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Immigration NewsDean Barnett fields questions: 9) So what’s the political fall-out from all of this? The Bush White House continues displaying its mad political skillz by putting out the word that anyone who's against this is a hard-hearted bigot who favors the death penalty for poor brown people just trying to feed their babies. There's nothing we conservatives enjoy more than being called genocidal racists by a president we voted for. An article tallies up the Senators who've gone on record and finds that many are on the fence. And -- bonus! -- the bill's big plus, that of drawing "undocumented workers out of the shadows," might not even pay off, as illegal workers may find the fine and other requirements too onerous and may remain, get this, still in the shadows. On that last point, let me say that the White House is defining this "out of the shadows" business as if that's the critical problem that needs addressing. When all you have is a hammer, define your problem as a nail, even it if isn't. Amnesty won't solve the real problems of uncontrolled illegal immigration -- such as, you know, uncontrolled illegal immigration; indeed, it will exacerbate the real problem by encouraging monkeys-running-amok-in-your-ass gonzo uncontrolled illegal immigration. So Bush claims the big, big problem we've had all these years is not that we've had tens of millions of illegal immigrants in our country straining public services, ignoring important laws about taxes and auto insurance, and driving down wages for and taking jobs from actual American. No, that's not the problem -- the problem is really that illegal immigrants have been doing all these things in the shadows. Now they'll be straining public services, ignoring important laws, and driving down wages for and taking jobs away from long-time Americans in the sunshine. And isn't sunshine a good thing? Who doesn't like a nice, healthy bronze tan? Meanwhile, what Americans have generally considered to be the actual problem gets entirely ignored. David Frum agrees that Bush's clumsy legacy-building will build a hell of a legacy indeed: the likely permanency of the Republican minority, whether or not this abomination passes or not: 1) The typical (median) American worker has seen his income stagnate under George W. Bush. Immigration is not the only reason for this wage stagnation, but it is certainly one of the reasons. With this immigration bill, the GOP is telling hard-pressed workers: Go look to somebody else to help you. BTW, Frum's prediction was just proven true. ... And he makes this point: Immigration hawk bloggers and broadcasters have been pounding at the Senate immigration deal from the minute it was announced. It was Mickey Kaus who first noticed that illegals will no longer be expected to pay back taxes. The immigration amnesty is now also a tax amnesty. Actually, we don't have that, as the bill isn't finished yet, and will most likely be voted on before it's released publically, or even read by most Senators. Kaus continues blogging like a Warrior-Poet, as William Wallace would say: President Bush in an address from the Oval Office a year ago: Someone else -- Instapundit, maybe -- suggested that all current US citizens should immediately file for Z Visas in order to get out of any previous tax difficulties. Or even future ones. Who knows what amazing goodies the ultimate bill will contain. Keep scanning down, lots of good stuff at Kaus. Like, gee willickers, isn't it funny that Bush's favoribility crumbles everytime he pushes this? Lastly, about that F-You dust-up between Cornyn and McCain. (read down to "What about the substance?") Powerline says that it was all due to Cornyn's insistence on genuine internal enforcement, and and end to the catch-and-release policy. That stuff was in previous versions of various bills, and had always been in the mix of the "compromise," but Ted Kennedy wanted it removed and so he got it removed. At which point McCain started cursing about Senators daring to interfere in the legislative process. McCain's cursing worked -- no longer is there any such provision in the "compromise" at actually catching and deporting the future illegal immigrants in a speedy manner, rather than issuing them "notices to appear" in immigration courts which are almost never actually obeyed. (Indeed, the notices are called "notices to disappear" or "notices to abscond" by folks in the immigration-law community.) That's all the news I can think of right now. The pressure must be kept on. Even Senators who are against the bill -- like Jeff Sessions -- are not promising to filibuster it, and a filibuster may be needed. If only to slow the process so that the American public has at least a few months to figure out what the hell this still-being-written bill actually says. Good guys like Sessions have to be pressured to commit to a filibuster, at least for a decent amount of time. We don't want to punch up our allies too much, but simply voting "Nay" on the bill while voting "Yay" for cloture will likely result in this abomination being passed. The Senate is really the only place this can possibly be stopped. Iron Nancy can do what she wants in the House, and El Presidente Chimphalliburton is going to sign anything that gives him his amnesty legacy. They're trying to sneak this past us all -- in the shadows, as it turns out -- because they know what a thorough examination of the bill will reveal. After all, there's so much momentum behind this bill. There are literally hundreds of Americans who support the Bush-McCain-Kennedy compromise. | Recent Comments
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