Everybody should read Michelle Malkin’s immigration blog article on this subject:

http://michellemalkin.com/immigration/2006/05/15/11:11.am

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 1:59 PM

Don’t even watch…you won’t believe him anyway. Join the dems on the bashing bandwagon. This is treasonist. This man needs proactivity not negativity.

Where were you 10 or 20 years ago…Duh, but it is cool to bash BUSH. Insanity

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 2:12 PM

I went to my North Carolina Senator’s web site.
He also has the whole thing in spanish???????????????
So I called Richard Burr’s office….
“Hey Senor thanks for the spanish translation”
Check your senator and see if he has a spanish translation of the entire website for his illegal constituency.
They have gone mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LZVandy on May 15, 2006 at 2:16 PM

Hey, JonB, I like the BorderGate suggestion!

That is what we need to call this scandal for now on: BorderGate. I am going to use this term for now on. I hope others will join me.

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 2:20 PM

The only Mexican that should stay in the US Pedro! I know this will be lost on anyone who doesn’t travel I-95 but those who do will surely agree! The only problem is that South of the Border continually moves Norte!

“BUENS DIAS, AMIGO! pedro VER’ GLAD YOU COME!!
pedro got 112 meelion amigos, who stay weeth heem, opp teel now all satisfy come back, send frans…thees make pedro ver’ HAPPEE…like for frans come back all time…pedro hope YOU make 112 meelion and wan happee amigos! you come back soon, too, yes?” www.pedroland.com

Dread Pirate Roberts VI on May 15, 2006 at 2:25 PM

I expect sanity. Most of you were all to chicken to raise your voice when Clinton or Reagan was president. Don’t give me the 9-11 bullcrap either. This issue has been on the table for the longest time.

You are opportunists hoping to take advantage of perceived weakness and you weaken our cause globally. These extremist comments I read won’t help conservatives or republicans one bit. Bush will work with you if you don’t become blowhards just like the dems…whoops, too late.

I am disgusted at this ambush of a great man.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 2:26 PM

The Hispanic vote only amounts to about 8% of the voting public. What is the GOP afarid of? I am very upset about the inaction with regards to this situation.

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 2:29 PM

tomas,

I, for one, have written my Congressmen several times over the past 6-7 years about this issue. I am a college student, I was only a small child during the 1986 amnesty, so I don’t know what you expect.

‘86 amnesty…enough said. Case made. You are all pissing on the man when he is down. Very noble.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 2:33 PM

I am trying to understand you Michelle….

You are extremely passionate (as we all are) about border security. But your stance on the NSA gathering all phone conversations of Americans has me baffled.

Please Michelle decide which side of the fence you are going to settle on — Americans who want our country back or Bushies/Kennedy’s/Clinton’s determined to expand their oligarchy!

DiverMike — Proud American who served his country for 30 years.

DiverMike on May 15, 2006 at 2:34 PM

Hey Tomas do you give a damn about this country?

ChelleFiche on May 15, 2006 at 2:28 PM

I do. I support my president vocally in when he needs it most at time of war…which is against his enemies…you guys.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 2:36 PM

So what are you saying, tomas? Should we just shut up and fall in line? Sorry. We’re not sheep like you. We won’t buy into your scare tactics/guilt trip. We place our country above our party.

You are falling in line. Why weren’t you so caring under Reagan or Clinton? You are now propogandists. I bet you guys what even vote.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 2:39 PM

I didn’t ask if you support your president (what if Hillary is your president, fool?), I asked if you support your COUNTRY and it speaks volumes that you don’t know the difference.

ChelleFiche on May 15, 2006 at 2:40 PM

tomas We here are not enemies of Bush. I like many people here have been big supporters of the President when he’s right. When anyone is wrong, whether it is the President or anyone, A person does not follow blindly. If I did follow my leaders blindly, then you could call me a liberal.

