Illegal Immigrant Amnesty Bill - Even Lou Dobbs Think's It's Not Right

This is unreal, thanks for sharing.

and for those already deported???????????????

For some reason the government feels that they need to protect the illegal immigrants, and it disgusts me.

Don't forget Obama's half aunt is sitll here illegally.

so not right

Marilyn, I wish the "old gang were still here." Well, actually they were never here.

I never figured you for a xenophobe. You know this is another twisted video. There are millions of hard working Mexicans in this country, and you have to draw attention to this?

You're grasping at straws. You're insulting the ancestry of my daughter-in-law, who served in Iraq.

Your daughter-in-law is in the county illegally?

No, I don't hate anyone, k. But I do expect immigrants to go through the legal process to come here. There are lots of people in Europe and Asian countries waiting for the chance to live here, and because of all the illegals crossing the border, they cannot. You really think that's fair?

I do not agree with illegal immigrant amnesty. If it were up to me, we would ship every illegal back pronto.

Life isn't fair. Is it fair that my son spent three years in Iraq/Afghanistan while your son was doing........??????

If you understood ANYTHING about economics, you'd understand that anyone willing to work those menial jobs AND spend money here is going to be welcomed with open arms.

You refuse to see the big picture of things. Either that, or you are xenophobic.

Kokomo, we like legal immigration.

We dislike illegal immigration.

Our country can't support everyone in the world.

Trillions to kill 'em, but not a cent for good will toward our fellowman, right?

I understand where you are coming from. :-(

kokomo, I don't hate anyone.

I do understand economics. I understand that it's a myth that illegals take jobs that others won't do. I understand that many employers keep illegals in situations that are almost like slavery. Remember, I've lived in FL and TX.

And I know that if they're here illegally they should not be participating in government entitlement programs.

Do you understand that our government is in debt to other countries? That we don't have money for more entitlements?

"......but not a cent for good will toward our fellowman, right?"

So, 30 BILLION isn't enough "good will toward our fellowman," right??

http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

Marilyn is right on about the Economics. Others would take those jobs if offered, especially in this economy. Another thing that would help is changing welfare and then more legal citizens would take those jobs because they would have to.

Melissa, I have a friend who shares many of the same views that Marilyn, Berf and you subscribe to. He sent his kids to college, but I can assure you that he didn't have "cleaning the bathrooms in Grand Central Station" in minds as career choices for them.

Much of the food that is harvested and processed is done by illegal immigrants and/or migrant laborers. My friend didn't expect that his kids would be doing that kind of work either.

So please....tell me what kind of jobs do you think illegal immigrants are taking away from Americans?

We've been through this before, Kokomo. In FL, the people I knew who were my parent's age and older had all worked picking citrus when they were in their teens and 20s. That was what locals did, and they expected their kids and grandkids to do the same thing. But little by little the illegals took that over and kids were all left to compete for the few fast food and mall jobs.

I agree, we all need to write our congressmen and women and make sure immigration reform that values the law and does not reward illegal immigrant lawbreakers is enacted. But we need to know ALL the facts when we write those letters, such as:

This Lou Dobbs CNN report was aired on May 23, 2007 after House Minority Leader, John Boehner said the following in a speech at a reception for the Republican Rapid Responders; "I promised the President today that I would not say anything bad about this piece of shit bill...." For those who check the dates, the President was George W. Bush, and the amnesty bill in question was one he supported and hoped to sign into law.

Also in May of 2007, other senior Republicans said that the chances of the bill passing are "50/50" in the House and that the White House would spend its time lobbying Democrats, rather than Republicans, to achieve a majority. Again, for fact and date checkers, that White House would be the Bush Administration.

The bill was drafted by Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy and was supported by President George W. Bush.

The bill was defeated in June of 2007.

In fact, in June of 2008, The McCain campaign said after a speech to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials that Obama had actually been an impediment to the carefully crafted immigration compromise.

“Barack Obama voted for five ‘poison pill’ amendments designed to kill the immigration reform deal,” said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.

Then Senator, and now President, Obama did not, and does not support the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill Lou Dobbs laid out for us in the attached video clip, and according to Senator McCain Senator Obama was instrumental in killing the amnesty bill.

Illegal immigrant amnesty is opposed by 47% of Republicans, 51% of Democrats, and 46% of those not affiliated with either major party according to a Rasmussen Report Poll conducted after the introduction of McCain-Kennedy Immigration bill. I am confident the numbers are higher in the economic climate of 2009.

So, by all means, let us keep the pressure on all elected officials about Immigration reform. Let us write as informed members of the people who put them in office...and who can put them out.

And be thankful that John McCain no longer has the political capital to get his bill re-evaluated.

And yet, there are other bills floating around there. We need to keep letting them know how we feel, lest some idiot will get the bright idea to attach an amnesty bill on the back of something else that cannot be voted against - like what just happened with the military expense bill and the hate crimes bill attached.

I think this is wrong but I would maybe consider it IF our borders were secure from any more entering in illegally. It's not about amnesty anymore, it is about border security, especially when we hear of new arrests of terrorists each week lately.

You are wrong, Kokomo. I arrived in this country 37 years ago. Legally. Did not speak the language. I worked hard, learned engish and never asked or received, any help from anyone. Over the years, I have made many friends, many of them of hispanic descent. But they were all here legally. I've asked once a co-worker who did not speak English, why doesn't he learn to speak the language. His answer just flipped me over "because I don't have too". And unfortunately, he was right. Now with a mentallity like this, what is this country coming to? In my position as Manager, I was scolded by my HR department because I requested that all new hires for my department must speak English. I guess I was wrong. It seems that in this country, if you are illegal and don't even speak the language, you have more rights than a born citizen. SAD. I strongly believe that illegals should become legal, "LEGALLY" and not as a hand out. Go through the process and if rejected, then it simply wasn't meant to be. Period.

Thanks, Maurice. I appreciate your input. Years ago, I dated a man whose entire family had come to the US when he was about 9 years old. He was one of 8 or 9 kids and in the middle of them. They arrived in TX and were placed in the classes for their age and expected to learn to speak English. By the end of the school year, they had each done that. They all went on to get college educations - on scholarship and by paying their own way. They became doctors, psychologists, teachers, accountants (and one nurse).

The only ones in the family who didn't learn as much English were the parents. When I met them, they were in their 80s and they still tried to learn, even at that age.