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| Republicans introduce tough immigration bill |
| 2005-07-20 |
| EFL - RTWT All of the estimated 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the United States would have to leave the country under an immigration bill introduced on Tuesday by two conservative Republican senators. Get out! The bill by Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl and Texas Sen. John Cornyn is a tougher alternative to a rival bipartisan (Kennedy-McCain, bipartisan in name only) bill introduced two month ago that would allow some illegals to get jobs legally and eventually gain citizenship without leaving the country. The Kyl-Cornyn bill calls for the creation of a machine-readable, tamper-proof Social Security card that would be issued to every American in the workforce to prevent illegals from getting jobs. ooohhh! the racism! It would also fund the hiring of 10,000 new Department of Homeland Security personnel dedicated to weeding illegal immigrants out of the workforce and an additional 1,000 for detecting immigration fraud. Companies that hired illegal immigrants would face tough fines. Additionally, the bill would authorize the recruitment of 10,000 new Border Patrol agents over five years and a $2.5 billion investment in unmanned aerial vehicles, cameras, barriers and sensors along the Mexican border. The senators did not give a total cost for the bill but a fact sheet distributed with their proposal contained partial costs of well over $12 billion. "We start with the proposition that we have to enforce the law at the border and in the interior of the country and at the workplace," Kyl told a news conference. wow! what a concept.. Cornyn said the bill contained an orderly and dignified way for illegal immigrants in the country to return home. They would have five years in which to do so. Illegals who refuse would face fines of $2,000 a year for each year they stayed beyond the deadline if they subsequently left and then tried to apply to immigrate legally. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 Thanks, RC. If the man can bring some sensible thinking to the Democratic Party, that's ok, too. I'll try to stay awake the next time his commercial comes on the tv. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-20 20:36 |
| #10 (I just saw a candidate ad for some post here in Ohio: retired Marine officer who'd fought in Iraq (Robert Crawford, do you have more details?)) The only Ohio candidate I've heard about who is also an Iraqi vet is a Democrat. I don't know much about him; still way too early for me to care. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-20 19:14 |
| #9 Yeah, first the law, then the wall. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-07-20 18:06 |
| #8 Also, how about a large wall such as Israel is building, mine fields and good surveillance cameras all along the border? |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-07-20 17:24 |
| #7 GU5996 has a point. Let us first look over the laws we have on the books. Then if they look OK, all we need to do is enforce them. Congress and the President are ducking their duty. Especially the President, who as the head of the executive branch needs to enforce the laws. So the real issue is to hold the feet of the Executive to the fire w/r/t enforcing the existing laws. Passing new laws will not change anything if they and the existing laws are not enforced. [/logical thinking] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-07-20 16:41 |
| #6 same thing here, Phil. It's an issue that I don't think the Administration gets just yet, but W and the rest of the GOP need to get in front of the wave or it'll beat them up. Offer alternatives to the Raza-Donks and you'll win votes. People are upset and the open-borders groups oppose all sane measures. Rove has got to see the rise in polls and will steer W the right (Tancredo) way |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-20 16:38 |
| #5 Companies that hired illegal immigrants would face tough fines. Bah, just RICO the executives now. One, two, three companies and everyone will get the message. And you don't need new legislation, just the balls to do it. |
| Posted by: Glinemble Ulaviger5996 2005-07-20 16:36 |
| #4 As I keep telling you guys, secure borders is popular and a big vote winner here in Australia for the Howard government, despite a concerted media campaign to portray it as 'unfair'. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-20 16:34 |
| #3 I don't think it can realistically get passed by our current invertebrate Congress barring a disastrous attack proven to have ome across the Mexican border, but it at least defines options to the McCain/Kennedy open-border-bendover. Now there's an alternative to make politicians choose from... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-20 16:34 |
| #2 A very good first step. Get this passed and it can be approved upon later. I only wonder, with Senator Clinton playing up to La Raza, whether is can be passed before the 2006 election -- when I expect the percentage of Republicans to increase. (I just saw a candidate ad for some post here in Ohio: retired Marine officer who'd fought in Iraq (Robert Crawford, do you have more details?)) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-20 16:30 |
| #1 Illegals who refuse would face fines of $2,000 a year for each year they stayed beyond the deadline if they subsequently left and then tried to apply to immigrate legally. All very fine and dandy, but how do they plan on identifying these individuals? Any attempt to secure fingerprints or DNA before or as they leave the country will no doubt be met with a storm of protest from the usual groups. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-20 16:12 |