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 2:48 PM

zack,

Strict enforcement honors the effort and integrity of legal Americans like you. It also preserves the value of your earned citizenship.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 2:56 PM

No president, no senator, and no congressman runs this country. The people do.
That is, when the people take the time to make their voices heard. Sometimes it takes a lot to wake the people up. Usually the people feel as if they are burried under mounds of minutia spread about by the media. It is easier to cuddle together in sombulistic repose and wish that “some one else” will fix the problem while we sleep in our fragrant dens. In some ways Tomas is right. A majority of the people have slept and allowed our politicians to become corrupt. We have let them grow fat on graft and fed them pork. Some voices piped up, but were either shouted down or ignored.
Now here we stand at the precipice (or sliding down it depending on your POV). We are waking up, and we are making ourselves heard.
Bush is not a great man, he is just a man. And his ears are filled with the buzzing gnats of those who would destroy our way of life for their own gain. It is our job to drown out the gnats and make him, and by extension all members of the corrupt cesspit called our government, That we are waking up, and we demand they all do their job. That they Protect America and our Constitution. If they do not do that job then they will be removed.
Too many have forgotten the old adage;
“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance” We have ignored the internal forces that threaten us. We have slept when we should have been reading the signs.
Time to wake up. Stop trying to reason with moonbats, they are beyond reason. Instead make ourselves heard. Teach criticle thinking to our children, never blindly follow the words of another. Think for ourselves and never be afraid of what others will say. We have that freedom, we should use it more. Let the message out and let those who agree follow, ignore, or dispute it as they see fit.

Wow, this diatribe is a lot more general then the immigration vent…

Wyrd on May 15, 2006 at 2:57 PM

I have never left a comment anywhere before, but this issue has me so riled up that I cannot not say anything.

First off, my father put two kids through college doing those “jobs Americans won’t do”. So don’t try to give me that line, I know better. And it’s an insult to my father. And to me; I have also worked at some of those jobs to put food on the table.

We recently moved from Arizona. There are many things going on along the border that rarely seem to be mentioned, if at all. Such as:
- People living along the border who have tried to stop illegals / drug runners crossing their land having their homes shot up by automatic weapons fire.
- Known gathering spots for illegals being attacked by rival “coyotes” with some illegals being wounded or killed.
- Finding out your next-door neighbor in that nice subdivision is actually a drug runner’s warehouse or a hiding spot for illegals on their way north.
- About once a month, a vehicle crammed full of illegals rolling over, with the injured being taken by helicopter to a medical facility that is stuggling to survive because of this uncompensated care.
- Running gun battles on the interstate between rival “coyotes”.
- and on, and on, and on.

Along the border, we have had years of this. I was hoping that maybe now something would be done. But I have lost confidence in President Bush and Congress, so I really doubt it.

Ex AZ on May 15, 2006 at 3:01 PM

HAHAHAHA! What a pleasant sight it is to watch you people meltdown over this! And look who’s calling for impeachment now?!

Guess what, you have 3 more years left of this guy. You voted for him and his buddies. Now you will have to deal with the consequences. Enjoy your “buyers remorse”! LOL!

better off blue on May 15, 2006 at 3:01 PM

I want to believe the President, I really do. But, I don’t. This feckless illegal immigrant policy with its pandering to the liberals is just the kind of thing that led to creation of the Conservative Party in New York State back in the late 60’s - early 70’s. Maybe it’s time to do the same thing on a national scale.

listeve on May 15, 2006 at 3:04 PM

better off blue,

By the same standards, we would have had to impeach Kerry, as well. He definitely wasn’t going to enforce our immigration laws. Frankly, you liberals are a huge part of the problem. You don’t care about the deterioration being caused by unrestrained immigration. You couldn’t care less about the rampant crime, the destruction of the health care system, the decline of educational standards, so long as your beloved Dhimmicrats get a few more votes down the line. Moonbats just don’t care if the United States is “slouching toward Guadalajara.”

