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Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

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Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Patman said:
Border ports... they're for the passing and inspection of trucks and cargo not for the stopping of illegals.
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Oh ya...that wouldn't be additional resources to deal with illegal border crossings. Entirely different. :rolleyes:
 
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Bob Gray said:
It is. :rolleyes:
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You could never imagine that more resources applied to border checkpoints would help with an illegals problem now would you. And there's no liklihood that additional resources could allow for diversion of resources to other problem spots.

So you officially would rather have no additional funds applied to defending our borders...hasn't this been like the most important issue in your life for the last couple of years?
 
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Jon said:
Rather than whining about Obama (c'mon now, we were probably this close to never having to read a Rover post ever again) in the 19th consecutive pointless thread, I say we invade Mexico, kill every drug cartel and burn Azteca to the ground. It's a win win for all involved!

Who's with me?
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I'm pretty sure that was the strategy in Af-Pak. It has had suboptimal results.
 
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Kepler said:
I'm pretty sure that was the strategy in Af-Pak. It has had suboptimal results.
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but we get hundreds of para-sailing boats in the deal...that wasn't the case in Afghanistan...see what I'm saying? totally different, don't cha think?:D
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

5mn_Major said:
You could never imagine that more resources applied to border checkpoints would help with an illegals problem now would you. And there's no liklihood that additional resources could allow for diversion of resources to other problem spots.

So you officially would rather have no additional funds applied to defending our borders...hasn't this been like the most important issue in your life for the last couple of years?
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What you say here makes no sense. I have no idea what, if any, point you are trying to make.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Jon said:
Rather than whining about Obama (c'mon now, we were probably this close to never having to read a Rover post ever again) in the 19th consecutive pointless thread, I say we invade Mexico, kill every drug cartel and burn Azteca to the ground. It's a win win for all involved!

Who's with me?
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Works for me. But it might cost an extra dollar or two, so 5MN will complain about it.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

As this has gone on long enough, I've got a better idea that won't cause any bloodshed and will SAVE the US taxpayer some money. Lets just give Arizona back to Mexico!

Think of the benefits:

1) Unlike a state like say, Mass, Arizona gets more federal money than it pays, so right there is a savings.

2) Crystal meth capital of US now moves outside of country's borders.

3) Speculative housing bubble that will take 20 years to work through now Mexico's problem.

4) No need for strict border enforcement on new US border between AZ and Utah, as who the hell wants move to Utah? :D

5) No college hockey in Arizona, so not giving up a D-1 team or anything important.

So...I'm not seeing any downside to this plan.:cool:
 
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Bob Gray said:
What you say here makes no sense. I have no idea what, if any, point you are trying to make.
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So a bill that beefs up resources used for monitoring the borders is defeated...and all you can say is that it is different than border security? No need to go on about the need for resources 'to protect our borders' I guess...
 
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5mn_Major said:
So a bill that beefs up resources used for monitoring the borders is defeated...and all you can say is that it is different than border security? No need to go on about the need for resources 'to protect our borders' I guess...
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If you can't tell the difference between a bill on securing the borders, and a bill that makes cross-border commerce work better, I can't help you further here. You are ignoring an obvious discusion in a poor effort to make a point.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Over the weekend I was talking to someone I know whose son works for ICE on the border. I asked him what his son's perspective on all this stuff is, and he told me that the rank-and-file ICE personnel are pretty much unanimously, including Hispanic officers, very strongly in support of what Arizona is doing, but that the top political levels are squishy and make it hard for things to get done on the border. Not surprising, but always good to hear things from the folks on the ground at the border.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Bob Gray said:
Over the weekend I was talking to someone I know whose son works for ICE on the border. I asked him what his son's perspective on all this stuff is, and he told me that the rank-and-file ICE personnel are pretty much unanimously, including Hispanic officers, very strongly in support of what Arizona is doing, but that the top political levels are squishy and make it hard for things to get done on the border. Not surprising, but always good to hear things from the folks on the ground at the border.
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Not too surprising. Nobody who has a job really enjoys it when people make it difficult for them to actually DO their job.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Nothing to see here, move along, no problems, the border is secure (according to Pete Stark), etc. etc.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/mexican-drug-cartel-sheriff-arpaio-07292010

PHOENIX - He's been at the center of the discussions and controversies surrounding illegal immigration enforcement in Arizona for quite a while.

On the day parts of Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, went into effect, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in the news for another reason: there's a price on his head - allegedly offered by a Mexican drug cartel.

The audio message in Spanish is a bit garbled, but the text is clear.

"It's offering a million dollars for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's head and offering a thousand dollars for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel."
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But if you support SB 1070, you're just a racist.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

There are two things about this issue that amuse me:

1) It doesn't affect me any so I can sit back with a beer in hand and watch all the fun, and

2) The end result of this either way is electoral doom for the Republican party. Which, as we all know now, is beneficial for the country.

So, lets take the "amnesty" issue, a popular conservative buzzword du jour. The fear on the right is 10M illegals get citizenship, and on their way out of the welfare office they immediately run down to city hall and register as Democrats. Then they vote out all those lily white, god fearin, gun totin, picking up men in the airport bathroom Republicans out of office.

BUT, the problem with this is that the fear is misplaced. Worrying about people who would not become eligible voters for another 10 years isn't the problem. The problem is people who are already voters, or are eligible to vote but haven't yet. See, this growing portion of the electorate most likely doesn't like being stereotyped as drug runners, parasites, and the like and will take it out on the party doing that with a vengeance. Proof of this phenomenon can be found in the California experience of the 1990's to present day.

The funny thing is, given Hispanics cultural conservatism, they may very well find a home in the GOP were it not for the overriding xenophobic elements now running the party. Hence a good portion of those 10M might end up as their supporters.

BTW - Please spare me the part about how Brewer and the like are doing this for the good of the state. This is purely a political play and nothing else.
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Red Cloud said:
Nothing to see here, move along, no problems, the border is secure (according to Pete Stark), etc. etc.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/mexican-drug-cartel-sheriff-arpaio-07292010

But if you support SB 1070, you're just a racist.
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Follows the pattern of bolder and bolder action by the cartels, both in Arizona and in Mexico. Couldn't be the weakness and indecisiveness of the feds is being picked up on?
 
Re: Illegal Immigration Pt. III: It's Illegal to be Illegal? Really?

Point #2 is just false though Rover. Polls have shown that this law didn't even move the needle on Hispanic opinion of the GOP.
 
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