(JUNE 15, 2007) - U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) today announced “Secure Borders Now” ), http://www.securebordersnow.com/a new website for Americans to urge the Senate to consider immigration reform that focuses on enforcing existing border security laws and opposition to amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.
Unfortunately it appears many in the Senate remain deaf to the voices of the American people, as yet another backroom deal has emerged designed to revive the fatally flawed immigration bill and its immediate path to amnesty. The ‘Secure Borders Now’ petition gives Americans an opportunity to voice their opposition. I hope my constituents and citizens from all across our country will take action, sign the petition and show how many Americans are strongly opposed to this bill.”
“Despite the promise of increased funding for border security and additional votes on a handful of amendments, the proposed legislation will continue to shortcut the current naturalization process and grant amnesty to 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants currently in our country. That is a trade off that I simply cannot support.
“The first step in any significant immigration legislation must be securing our borders and enforcing existing laws. It is unconscionable to make border security conditional on the guarantee of amnesty. Even with the promise of additional funding for border security, the Senate bill focuses far too much on controversial and irresponsible programs such as the ‘Z-visa’ (which I voted to eliminate), and far too little on ensuring that our borders are no longer porous.
“I have stated from the outset of this immigration debate that I will vehemently oppose any legislation that guarantees amnesty for illegal immigrants, unfairly burdens taxpayers or fails to secure our borders.
“It is time that we deal with real immigration reform beginning with border security. This is the best way to restore trust with the American people and facilitate future improvement of our immigration policy.”
On Tuesday, Senator Inhofe joined eight Senators in writing a letter to President Bush urging him to fulfill the border security provisions listed in the Senate immigration bill whether the legislation passes or not. Each border security trigger in the bill can be implemented under current law without any need for new legislation from Congress.
A Rasmussen Reports national phone survey conducted June 11 and 12, found that only 20 percent of voters wanted Congress to try and pass the Senate bill that failed last week. Sixty-nine percent favored an approach that focused “exclusively on securing the border and reducing illegal immigration.”
10 comments:
MT, my apologies for deleting your comments to the original post. I had the original in a state of utter contemptuousness, and I couldn't figure out how to correct it. Hope nobody saw it.
As I recall your entries included a thank you for posting it (you're welcome!), an appeal to our readers to click on the link and sign the petition (which I second), and a second comment advising that you had signed the petition leaving a comment related to your refutation of the 'four pillars.'
If I missed anything please so advise. But don't ya think this looks better than the original?
Once again, my apologies, Sir. Still learning y'all. ;)
Oh, btw, I've signed it as well.
DW,
No sweat, brother. You summed it up exactly as I had said it. The point about the phased approach as I outlined it in the "four pillars" post is an important one. We must always be dilligent about offering corrective, and I might add, balanced advice when we see action being taken that doesn't comport with proper logic.
Never complainers, we are correctors.
-MT
P.S. Speaking of correctors, many thanks to our Chief Technology Officer for his assistance!
-MT
Your very welcome, glad to be of service. If any further assistance is needed feel free to ask. Keep up the good work.
-Liberty
DW and MT, thanks for stopping by my blog and letting me know about this petition. I will link to it also.
-VA
VA, thanks for stopping by. And thanks for putting up the link on your blog as well.
So long as the U.S. Senate is ultimately dependent on the direct will of the People these days (a fact that some of our illustrious Senators seem to have forgotten), then we oughta wield it in that direction on vital issues like this whenever we can.
And we can. Don't kid yourselves.
Sign that petition!
-DW
Folks, not everybody is as lucky as we are to have a CTO/CIO - technically inept as the contributors here are. Thanks again.
VA, do you ever sleep? ;)
-MT
Speaking of our good fortune of having a CTO/CIO (stupid question MT, but what does the latter stand for?), the readers'll note that the AFB has taken on something of a different look (or a few different looks) here lately.
Please be patient with us y'all as we work on giving this blog a proper facelift, and adding a few features that we didn't have before.
Just tryin' to keep up with the Jones's. ;)
You know this one...
Chief Information Officer, of course!
-MT
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