Congress has tried to sneak through amnesties three times in a little more than a decade. Every time, the American people somehow found out — despite the best efforts of the press — rose up in a rage and killed the proposed bills.
In 2006, President Bush got the brilliant idea to push amnesty on the country. His party was wiped out the very next time voters could get to the polls.
Liberals like to claim that their brave opposition to the Iraq War led to the midterm slaughter, but, as I recall, they were against that war in the 2004 presidential election, too, and Bush won. An April 2006 Washington Post–ABC News poll — taken about a month after Bush launched his amnesty crusade — showed that more Americans approved of Bush’s handling of the Iraq War than approved of his handling of immigration. In nearly every poll on Bush’s handling of immigration that year, a huge majority of the public disapproved
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Three years ago, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his seat to an unknown economics professor, Dave Brat, by a whopping 55 percent to 45 percent, despite outspending Brat 40-to-1. It was the first time in history a member of leadership had lost a primary. (This despite Cantor being one of the “Young Guns”!) Brat had explicitly attacked Cantor for supporting amnesty.
Most spectacularly, last year, an utterly implausible presidential candidate crushed all his opponents — including the media — and won the White House by promising to deport illegals and build a wall.
We already tried amnesty once. The 1986 amnesty under Reagan was supposed to be a one-time fix. We’d forgive the estimated 1 million illegal aliens living here and, in exchange, draconian measures would be imposed on any employer ever caught hiring an illegal again — up to a $10,000 fine per illegal and jail time for repeat offenders.
We never got the employer sanctions.
There weren’t 1 million illegals — it was 4 million.
It wasn’t a one-time fix. In another real-world example of “incentives,” the first amnesty led to a never-ending stream of illegals across our border, confident of getting in on the next amnesty. Today, there are at least 40 million illegals living in the U.S. (Eleven million is nonsense — they’ve been claiming that since the 1980s. See Adios, America
And now, once again, politicians are lobbying for the exact same policy that was a complete failure last time. When it comes to immigration, it’s always Groundhog Day!
We’re told the DACA amnesty will apply only to a very small, discrete group of unbelievably fantastic illegals — who melt Ivanka’s heart by refilling her water glass at Cipriani with such alacrity!
Not only that, but there will be strict requirements on who qualifies for a DACA amnesty.
None of which will ever be enforced.
Congress has passed laws requiring that immigrants pay back taxes, learn English, not collect welfare and have good moral character. That’s not too onerous, right? It’s not like we’re requiring them to have any skills or talents that would be valuable to America.
Every single one of these requirements has been scuttled by immigration bureaucrats, federal judges and Democratic presidents. All of ’em. Our immigration bureaucracy is so dedicated to destroying America that it’s made citizens of thousands of convicted felons
If you don’t understand how that could happen, you have no idea how much our cultural elites hate this country. Their governing philosophy is: Anyone we bring in is at least better than an American!
This nation is mind-bogglingly generous. But decades of lies make it impossible for even the most tender-hearted American to fall for this bait-and-switch one more time.
Every politician swears up and down that he wants a “secure border.” But then these same politicians go absolutely berserk when Trump says he wants to build a wall.
They say we’ll get enforcement right after the amnesty. That’s obviously absurd. When the tub is overflowing, water pouring out of the faucet, across the carpets, down the stairs, up the dining room walls, we don’t debate whether we’re going to dry clean the curtains or throw them out. We don’t argue about whether to use a mop or towels. FIRST: Turn off the water.
As long as both political parties stoutly refuse to build the wall, we know they are not serious about ever stopping illegal immigration. (Luckily, the Constitution gives the commander in chief full authority to protect our borders, with or without congressional approval.)
We know what happened after the Reagan amnesty. We know politicians and the media are lying to us. Why, some of the politicians who lied to us then are lying to us today, for example, Chuck Schumer.
No matter how innocent and lamblike a “Dreamer” they produce to tear at our heartstrings, it won’t work anymore. Decades of their perfidy has made sympathy impossible.
It’s as if, night after night, Paul Ryan knocked on our door and asked us to take in one helpless orphan and, night after night, we crack open our door, only to be set upon by 30 armed felons with tire chains and brass knuckles.
At a certain point, Ryan might actually produce a sad orphan. Who knows? It’s theoretically possible. But we could not be faulted for not opening the door.
Politicians and the press are themselves responsible for thoroughly killing any human sympathy Americans may have had for illegal immigrants — even the “Dreamers” (whom Ivanka adores, but would die before sending her kids to a school jam-packed with them).
The only question is: Will anyone in Washington ever listen?
The only question is: Will anyone in Washington ever listen?
