Obama and Immigration Reform, Recession, and Ted Stevens

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Any time would be a bad time for amnesty, but especially now with 13 million unemployed Americans desperately looking for work.
I agree with Philip Klein. Despite the multi-million propaganda campain sure to be unleashed by the greedy special interests, Americans OVERWHELMINGLY reject "comprehensive immigration reform" a/k/a mass amnesty!
If or when Obama peddles this amnesty, he can expect an even bigger populist grass-roots backlash than what occurred when the American people defeated the last amnesty bill in June 2007. And this would undoubtedly imperil the rest of Obama's domestic agenda.

Dave of OH 2:32AM April 14, 2009

It's incredible that our government will reward lawbreakers with what they wanted all along-amnesty. What other form of illegal activity will be rewarded. Drug smuggling perhaps! The drug smugglers certainly don't like border enforcement. It makes their ILLEGAL activities more difficult. My guess is that
with so much drug money available, you can buy anything or anybody especially politicians. Couple the druggies with the
US Chamber of Commerce who are pressing for amnesty also in order to keep a steady supply of slave labor available for their
corporate membership and there you have it---amnesty-bought and paid for. As long as the voters insist on re-electing incumbents over and over again, you will continue to have these same results. The best political advice ever is to---REELECT NO ONE!

DBig of AL 5:34PM April 13, 2009

It's incredible that our government will reward lawbreakers with what they wanted all along-amnesty. What other form of illegal activity will be rewarded. Drug smuggling perhaps! The drug smugglers certainly don't like border enforcement. It makes their ILLEGAL activities more difficult. My guess is that
with so much drug money available, you can buy anything or anybody especially politicians. Couple the druggies with the
US Chamber of Commerce who are pressing for amnesty also in order to keep a steady supply of slave labor available for their
corporate membership and there you have it---amnesty-bought and paid for. As long as the voters insist on re-electing incumbents over and over again, you will continue to have these same results. The best political advice ever is to---REELECT NO ONE!

DBig of AL 5:32PM April 13, 2009

I BELIEVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SHOULD GET A CHANCE IF THEY ARE FILING TAXES AND ALREADY HAS A JOB. WE SHOULD GET A CHANCE FOR AMNESTY THROUGH OUR PRESISENT. WE HAVE THE BILL OF RIGHTS AS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
pRESIDENT PLEASE LOOK DEEPLY INTO THIS SITUATION IT IS VERY SAD FOR FAMILIES. WE BELIEVE IN YOU. aND YOU CAN HELP US.

SHAWN of NY 8:19AM April 11, 2009

I am a student of Bible prophecies pertaining to the End Times which are just around the corner.
Republicans have kept the American laborer in a condition of near serfdom for decades. "Business men must have a cheap source of labor," they say. Permitting illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S. is just one more way of providing cheap labor for business men.
During the horrendous Years of Tribulation which will be upon us in the near future, politicians must be especially careful to avoid assassination. Politicians and business tycoons will learn how it feels to be in a situation which they can neither control nor alleviate. Look for their mansions to go up in flames by the hundreds. The wealthy will be searching for places to hide from their tormentors, those "serfs" whom they have treated with such disdain and arrogance for so many years.
Truly, our chickens are coming home to roost.

LeeJai Cook of TX 7:58PM April 10, 2009

One is amazed at the stunning perception of Alexis de Tocqueville on the nature of the American people in Democracy in America, but I've always felt his statement pure hyperbole that: "I have heard of patriotism in the United States, and I have found true patriotism among the people, but never among the leaders of the people."
The non-feasance and open corruption of Washington on enforcement of immigration laws prove just how right de Tocqueville was.

Luther of IL 6:28PM April 09, 2009