Immigration

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Category: News and Politics

I am not one to be proud to admit that I have much in common with a democrat, but here goes...I have something in common with a democrat!
Do you ever wonder if anyone in Washington will really pass an effective immigration reform bill? NO WAY! There is too much money in it for the federal government.

What do you think happens to all that unclaimed tax and social security money that the illegal immigrants never claim? Do you think it may line the pockets of the social security administration? Come on...think about it.

I am a proud American. My father and his father defended this country with thier service in the military. I would not wish to live anywhere else in the world. But the fact that politicians are pushing for a mexican-american border is wack, what about the canadian border? Read this..."Mention border security and illegal immigration to someone and the border between the United States and Mexico likely comes to mind. But what about the U.S. border with Canada?" -Anderson Cooper, Tuesday, June 06, 2006. Read the rest of his blog:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/06/trolling-niagara-for-terrorists.html


"Many of the most fervent anti-immigrant activists are themselves the children or grandchildren of immigrants," he says. "The style changes, the accents change, the geographical antecedents change, but it's the same. You can track headline for headline the response to the Irish wave of immigration in the mid-19th century to the reaction of the Minutemen and similar radical anti-immigration groups today." Excerpted from His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. by Geraldo Rivera. Published by Celebra Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Read the full article:..
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87866811

"Recognize the importance of pro-growth policies -- keeping government spending in check, holding down taxes, and cutting unnecessary regulatory burdens -- so American businesses can hire and pay the best.

Recognize the importance of a flexible labor market to keep employers in business and our economy on top. It should provide skilled Americans and immigrants with opportunity. Our education system should ensure skills for our younger workers, and our retraining and assistance programs for displaced workers must be modernized so they can pursue those opportunities"-John McCain

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/68db8157-d301-4e22-baf7-a70dd8416efa.htm

I know that immigration reform is wishfull thinking, but I am casting my vote on John McCain.

Have a great day!