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 3:08 PM

Well, “better off blue”, no matter WHAT Bush does, it couldn’t be as bad as had Kerry gotten elected. There is a difference between being angry, and remorseful. Remorseful would mean one would WANT Kerry as President, I doubt ANYONE here would want that. Better off DEAD than “blue” for sure.

NRA4Freedom on May 15, 2006 at 3:09 PM

tomas,

On judges and this the conservatives have been vocal against our president.

And it worked well, didn’t it? We got conservative judges rather than more judicial activist moonbats. If only Bush would listen to true conservatives on BorderGate as well.

Conservatism is no better than liberalism

Spoken like a true (and relativistic) moonbat.

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 3:16 PM

“When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected a cure.

“There is nothing new in the story. It is as old as the sibylline books. It falls into that long, dismal catalogue of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind. Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong—these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history”

Winston S. Churchill

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 3:17 PM

And it worked well, didn’t it? We got conservative judges rather than more judicial activist moonbats. If only Bush would listen to true conservatives on BorderGate as well.

Where have you been supporting him?

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 3:20 PM

Well done Michelle. We do need all the help we can get! God bless America!

doll on May 15, 2006 at 3:22 PM

Very good vent, Michelle.

Although we have not yet seen the Pres Bush’s speech, I fear that your vent will be quite accurate concerning his speech.

I will guess that the bottom line of the speech will be:

“Folks, the problem is out of control. It has been this way for too long. I don’t know what to do about it. It is better to appease illegal aliens in this case. I don’t want to look like the bad guy here. Hopefully by cutting them a break via this amnesty disguised as a worker’s program, they will cut us a break and cooperate with us. I do not want to make Mexico angry with me, especially since there is a chance that a conservative president being elected in Mexico. I don’t want Mexico to go the socialist way of Venezuala, Bolivia, etc. I have been an open borders kind of guy and really do not see what is wrong with that. I have to stress the point about the jobs that Americans will not do while NOT addressing the issue that Americans would do those jobs if the proper wage was paid. National Guard troops will be sent to the border to show that I am tough and that I have heard what you have to say, but I must only put them in a passive support role for now (lots of trucks need to have the oil change you know…heh, heh). Etc., etc., etc.”

Being allowed to immigrate to America is a priviledge. It is not a right, it is not an inheritance. It is NOT the equivilent of checking into a bed and breakfast establishment that overlooks the New England coastline and forests.

Any thing less than whole hearted enforcement of our immigration laws and border laws is not only a slap in the face of the American people and the meaning of the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch, but it is a slap in the face who entered America legally.

The Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the US Codes are the laws of the land. They are not recipies for gourmet meals. They are written to be read and obeyed. They are not designed to wrap our lunches in. They are are not some ancient form of toilet paper. They are the frabic of our nation. Indeed, they are the FOUNDATION of our nation.

Whatever the solution to the illegal alien/border security problem should be based on the will of the American people in accordance to our laws of our great nation through the proper action of the President, the Legislature, and the Judiciary as authorized by the laws of our land.

Washington, DC MUST remain Washington, DC, and NOT Washington, PC.

The False Dervish on May 15, 2006 at 3:28 PM

Dman,

You are exactly right. Let us channel our rage in the right direction–at the Senate and White House. Only the House stands in the way of this atrocity and only a GOP-controlled body over there will stop it. Senate Republicans are as pathetic as Bush although they might not be subject to the same blackmail and pressures.

If you have an anti-amnesty, pro-enforcement senator or house member, vote for him or her. Vote out anyone else. Dry up the corporatist money. This is the only thing we can do without resort to the same lawlessness this Administration and government has exhibited.

godhelpUSA on May 15, 2006 at 3:30 PM

Something about u boats sinking the immigrants as they came over…

Dman, I meant spanking those in the house and senate who needed a reminder on whom they work for. Some people in both places have done a great job. Others are only in it for themselves.
I would hope that if our voice is heard, then all would stand up and take notice. From the top all the way down to whomever is running for city dog catcher.

