The bipartisan immigration bill, presently stalled in Congress, has been called the "Grand Compromise" by its supporters, but Thomas Sowell's description of the bill as a "bipartisan betrayal" is more like it.
I think that the Democrats and Republicans who support this bill are trying to gain political advantage rather than trying to solve a very important problem.
Immigration affects our country's future: our population growth, our resources, our language and culture, and our political mix.
These important issues should be decided by a serious discussion involving all U.S. citizens.
Until we establish control of immigration, however, the ones making the decisions will be the illegal immigrants themselves, those who employ them, and irresponsible politicians.
Control means we have to enforce existing laws. We have to make crossing the border illegally much more difficult, and we have to make illegal employment much more difficult to find.
Fenced borders and national ID cards are certainly not part of my image of America, but I do think we have to get serious about who gets to decide about America's future.
Jerry R. Varner
Greensboro
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"I think that the Democrats and Republicans .. are trying to gain political advantage rather than trying to solve a very important problem."
Damm there's some insight. Ya really think they might actualy do that? Well in that case, I'll certainly pull the correct voting lever NEXT time.
Posted by James D. Rockefeller![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.news-record.com/staff/letters/nav-commenters.gif)
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June 20, 2007 3:17 AM
Good point JDR, you're screwed either way. Repubs want to please big business with cheap labor and are deathly afraid of being labelled anti-Hispanic. Dems too are afraid of being anti-Hispanic and believe a large new group of lower income people will add a new voting block.
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June 20, 2007 6:16 PM
It is time to remind all of our `visiting Guests' that when you go to
another country, it is your responsibility to fit in and learn the
language of the land, not the other way around. In the UISA, the
language is American English, not Spanglish, Frenglish, nor Ebonics
or Ewokese but American English! If you can't read our signs, our
news publications etc then you need to learn how. If those who are
visiting us as Guests want to read things in their native languages
then they need to go back there. It's not that difficult to
understand!
Long Live the United Imperial State of America!
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June 20, 2007 6:38 PM
To Clonejediluuke, I didn't know there was such a thing as American English. Is it different from British English, Japanese English or Russian English? So, using your logic, Columbus should have learned the language of those natives that he met?
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June 20, 2007 8:22 PM