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Hardly anyone in Washington was paying attention, so we elected trump, and now he clearly isn’t paying attention. It seems to me he is making the same mistake bush II made, that AC mentions. His base isn’t going to be happy, because he is basically calling on congress to pass some form of amnesty for these people, which is the opposite of why he was elected. The left will still crucify him, because anything other than full amnesty and citizenship is considered cruel and heartless. The result? Like bush, most of the country end ups disapproving of him, though it’s split down the middle on why they disapprove.
he is basically calling on congress to pass some form of amnesty for these people, which is the opposite of why he was elected
You have it all wrong. Trump rescinded the executive order. Then he said: If congress wants to reinstate it they need to pass legislation. This is the way it’s supposed to be.
Exactly right, Dutchman. Trump knows congress simply is incapable of passing any significant legislation on immigration law–it won’t even get out of committee.
Welcome aboard, Anne. Sounds like your bullshirt detector, like mine, is on red alert.
Sadly, it’s been a rigged game since before I was born. We live in interesting times.
Robert(QSLV)
This immigration will eventually destroy our Republic.Only a manner of time.Fuck it .I’m tired of giving a damn.I feel sorry for the young people in this country.
I’m with you BB.
When you have a dream in REM sleep, your physical body cannot move. That is why we sometimes have dreams where would like to run or fight but can’t. Well that’s where Washington is at – it’s paralyzed. So many lies, so much corruption at every level, so much stupidity, so much bullshit.
The country was built strong. But now we’re just coasting, running on empty. It’s only a matter of time. Glad I’m 68.
P.S. Scroll down on this article and watch the video:
https://www.wired.com/story/why-john-deere-just-spent-dollar305-million-on-a-lettuce-farming-robot
They have machines that pick lettuce and fruit. We don’t need no stinkin’ Mexicans.
They are undercutting qualified trades doing everything dirt cheap. No qualifications and go around doing mobile spray painting and minor panel repair for abour 250$ a panel. Half what a properly qualified and licensed workshop needs to charge. They do that kind of thing in all the industries. Meanwhile half the citizens can’t get work because of the ridiculous level of background checks that don’t give them a chance for something like drink driving or fighting many years ago. But people who are breaking immigration law right now can carry on.
There was a time when I did not like AC. I had not taken the time to learn where AC’s passion stemmed from.
When AC asserts, “Their governing philosophy is: Anyone we bring in is at least better than an American!” after she gives a run down of facts, I know AC speaks about Americans who are apolitical as well as those who are political. AC has a passion for Americans that I never, never want to be hindered from hearing about regarding freedom of the press. In other words, I detest the value of communication slipping away.
I was listening to either NPR or MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) a day or two ago. Some might consider that masochistic, but I can filter out their (mostly) bullshit so it doesn’t affect my blood pressure much. They had some Latino person kvetching about the end of DACA and how it was going to affect them, and then it started talking about how was even more difficult because it was a tranny. I’m like – Jesus fucking Christ, can’t these victims at least limit themselves to one type of victimhood?
Yeah I like that – dual victim hood.
How ’bout “Tri Victim Hood”: Latino / Black / Trans ?
No…the more there are, the better the case for whining.
Im seeing the same thing with the agenda being pushed in the media re transgender in all native people like Indian, Maori and Aboriginals. Them being encouraged and given rewards and attention for being transgender, also doing this to their small school children.
I still don’t like her. Her political analysis amounts to bitching. Maybe it is because of her broad brush strokes, I really didn’t go into her column, I flashed on it and found I still dislike her point of view. Maybe it smacks of chicksplainin’ I don’t know.
Ever been subjected to chicksplainin’? It’s when some bitch is lying to you but she tries to cover her tracks by overexplaining minor details and never getting to the point in a satisfactory manner, sort of like what Anne Coulter does for a living.
I shit you not, she glosses over the fact that George Bush 2 put together an unlikely coalition. The bitch acts as though he didn’t have a political debt to Hispanic voters. The fucker practically put on a crown of thorns as he convinced Hispanic voters that he was a born-again Christian. Pastors in the Hispanic churches ate it up like manna. Yet to listen to this bitch, it was nothing but lily-white voters that put him in office (despite the fact he had to steal the election in Florida). She pulled some rationale out of her cunt to tsk-tsk that he fucked up his base by trying to at least throw the Hispanics a bone.
In the hills, decrepit boomers take to the blogs to rail against the tide of tortilla flippers. Build the wall! they scream into the interwebs. The country hasn’t been the same since Hoover left office. They all like living in the past.
The time for pretending that Hispanics all invaded the US in the last 10 years is over. Trying to push Hispanics back to second-class citizens may sell in Okeechobee or Wausau but here in the big city, talk of deporting Hispanics that have been here for generations is crazy talk. Crazy Anne plays to the tards in Trumpland. She scares them with the idea that Illegals are plotting to move to hicksville. That they are coming to the sticks with the intention of voting for Democrats. Get it through your small head at least, Hispanics vote for Republicans, they watch Football, they drive American made cars and marry white girls. We blend, bitchez.
El
Could you please expound a bit more re Ann? I’m not totally clear how you feel about her.
Also …. about Hispanics you write that THEY vote for Republicans, THEY watch Football, THEY drive American made cars and marry white girls. Yet, you close with — “WE blend, bitchez.”
