{"id":1776,"date":"2012-06-13T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2012-06-13T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T06:22:13","slug":"balancing-on-the-illegal-immigration-fence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"Balancing On The Illegal Immigration Fence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an article from June 2, 2007 issue which discusses the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007<\/a> which died in the Senate and was never voted on. It was basically a compromise bill so obviously Republicans hated it, but Democrats also were not fond of it. The article also features that flip-flopper extraordinaire, Spiff Romney. Is Romney for or against illegal immigration reform? Who knows…<\/p>\n

Illegal Immigration Bill Explained<\/h3>\n

Congress and the President are currently sponsoring a very complex bill aimed at fixing the current immigration problem in the United States and while it has supporters on both side of the aisle, it also has detractors from both parties as well. Among some of the criticisms is that the bill is too complex and that immigrants won\u2019t be able to understand it.<\/p>\n

Conservative Republicans like South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint have said that the bill amounts to nothing more than amnesty. \u201cIt\u2019s amnesty, I tell you. It\u2019s nothing but amnesty. I haven\u2019t read this bill but it is just plain amnesty. Amnesty, amnesty, amnesty. It\u2019s amnesty and I\u2019m agin\u2019 it.\u201d He then turned and spit some tobaccy juice into a nearby spittoon.<\/p>\n

Republican candidate for President, Mitt Romney, agreed. \u201cI, too, have not read this bill but basically it\u2019s amnesty plain and simple and if John McCain supports it then I don\u2019t. Vote Romney!\u201d<\/p>\n

President Bush scolded his fellow Republicans. \u201cShame on all of you! Shame! Shame! Shame! Not for not reading the bill\u2026hell I didn\u2019t read it either. But for disagreeing with me; the President. I am the President! I am the President! I am the President! What are you? Democrats? Terrorists? Ooops same thing, heh-heh! But mark my words; this bill will work and it\u2019s not amnesty\u2026 whatever that is. Now have I ever steered you wrong these past six and half years?\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the bill\u2019s architects, Republican Senator John McCain, took time to try and explain the bill. \u201cIt\u2019s really very, very simple. I mean that damn Democrat Ted Kennedy supports this crap, so it has to be easy. First of all, the illegal immigrant has to register to become a guest worker and pay us five thousand smackeroonies. Then he goes back home to El Craphola or wherever the hell he came from for a period ranging from seven to seventy years. Then after the waiting period has expired he has to show up on the border on his given day and time and is given fifteen minutes to make it across the border and sign up again or else his registration is null and void and he has to reapply and go through the whole process again. Once across, he has to take a series of tests to prove he can speak English and can indeed do important immigrant tasks like work a leaf blower, serve fast food and pick vegetables. Once a skill has been established, the immigrant can stay in the country and work for not more than minimum wage, start paying taxes and not get health care, just like a regular American. Unless of course he\u2019s skilled at the following skills: firing a rifle, driving trucks, and marching. Then he can become an American citizen right away, get commissioned as a private in the U.S. Army and get deployed to beautiful, downtown Baghdad. See. Pure simplicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

On hearing the details on the bill, Mitt Romney exclaimed, \u201cI know I said I was against the bill, but I\u2019ve changed my mind and I think the bill is not amnesty and therefore I support it. Oops. Wait a second folks. I thought about it again and I think it\u2019s amnesty pure and simple. No. Wait. It\u2019s not amnesty. I support it. No. Wait. John McCain supports it. So I don\u2019t support it. So there you have it. I\u2019m not sure. Vote Romney!\u201d<\/p>\n

Illegal immigrant, Sven Jurgensen, said, \u201cAh, screw it! I\u2019m going to Canada!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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