A big problem with the illegal alien situation is the elected officials. We need them to start to make the hard choices required to bring sanity back to the problem.

karenhasfreedom on May 24, 2012 at 5:12 PM

Secure the border first.

Send the home Countries an invoice for all Services rendered for every illegal that is here.

I am so sick of these Congresspeople just giving away everything that the American Taxpayer has. I seriously question each one of their loyalties to our Country. They constantly put the illegals welfare over the Citizens in the U.S.A.

Rubio: Democrats not serious about immigration reform

Well Senator Rubio, with all due respect neither are the Republicans. Both parties are only interested in amnesty/partial amnesty and as many benefits they can give to the illegals. The only difference between the R’s & the D’s are which party can give the most of the American Taxpayer’s money.

Better to put a stop of allowing and in many cases importing thousands of illegals into our Country.

I’d like to see some consideration for the American Citizen Taxpayer.

These appearances are preparing the debating space for what comes next.

LOL! This is how you characterize the great betrayal that you know is coming. Romney was never serious about the pro-American, pro law and order anti-Amnesty positions he took during the primary.

Romney lied about opposing Amnesty. He lied about repealing Obamacare. How long will Conservatives who only reluctantly came around to supporting Romney stay with him when they realized this.

When they realize he’s “lying for the Lord”.

I think, since we seem to be in perpetual negotiations with them, we should ask the Iranians and some other members of the UN how they treat undocumented visitors.

We are now meeting again in June in what is becoming known as the Great Obama Kick the Nuclear Terror Problem Down the Road till After The Election Negotiations..

He broke his word on illegals.

Don’t count on it.

Ah, a Hot Air liberal, no exchange of ideas or facts just attacks and declarations. Your comments reveal much about you.

RJL on May 24, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Liberal? LOL. Wrong, genius.

Amnesty is a deal-breaker. Period. You can’t have amnesty no matter how high a wall you build. This is about interior enforcement, not some idiotic wall. Don’t attempt to speak for conservatives.

My opinion on this topic was clearly stated above, if you can read.

Frankly, I would like to eliminate chain migration, too. Most countries in the world only let you go to their country to live and work if you contribute to them in an area of need. The rest of your extended family has to stay home. Why are we different?

And for illegals who use our medical services, make them pay it back, even if it is at the rate of $20 a week. Stop giving them free stuff.

Eliminate sanctuary cities, great start. Eliminate all federal aid to states that allow sanctuary cities to exist. ALL aid, including medicaid. If the states have to pay for all of the medicaid themselves, they would quickly change their thinking about sanctuary cities.

A big problem with the illegal alien situation is the elected officials. We need them to start to make the hard choices required to bring sanity back to the problem.

Monkeytoe on May 24, 2012 at 4:31 PM

Even easier approach.

Fine companies $100,000.00 for every illegal they are caught employing, that is per individual employed, not per incident.

Even with GWB enforcement levels, the hiring of illegals suddenly becomes more like Russian Roulette than a sane business plan.

Monkeytoe on May 24, 2012 at 4:31 PM

The funny thing to me, is if Bush had pursued my plan, this would already be in place. We would now be in the phase or past the phase of granting legal residency to millions of illegals.

but the pro-amnesty crowd simply does not want to do anything whatsoever to a) reduce the flow of illegals or b) reduce the number of illegals here already.

It is really the pro-amnesty crowd that keeps the (aside from immigration) law-abiding, hard-working illegals “in the shadows” by refusing to compromise and allow reasonable enforcement efforts to precede a path to legality.

By simply crying “racism” and refusing to budge on the idea that we MUST pass an amnesty now, they ensure that nothing gets done. Yet they point the finger at those of us that want to make good/reasonable policy decisions about the issue as being somehow the villains.

I’m sure there are some on my side of the fence who are absolutists and would never want to see any form of “amnesty” ever, but most are like me – they simply want to see real, committed, and prolonged efforts to get both the in-flow under control and reduce the number of illegals already here before creating another incentive for more people to try and enter the U.S. illegally.

1. secure the border enough to reduce the flow of illegals by at least 65% (we know we won’t ever be able to stop the flow 100%);

2. get rid of sanctuary cities;

3. require hospitals and schools to report on immigration status of patients/students;

4. require local/state police to report immigration status of all arrestees, suspects, etc.

