Posted by: McQ on Thursday, May 17, 2007 OK, just got home from a horrendous day on the road (of which I'll post about later) and have been listening all day to discussion about the supposed bi-partisan deal on "comprehensive immigration reform". First let me say that any bill Ted Kennedy feels is a good bill makes me reflexively reach for my wallet and look over my shoulder. I can't help it. Every single solitary bill Ted Kennedy has favored has, in the end, cost me a lot of money. I'll also remind you that we were promised all of this previously in the '80s the last time we had "comprehensive immigration reform". Since then we've managed to ignore the part about enforcing those laws and ended up with 12 million more illegal immigrants. We're now being led down the same primrose path with the same sorts of promises. Probably most indicative of my skepticism concerning the seriousness of the government (and I include both sides of the isle in this) is the fact that fact that no real attempt has ever been made to enforce immigration law or border security. None. It has been a litany of excuses punctuated with with bouts of big talk and no action. Oh we have had a few raids here and there, but my guess is they've netted some few thousand illegals, deported them, and most are back in the country. It's all for show. As for border security, the government has dragged its feet on hiring new border patrol agents (something this bill also says they'll do) and of the 700+ miles of fence which was authorized last year, an amazing 2 miles have been built. My point (and I'll have much more to say on this as I read up more) is just like AGW, I think a huge dose of skepticism is in order concerning this bill. And, more than anything, I think it is an awful idea to pass a bill with 600 to 1,000 pages without debate or without it being available to the public prior to being voted on. If it was so all fired important to have a debate about Iraq, then it is equally as important to debate this monster before it is signed into law and we're stuck with a legal monstrosity which redefines the law of unintended consequences. More later. UPDATE: Sen. DeMint had already said most of what I wrote: “I hope we don't take a thousand page bill written in secret and try to ram it through the Senate in a few days. This is a very important issue for America and we need time to debate it.”I don't know enough about it to know whether I agree with him on the amnesty claim or not. But I do know enough to completely agree with him on the part about the debate and the need to give the details of this plan a complete and full airing prior to any vote. The one hope in seeing this done, folks, is the Senate, because President Bush is ready to sign this puppy (which is another reason to want the debate first). UPDATE II: Bruce Kesler agrees. Or, better said, Bruce and I agree. He also has a link to the text of the bill. |
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