McCain goes before LULAC again.
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On Tuesday, Senator McCain went before the League of Latin American Citizens and gave a speech.
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Senator John McCain told a major Hispanic group here Tuesday that he remained committed to passing the kind of immigration legislation that angered many Republican voters last year, but he underscored that he intended to first secure U.S. borders.
Remove "Senator John McCain" and I'd think it was a Democrat talking.
"I and many other colleagues twice attempted to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix our broken borders, ensure respect for the laws of this country, recognize the important economic necessity of immigrant laborers, apprehend those who came here illegally to commit crimes and deal practically and humanely with those who came here, as my distant ancestors did, to build a better, safer life for their families," McCain said, "without excusing the fact they came here illegally or granting them privileges before those who have been waiting their turn outside the country."
Bolding by me. Senator McCain, being here illegally is committing a crime. You continue to support the illegal action of illegal immigration. You continue to stick it in the eye of thse who are patient and go through he process of coming here legally.
He added: "Many Americans, with good cause, didn't believe us when we said we would secure our borders, and so we failed in our efforts. We must prove to them that we can and will secure our borders first, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States of America.
You have failed. Both the Republican and Democrat Congress have failed. Both parties have had the full ability and call to secure the borders, but neither have. Both sides have horrible failed in securing our borders.
But we must not make the mistake of thinking that our responsibility to meet this challenge will end with that accomplishment. We have economic and humanitarian responsibilities as well, and they require no less dedication from us in meeting them."
Granting amnesty or coddling those who are here illegally is not a economic or humanitarian responsibility of the United States. In fact, some would say that it is little more than looking the other way at today's slaves. They are paid far sub-standard wages and they are crammed into horrible living conditions. If you want to talk about economic and humanitarian responsibility, send them home so they can come here legally, so that they can have the freedom that they would then deserve as legal residents.
When McCain was taking the most heat about the subject, he sometimes warned that Republicans risked alienating Hispanic voters, just when the party had been making gains in attracting them. Bush drew 40 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004, exit surveys showed.
Only because people have convinced the Hispanics that if someone opposes illegal immigration, they are racists who want to get rid of all hispanics. You play into the Democrat themes, Senator McCain.
He also spoke of one of his fellow prisoners of war in Vietnam, a Mexican-American, of the many Hispanic names etched on the Vietnam War memorial and of the many Hispanic troops now serving in Iraq and Afghanistan who are not yet American citizens.
Yes, Senator McCain, they are not yet American Citizens, but they are here legally.
How about if you pander to the Right for a change?
If you enter a country illegally, you are breaking the law. That makes you a criminal.
Now, I'm not saying that coming here to work in the fields is akin to being a heroin pusher and gang member.... but for McCain to say that he wants to just deport the illegal immigrants committing crimes suggests that he doesn't think illegal immigration is a crime.
Illegal Immigration is a federal crime. It is illegal. You are not allowed to do it. Illegal is NOT different from crime, and this push that it is, to me, is kind of creepy.
As for Elian, RADICALLY different issue for, you see, he was here legally.
We have a standing policy with cubans where if they touch our dry land, they are here legally. He had done so. His family took him in and, just because Casto wanted him back, the Clinton Administration went in with full battle armor and kidnapped a legal resident, sending him back to Cuba, where he has now been brainwashed.
Do not compare the two situations. illegal immigrants are not legal residents.
And their being here violates the law. They are criminals. They may be nice and hard working, but they are still here illegally.
Senator McCain is weak on this issue. He always has been, he has also regularly pandered to such groups, even winning an award from La Raza for his resistance to English as the Official Language of the United States.
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but illegal entry to our country is a civil offense, not a criminal offense. There are two different classifications under the law. Technically McCain's position is correct.
McCain for POTUS so the left can't ruin SCOTUS.
If you are needing to split hairs and involve interpretations of legal scholars, then you are really reaching for a way to justify what is said.
It is only a few steps above asking what the definition of the word 'is' is.
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Some of these people are victims of trafficking. They may not have any idea that there were being used by the syndicates.
Let us make a differentiation between the hoodlums and the victims.
I guess McCain is right. Secure the border first to stop everything.
Then let us address the problem of illegal aliens on a case-to-case basis.
Deporting them immediately may not be a good idea especially if some of these people can contribute to the overall economy. And that will cause some form of "witch hunting". And we don't want to do the "Obama's Lawyers" mistake of forcing the deportation of the boy Ellan, which now becomes a certified Cuban revolutionary.