5. much more strongly enforce laws against employers who employ illegals (more investigation, stiffer fines, institute e-verify for everyone);

6. no more catch-and-release, speed up deportation procedure;

7. crack down on legal immigrants that overstay their visas (i.e. get the computer systems, etc up-to-date);

8. tax remittances to Mexico, etc.

9. after 5 years of the above, pass some form of comprehensive immigration reform that establishes a path to legal residency (not citizenship or voting rights) for remaining illegals who a) have never been convicted of a crime; b) have never used any welfare/assistance programs; c) are gainfully employed with health insurance and don’t require assistance; and d) have been here at least 10 years meeting the requirements of a, b and c above.

Not so hard. It achieves what the amnesty people want and what the border control people want without “rounding up” millions of illegals. Unless the true goal of the amnesty supporters is really just to give amnesty to everyone (regardless of ability to support themselves and/or their criminal history) plus want to invite in millions more illegals?

That’s retarded and incorrect.

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 24, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Ah, a Hot Air liberal, no exchange of ideas or facts just attacks and declarations. Your comments reveal much about you.

No we shouldn’t. We have an illegal and legal immigration problem. We should be cutting down a good 75% of legal immigrants at this time. Not only is legal immigration adding to our debt problem it’s also reshaping our culture and not in a positive way. We don’t need this kind of Bush/Rubio/McCain type immigration advocacy inside the GOP.

Proving themselves serious by securing the borders for all the world to see for a full year will open the door to immigration reforms.

RJL on May 24, 2012 at 4:02 PM

That’s retarded and incorrect.

Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday blamed Washington’s inability to produce a comprehensive immigration policy on Democrats who prefer that the issue remain unresolved so they can continue to leverage it to win the Hispanic vote.

Perhaps, but the real problem is the Republicans refusal to:

Secure the borders first!

Proving themselves serious by securing the borders for all the world to see for a full year will open the door to immigration reforms.

dumb de dumb dumb.
demographics people, we want and need those new people.

Zekecorlain on May 24, 2012 at 2:51 PM

What kind of parties are popular south of the border? How many U.S. style conservative parties are there in Mexico and South America, and how many socialist communist parties are there?

Heck, in that case, I could have voted for Perry instead of Romney…(not that I voted yet, here in Texas).

Weren’t we told Romney was tough on immigration?
So, to get around that, Romney will pick Rubio to give him cover?
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That’s right, we’re told to swallow the castor oil because it’s ABO. I’ll shut up now.

demographics people, we want and need those new people.

Zekecorlain on May 24, 2012 at 2:51 PM

Yes, by all means, let’s turn into the pander party that pursues idiotic policies b/c it might* win us votes.

*an amnesty will not win the GOP the Hispanic vote, otherwise Reagan’s amnesty would already have Hispanics largely in the GOP column. People from far left societies (most of South America) are not going to suddenly start voting for conservative gov’t. Nor is the fact that most Hispanics are Catholic result in Hispanics voting GOP (otherwise, they already would be). The Catholic vote splits fairly evenly and blacks, who allegedly are very socially conservative, don’t vote with the GOP. So, the idea that giving Hispanic an amnesty will win us those votes is simply not supported by a single fact whatsoever. Indeed, the actual facts tend to support that giving an amnesty will not move Hispanic votes at all.

This absurd idea that granting amnesty will win the GOP Hispanic voters is simply not based in any facts. Argue that it is good policy for the Country if you can, but stop with the nonsense that it is a political winner (which, by the way, shouldn’t matter if it is bad for the Country, which I believe it is).

Anything but immigration.

Do you know what I want to hear an openly gay elected official talk about?

Anything but gay marriage.

Do you know what I want to hear a female elected official talk about?

Anything but the glass ceiling and contraception.

Do you know what I want to hear an African American elected official talk about?

Anything but…o.k., you get the idea.

dumb de dumb dumb.
demographics people, we want and need those new people.

Since they are all working to turn the USA into a socialist hellhole there is no need to change or enforce immigration laws. We will soon be able to enjoy our misery equally, without regards to race, creed, color, national origin, allegiance or legal status.