So, do you not belong to that group (they) or, do you (we)?
Ms. Coulter’s work is consistent.
“Politicians and the press are themselves responsible for thoroughly killing any human sympathy Americans may have had for illegal immigrants — even the “Dreamers” (whom Ivanka adores, but would die before sending her kids to a school jam-packed with them).”
That’s not all they are responsible for. Politicans and the media address soft-spoken, elderly American country women with the coldest approach possible. Their deadbeat message to these women, consider yourself invisible.
Citizens of southern nations, who enter the US illegally, gain a special status privilege. This type of privilege in the US is known worldwide. It’s pass check is right up there with royalty. It is called superior visibility privilege.
This type of privilege permits non-citizens anywhere to bash US opposition toward such unearned privilege.
There are numerous privileged non-citizens in the US maintaining the US spotlight. Those effected by the loss of resources devoted to those with superior visibility privilege remain invisible.
“The time for pretending that Hispanics all invaded the US in the last 10 years is over. ”
I read the article and didn’t see any comment about deporting US citizens. If you immigrated legally I don’t care what color your skin is. Now if you invaded, be it yesterday or 25 years ago, you are breaking the law and should be deported.
In my northern liberal city I’ve seen militant protests of immigration reform walk right down the street in front of my office. What I saw was a cacophony of hate spewed about America and an endless stream of flags from every nation Mexico and south. The only American flag I saw was one being burned.
Hispanics, at least the vocal ones, are a bunch of fuckin idiots. The image they are projecting isn’t one that is well received even by the bleeding heart liberals I’m surrounded by. Hate to break it to you but there aren’t enough “hicks” in America to vote someone like Trump into office. YES, us city folks made that happen.
Also, last time I checked stats on elections the Hispanics overwhelmingly vote Democratic. Sure, they vote a few pts more Republican than the blacks but that ain’t saying much.
Never vote again, or, Vote Cthulu, why choose the lesser of two evils?
Giant meteor 2018.
I have that mug…SMOD
Good column.At the end of the column she wrote the following:
…” even the “Dreamers” (whom Ivanka adores, but would die before sending her kids to a school jam-packed with them).”
This is a bit off topic but as I read that I had a thought that I’d love to see conservatives push hard for,even though it’ll never happen.
Every Federal politician who does not vote to rescind all Federal laws pertaining to subject matter,access,and discrimination in public schools must send their children and grandchildren to public schools,not private schools.
No exceptions.
Of course we all want peace.
We are hurdling toward 4th world status, IQ’s dropping like a rock, infrastructure crumbling, cities under fire, inflated dollar under siege, public educational system failing and yet there is hope.
Consider all the govinmint types it took to kill a 14 year old boy, a dog and a woman holding a baby on Ruby Ridge.
Consider all the resources, tanks, helicopters employed to kill, David, “They told me he was slapping the babies,” Koresh and children at Waco, TX.
It took one former soldier to take out the Murrah Federal Building.
No, it took a team. The building contained records of Mena Ar.
or some other crime records of Bill Clinton’s. It was a faked
event, using BS stories. Remember, they found un-exploded
bombs in the building. Etc.
Oldtoad, I agree with you but Tim McVeigh was a patsy for da gubment. Sadly, it was yet another false flag operation easily checked out on You Tube.
Nobody can say it like Ann. She needs to hook-up with Kurt Schlichter and have a baby. A baby who eventually would be homeschooled, of course.
Plus she has good taste in music:
“She is a fan of several jam bands, such as the Grateful Dead, the Dave Matthews Band, and Phish.” – wikipedia
What BB said
As long as the donors can keep paying, amnesty and illegal immigration will continue. It is ALL about cheaper and cheaper labor. They don’t give one good damn about any one of us. The strip mining of the citizen continues. The only question to ask now, is HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE putting up with it…
Trump was a life long Dem, …. until he saw the light. How convenient.
Now that light is dying right before our eyes as he reverts to what he always was.
Man, was I ever fooled!
I’m pretty sure the warning signs where there sir . Not sure who called it lol whatever GM out
The only question is: Will anyone in Washington ever listen?
Maybe when bullets fly and the pols are in the sights. Until then, I don’t think we can expect any change in their behavior.
Very sad.
Trump and his creepy kids have always been Dems. Stucky pegged it that El Trump turned Repugnant out of convenience.
Ivanka and Jared 666 are very liberal Dems…….period. Why do some of you keep making excuses for them?
Trump is a plant….to insure HC election….backfired…we backers were fooled, double crossed. Game over, we all lose.
Just because we are paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get us.
What else can you do? Find a way to take back national financial sovereignty per the Constitution or you’re done. Any nation (and that’s nearly all of them) that surrenders it financial sovereignty to a shadowy private cabal with respect to coinage, credit creation and debt-backed finance has painted itself so far into a corner that it’ll take a sky-hook to get it out.