GOP Congressman Renews Push for Immigration Curbs

GOP Congressman Renews Push for Immigration Curbs

"In a move that could put him at odds with President Bush, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee introduced legislation Wednesday that would effectively deny driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, tighten requirements for political asylum and complete the border fence between California and Mexico...

"Some Republicans have said that they did not speak out against the president's guest-worker program before the November elections out of loyalty to him; but they now feel free to oppose a program that their constituents view as amnesty for illegal immigrants."

I'm sure "amnesty for illegal immigrants" is not the phrase used. At least not in private.

The War on Terror (sic) couldn't have come at a better time for immigrant bashers and serves as a nice catch-all excuse. So we give up our civil liberties, and turn away people who want to become Americans. Meanwhile, the real issues of the war on terror - dependence on Middle Eastern oil, propping up regimes with no real popular support, and wrapping the whole thing up in an Israel Right Or Wrong attitude based on domestic political concerns rather than national interest - go unaddressed.

Anyway, it looks like we're taking a page from Israel and building a border wall. Or maybe that was Pat Buchanan's idea. Funny how extremists all start to seem the same after a while.

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