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April 05, 2006
How Deep Can We Sink? Maybe I Shouldn't Ask...
"Un. Be. Lievable."
That's John Hawkins reaction to this story in the Washington Times (via Powerline), detailing the blocking by Democrats of an amendment to the immigration bill now under consideration that would bar illegal aliens convicted of felonies from obtaining US citizenship.
Yes, you read that correctly: the Democrats want to include those convicted of serious crimes in their plan to grant amnesty to those that have already blatantly flouted the laws of the sovereign United States. What sort of crimes? Hawkins (all emphases mine):
Granted, this would not apply to rapists or murderers. But here are some of the crimes that Democrats believe people should be able to commit without disqualifying themselves from being considered for American citizenship;"(B)urglary, assault and battery, possession of an unregistered, sawed-off shotgun, kidnapping and alien smuggling."
It appears to me that the arguments made by the pro-illegal immigration side all are based on one lynchpin assumption: that the United States has no inherent right to make laws regulating its own borders; any laws so enacted need not be adhered to by those wishing to come here from Mexico.
Every pro-illegal pundit starts by ignoring the basic illegality of the immigrants' status. This is more than just an argument about a possibly prejudicial label; it strikes straight through to the subject of "what are the inherent rights of a sovereign state?"
It should be clear to everyone: the US holds the legal, moral and ethical high ground in this debate.
But Harry Reid continues to sink further into the pit of abject pathetic petulant weaseldom. From the Times story:
Republican Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona and John Cornyn of Texas restated the purpose of their amendment and appeared incredulous that anyone would object to it."I do not have to explain in any more detail than what I have as why I don't want to move forward," Mr. Reid said. "I don't agree with the amendment. I don't think it's going to benefit this legislation that is pending before the Senate and I'm going to do what I can to prevent a vote on it."
Later, Mr. Reid added, "We're not going to allow amendments like Kyl-Cornyn to take out what we believe is the goodness of this bill."
I beg your pardon, Senator Reid? You don't have to explain yourself? Oh, but I think you do--I'm not at all grasping the idea of "the goodness of this bill".
There's no other word for my reaction to this than the one John Hawkins used.
Unbelievable.
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