Is Pres. Obama Holding Border Security Hostage?
If you read my blog regularly you know how important outreach to the minority community is to me. If you heard my post that Rush Limbaugh read on air in full, you know why. I also explain it here.I write about the black community, but the same can be said for the Hispanic community as well.
If you read me regularly you also know that I am critical of those on both the far left and the far right on immigration reform. The far left seem to want open borders, and the far right won't be happy until every illegal is deported. Both are wrong, and both bring us to lousy immigration "policy" that we have now. We have been stuck for decades with no real reform. We have the left screaming if you so much as mention a fence. We have the right screaming if you so much as mention a way for illegals to become legal.
The truth is that Americans in general see both sides. We can't for the life of us understand why we can't compromise and get the job done. As I have said before, I supported George Bush's immigration reform, and we should have passed it then. It was fair, and it would have worked. It allowed illegals, who are exploited every day in this country, to come out of the shadows and register as a guest worker. They would have been required to return to Mexico and re-apply as a guest worker after a few years, AND it would have put them at the back of the line for citizenship. We missed that opportunity for common sense reform because of stubborn Republicans, and Democrats who won't support anything a Republican President does, even if they agree with it.
Now we have Arizona Senator Jon Kyle telling an audience that in a private meeting Pres. Obama told him that the problem with securing the border is that Republicans won't have a reason to support immigration reform. Senator Kyle then said, "In other words, they're holding it hostage."
Make no mistake, when Pres. Obama talks about immigration reform, he means full blown amnesty. All illegals made legal. Period. Why? To secure Hispanic votes for generations for Democrats. My hope is that the Hispanic community can learn from the black community, and see what voting in lock step with the Democrats have done to and for them (listen to the Rush link above for details on that, or read the piece here).
Just about every reasonable person agrees that we must secure the border first. Immigration reform means nothing if we continue to have a pourous border. Not securing the border first was one of the mistakes that Bush made.
Pres. Obama needs to understand that Americans don't see this as a political game. This is about national security as well. Especially with violent drug wars and kidnappings going on literally within hundreds of yards from our border. And even within our borders. Drug related kidnappings are occuring in border states.
Not only does securing our borders keep those who would do us harm from entering our country, but maybe, just maybe, we can stem the flow of illegal drugs. There is simply no upside to a pourous border. None. The reason the majority of Americans support the Arizona law is out of frustration. They simply want the security of our nation taken care of. It is the number one job of our government. Almost everyone agrees on that. And it shouldn't be held hostage to political games.
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