Wyrd on May 15, 2006 at 3:33 PM

Just remember…you are contributing to troubles for our soldiers. Just remember that.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 3:34 PM

better of Pinko,

You voted for him, you put your faith in him, and now he’s stabbing you straight in the back as hard as he can, and all you people can do is whine non-stop about Kerry and liberals and make up juvenile kindergarten playground names like “Dimocrats.”

Then who else were we supposed to vote for? John Kerry or maybe Ralph Nader? Are you stating that you go along with every Democratic politician you have ever elected on every single issue? You have no arguments with anything Gore or Kerry ever said? If Hillary Clinton is the next presidential candidate will you support her without a single reservation? Then again, maybe you will. Her platform probably isn’t much, since the Dhimmicratic Party these days defines itself negatively. They tell us what they are against, rather than what they are for.

juvenile kindergarten playground

A perfect description of the nature of your arguments here today.

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 3:39 PM

tomas. My son is in the USAF. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 3:44 PM

look who’s ludicrous.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 3:49 PM

better off blue: The Dems. are A party that is bought and paid for by the “Shawdow Partys”,(Move-On.Org)etc. I belive In my heart that George Bush is A decent man. The leaders of the Dems. are no more than pimps and whores, filled with hatered for this country, they have sold their SOUL. To hear John F’n Kerry last December on one of the Sunday shows calling the troops in Iraq “terrorists” like he did the troops in Vietnam twenty five years ago in front of Congress fills me with rage. To hear Sen. (Helmet Head) Dick Durbin saying the troops in Iraq “are no better than thugs of Pol Pot, or Gastapo stroom troopers”, also fills me with rage. To hear Sen.(the swimmer) Kennedy conplain about the treatment of the terrorists makes my blood boil. Better off blue the leaders of the Demmocrap Party are your God, I hope your proud.

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 3:51 PM

I can and I do question your patriotism.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 3:54 PM

Actually, on behalf of better of blue, I should mention that he didn’t vote for Kerry in the last election. He actually wrote-in Robert “KKK” Bryd for president. Al Gore for veep. ;-)

tommy1 on May 15, 2006 at 3:56 PM

What “tomas” is saying is that anyone who wants can go to his home, clean it, sweep it, do the laundry, hell even clean out his toilet and he won’t call the police because he doesn’t want to burden the police. He’ll let the housebreaker stay because they’ll be doing jobs he doesn’t want to do.

What a guy that “tomas” is.

moonsbreath on May 15, 2006 at 4:05 PM

MM for president? Sounds good, Where do I sign up!

Tomas, as an American citizen and a vet, I feel it is my obligation to voice my opinion, either for or against the sitting president, on matters I feel are a threat to the security of the US. He is not all knowing, and NEEDS the guidance of those he governs on the issues that affect us as a whole. Were we as citizens not to respond,we would be in no better shape than the poor souls who languish under the thumb of the worlds despots. Do not confuse objective criticism with bashing. Our guidance is essential to the performance of our nation. The founding fathers created our goverment with this very issue in mind. It is what seperates us from the majority of the world and makes us the finest nation mankind has ever seen.

jcon96 on May 15, 2006 at 4:07 PM

Bush speaks in less than four hours. We need to remember the lesson of Simpson-Mazzoli. Enforcement FIRST, then talk to us about a “comprehensive” solution. Bush is a good man, but he’s stubborn. So are we. The judgement of the people must prevail on this.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 4:17 PM

It was a quick post…excuse the grammar.

tomas on May 15, 2006 at 4:27 PM

tomas, I agree!!! We also need to stem the flow of the money back to Mexico. If the illegals can’t find work, and if they have difficulty sending money home, they will lose incentive to stay. No roundup needed - they will self-deport.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 4:35 PM

We must keep pressureing our Congressmen in Washington over the illigals, tell them no amnesty, and to punish employers when they hire illigals. We must tell our Congressmen to stand up and be counted, or be counted out on election day.

