48% of unaffiliateds.
From an ideological perspective, the bill is opposed by 59% of conservatives, 54% of liberals, and 45% of political moderates. Among those for whom none of the traditional ideological labels apply, just 20% are opposed.
Support is found from 20% of conservatives, 32% of liberals, and 18% of moderates.
Just 32% believe it would be better to pass the current bill instead of doing nothing. Forty-five percent (45%) believe it would be better to pass nothing at all.
What are our side thinking? I’m at a total loss. I expect this from Ted Kennedy, but from Southern Senators? Conservatives?
President Bush - How is the same bureaucracy that let into the country a man with a virulent strain of TB, who was also on the no-fly list, going to process 12 million Z Visa applications? Let’s say that ICE has 50,000 people doing nothing else. 12m/50k = 240 applications per person. Let’s say each takes 40 hours, total processing time. 240 x 40 = 9600 manhours. 9600/2080 = 4.62 man years. It’ll take 5 years, without doing any other work, and assuming no other applications come in. How utterly foolish to think this will do anything but clog up the system for the next ten years , whereupon another coalition of open borders liberals and cheap labor conservatives will sell us another amnesty.
And why do the supporters of this bill keep dissembling and telling us that none of these provisions come into effect until the security measures are in place, when the Z visa is issued on a probationary basis IMMEDIATELY upon application? It’s unworthy of them, and it’s pissing me off.
I don’t mind being lied to by Ted Kennedy. I hate being lied to by Graham, Lott, Kyl, McCain et al.
Bill says:
Martin, the worst is that while they say the current laws can’t be enforced, somehow we’re supposed to believe that the new law will be. How’s that again?
raz0r says:
When we kick all the illegals out, we should force our elected officials to join them on the bus/train ride.
dw says:
I see two major points. First, enforce existing law against citizens
and issue a self deportation order upon pain of imprisonment if caught
a second time.
But! The last election was pretty close There are 12 to 20 million
potential voters out there and the dems are not gonna let em get away.
Neither are the Repubs.
Don’t worry. After the amnesty the over burdened infrastructure, schools and
hospitals will no longer be the fauilt of illegals. Citizens will be suffering
victims at the hands of incompetent planning. And if that undocumented rampant
Hispanic crime is exposed it will merge into the discrimination/racism debate.
dw says:
If there is no free lunch, no work and no housing, 12 to 20 million
colonists seeking a better life will immigrate to a better place.
Barry Jones says:
It is a rabid disease that has spread in Washington , and it is called Arrogance of Power.Washington is Null and Void when it comes to them looking at themselves as anything other than “GREATER THAN THOU “. The American voter has let them run wild and rampid through the halls of Washington for many , many , years having them think by our lack of concern or by our lack of actions, that we don`t care what they do ! That mindset is now the disease that has settled in Washington .We the Real legal taxpaying Americans` , as much as we don`t want to admit it; we are pretty much at fault for sitting back over the years and being to busy with ourselves to watch what Washington was doing. We are reaping what we sowed , and now we don`t have enough people to bring in the crop of arroganance that sprouts like kudzu in DC.
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