Immigration Bill Much Worse Than ‘Amnesty’

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Immigration Bill Much Worse Than ‘Amnesty’

 

May 23, 2013 By John Ellis

 

In the debate over illegal immigration, one word causes consternation: amnesty. One side is adamant that its proposals don’t amount to amnesty, the other insists that they do. But both sides are missing the point. The real question is not whether that word “amnesty” overstates the defects of the bill, but how very much it understates them.

 

Amnesty raises the question of moral hazard. If we overlook law-breaking not just in occasional individual cases, but systematically and on a large scale, we undermine respect for the rule of law. Still, on occasion an amnesty can be relatively harmless. If the IRS announced that anyone who has failed to file a tax return for some years can for a stated period of time file without facing charges for breaking the tax laws, little harm is done.

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Securing Our Borders With Open Borders

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary) | May 23rd, 2013 at 01:25 PM

Every sane person in the country aka most people outside of the DC beltway, is asking the million dollar question of the immigration debate: why don’t we just implement the enforcement measures that actually work before risking another wave of illegal immigration by granting amnesty now? The issue would largely dissipate if they would merely begin enforcing the laws on the books.

 

But when you listen carefully to the fatuous arguments propagated inside the beltway, you will discover the answer. These people believe that building a fence and monitoring visas will not help end illegal immigration. In their estimation, the only thing that will end illegal immigration, to the extent that they desire to do so, is unlimited legal immigration. In other words, in their view, there is no way to establish sovereignty over our own land unless we invite every individual in the world who would like to move here. Hence, our immigration policy should not be dictated by what benefits the country at large, but by the level of worldwide demand to immigrate to America. #Dcbackwardlogic

According to a recent Pew survey, 35% of Mexicans would like to come here. That’s 39 million people from one country. Gallup finds that 138 million people worldwide would like to immigrate to the U.S.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/05/23/securing-our-borders-with-open-borders/

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The Washington Examiner

Byron York: House-Senate showdown coming over border security Byron York Chief Political Correspondent

 

May 23, 2013 | 9:00 pm

If there were an organized opposition to comprehensive immigration reform -- and there really isn't, compared to the political/business/activist/lobbying complex in favor of it -- the opposition would pound daily on the key weakness at the heart of the Senate Gang of Eight bill. That weakness is simple. The bill proposes to legalize 11 million currently illegal immigrants before imposing greater border security and workplace enforcement. In that, the gang's priorities are different from the American people's. An opposition would remind the public of that, often.

Many polls have shown that voters favor eventual legalization and a pathway to citizenship for those now here illegally. But when Americans are asked whether legalization should come before or after greater security measures, they overwhelmingly favor security first.

security first vs. legalization first is the most fundamental one.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-house-senate-showdown-coming-over-border-security/article/2530433