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 4:38 PM

godhelpUSA,

What’s needed a good spanking, not a political killing. I’m as angry as you are, but we have to be smart about it. We have to focus and direct our energy.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 4:39 PM

Michelle, just a thought for tonight on O’Reilly. Could you talk about the whole “deportation is out of the question,” mantra.

Every time I hear that it makes my blood boil! I think the country could really benefit from a thorough discussion of such.

If all social services/benefits to illegals were cut off as of a certain date, I think that much of the problem would solve itself. Then it would be downright easy to deport whatever is left. Whatever the cost is, it cannot come close to the annual cost of Illegal Aliens.

America1st on May 15, 2006 at 4:45 PM

One benefit to the illegals that really drives me nuts is when they have A baby, we not only have to pay for the hospital bills and the doctor bills then the child becomes A U.S. citizen. This is A great incentive for coming over the border. Who the hell came up with this idea?

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 4:56 PM

Good presentation, Michelle.

Unfortunately, it is unlikely to have any impact on our political minders in Washington D.C.

Repeat after me: Liberalism is the philosophy of consolation as the West commits suicide.

It appears some of our Senators are already drinking the purple Kool-aid.

kurt9 on May 15, 2006 at 5:02 PM

birdman,

Wikipedia has a good article on “anchor babies”. If this problem can be addressed without a constitutional amendment, it should.

dman on May 15, 2006 at 5:04 PM

dman: Thanks for the information. I will go over to Wikipedia right now.

birdman on May 15, 2006 at 5:08 PM

This is my first post anywhere and I apologize for the length. God knows, there’s so much to say and cover… Oh? Can I say God?

Why is it that we can’t just face facts? The country and the government is debating over something that was already decided years ago, namely how a foreign born individual can enter this country and what track that person is permitted to take.
It’s not like we, all of a sudden, discovered ants in the kitchen. Where is the government “enforcing” the laws already on the books? Obviously, it is not, and therefore, the government is in dereliction of its duty to the citizenry of the country. So, if we all decide not to pay taxes because it suits our liking, and we do it to the tune of millions of people, will the government ignore our transgressions? I doubt it. How can we fire those not doing their jobs? Hmmm? Ever ask yourself “why” they are not enforcing the law?
So what’s going on? And, more pointedly, what’s going on with Bush? Here’s a president who after the events of 9/11 stubbornly invades Iraq in the name of national security yet fails to secur our own borders. Further, he and his handlers are the architects of the Patriot Act, the international call eavesdropping scheme, the NSA collection of general phone records, and who knows what else…but the borders remain open. Does he know something about “terrorism” that he’s not telling us? Is Bush by his misguided policy saying that there is no real terror threat? Well, is he? It’s ironic that we, under Bush, Sr., rushed to the aid of Kuwait when Saddam crossed its borders. It must be that our own borders are far less important to our leaders.
The government, under Bush’s leadership (!) has recently announced that Social Security will soon collapse followed in kind by Medicare. Why do we still have plenty of dollars to provide welfare, medicine and education to non-citizens? Where is that funding coming from? Our pocket. Has Congress applied for and won our approval to disburse OUR money to an invasion force? What gives then the right to take food from our plates and give it away to those not paying their fair share? Do they actually have that right? Where are all the conservative lawyers out there or is that an oxymoron?

Though there’s so much more, I will not go on…you get the point. The problem is systemic and threatens the very core of our existence as a nation. Our government is bought and paid for, but not by us. We need to organize our opposition to the self-serving and reckelss policies of the President and the Congress. As much as I have no use for the French, they have the right idea—a national strike—hit the G where it lives—take to the streets. Better get a plan moving before this administration’s avian flu, or the blob, the terrorist toooth-fairy or worse, more RepibliCrat government comes to your towm.

sickofexcuses on May 15, 2006 at 5:20 PM