tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post2774639104875915823..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: Meditations on Immigration ReformLawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-56223894345585038072007-07-03T23:26:00.000-05:002007-07-03T23:26:00.000-05:00America has no native born criminal element ... ex...America has no native born criminal element ... except Congress. - Mark Twain<BR/><BR/>Power corrupts ... absolutely. - Macchiavelli<BR/><BR/>Drop-kick the arses who broke their oaths to us in 1986 over the border of Afganistan. Let them look for Bin Laden. - MEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-4308014251213448302007-07-03T17:07:00.000-05:002007-07-03T17:07:00.000-05:00As you appreciate lying so much I thought you migh...As you appreciate lying so much I thought you might like to see the lies of Your favorite bushes<BR/><BR/>http://www.unknownnews.net/logoflies.html<BR/><BR/>If you can find where they are wrong please let them know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-41604402088566999202007-07-02T14:44:00.000-05:002007-07-02T14:44:00.000-05:00Posted on thefirearmsforum.comThank you, Sir.PopsPosted on thefirearmsforum.com<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Sir.<BR/><BR/>PopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-49946942046385863392007-07-02T10:21:00.000-05:002007-07-02T10:21:00.000-05:00Thank you for a great post. I will be reprinting (...Thank you for a great post. I will be reprinting (and giving you credit) for this fine article. Thank heavens (and resident's calls and writings to our two Senators), they both voted against the crap of "Immigration Reform".Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-71748669691752317812007-07-02T09:44:00.000-05:002007-07-02T09:44:00.000-05:00We just had a service guy return from a project in...We just had a service guy return from a project in India. There is some serious anger brewing over there due to the large numbers of potential immigrants trying desperately and LEGALLY to enter the US, even on a worker visa. I suspect this is not unique. What message do we send to the world when we allow another amnesty? We tell them, "Come on in, just stick it out a bit and we'll let you lawbreakers stay forever!"<BR/><BR/>It is not just Mexico or the Americas we should be considering what the next wave of illegals we will be dealing with will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-40757970183311945732007-07-01T19:40:00.000-05:002007-07-01T19:40:00.000-05:00Sorry for the broken link -- this one will work......Sorry for the broken link -- this one will work...<BR/><A HREF="http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070624/COMMENTARY/106240012/1012" REL="nofollow">Boy with 3,900 jobs </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-57758503795655155622007-07-01T19:30:00.000-05:002007-07-01T19:30:00.000-05:00I'm about as "white-bread" as they come. Noone co...I'm about as "white-bread" as they come. Noone could possibly mistake me for an illegal immigrant. Yet I've never been able to start a new job without the documents necessary to complete an I-9 form.<BR/><BR/>Once I lost a job because I misplaced my wallet over the weekend before my Monday start-date. <BR/><BR/>Another time I'd moved cross-country to stay with family, and been mugged on the trip. That situation was telling -- couldn't get a job, but was given a welfare-check until I could get the docs I needed (birth cert to get a new SS card and driver's license) to get a job.<BR/><BR/>Seems all the "respectable" employers -- EVERY ONE I've ever dealt with -- are already following the 1986 law.<BR/><BR/>We already have a Federal "new-hire registry" which is used to track child-support and student-loan defaulters. Why can this not be used to "flag" cases like the teenage boy with 3,900 jobs?<BR/><BR/>http://washingtontimes.com/article/20070624/COMMENTARY/106240012/1012<BR/><BR/>How in the h-ee-double-hockey-sticks can this happen?<BR/><BR/>This case is simple: The Dems are pandering for 12-20 million new votes, not to mention those already here who will sympathize.<BR/><BR/>The Repubs want to get their share.<BR/><BR/>Then there's the MONEY issue.<BR/><BR/>To me it's simple:<BR/><BR/>(1) Enforce existing law.<BR/>(2) Detain and deport EVERY suspected illegal. Before deportation, tattoo them with a flourescent ink -- invisible in normal light, visible under the right UV band. If we catch you a second time, you spend 10 years at hard labor -- to repay our government for the costs of your detention and transport -- before going home. Subsequent offenses double the penalty each time -- 20 years for a third, 40 for a fourth, 80 for the 5th. Come back and you'll probably die in prison.<BR/><BR/>(3) MAJOR punitive fines for any employer who doesn't follow the rules and hires an illegal. Fooled by false docs is one thing, but any average american should be able to judge a "mistake" from "a pattern of abuse."<BR/>(4) STOP the massive export of cash. Every bloody convenience store seems to advertise in spanish that they can send money to mexico. Use these stations as "bait" -- check the papers of every person who uses them. <BR/><BR/>(5) Pull all federal funding for any state or local government that doesn't hand over illegals for deportation. No "sanctuary" here, folks. If you're in law-enforcement, you're charged with helping find and deport illegals. <BR/><BR/>(6) Pay a bounty for turning them in -- $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and deportation of an illegal. $2,000 for helping nail their employer, plus the $1,000 for each illegal caught as a result. Employer+3 =$5,000.<BR/><BR/>Legal immigrants should have no problem with ANY of this -- they should WANT to help the crackdown on the law-breakers. <BR/><BR/>If not, well -- they can go home too. <BR/><BR/>DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-77422573380568678002007-07-01T16:17:00.000-05:002007-07-01T16:17:00.000-05:00Stephen, there are jobs that Americans won't/can't...Stephen, there are jobs that Americans won't/can't fill. And I'm not talking apple pickers either. The US has a shortage of American citizen economists. Did you know that? When I was up at UW-Madison, my Econ classes were about 90% Korean, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese (lots of Asians). When they need economists to fill sensitive positions in DC, like the CIA, they can't find anyone to fill the job.<BR/><BR/>It's just an ugly situation. One little bit of trivia for you to think about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-52889541736247266522007-07-01T05:47:00.000-05:002007-07-01T05:47:00.000-05:00Here's a question for anyone interested: how long...Here's a question for anyone interested: how long should the US continue to allow immigration in any form?<BR/><BR/>We already have 300 million people in the country. True, we still have open spaces and room here, but does their existence come with a compulsion to simply fill them up?<BR/><BR/>By 2050, it's estimated we'll have (at current birth and immigration rates) 500 million people. Do we want half a billion people here? Do we want a nice, round billion?<BR/><BR/>When do we finally have enough people in our borders?Pandayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103853686978003169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-56139220065644645472007-06-30T20:23:00.000-05:002007-06-30T20:23:00.000-05:00Absolutely correct LD, and what makes it even wors...Absolutely correct LD, and what makes it even worse is quite a few of them are the same ones lying to us today...<BR/><BR/>I would add a couple of things to what Quaker Mole said- We have to take away the impetus for all the illegal aliens to come here- the ability to send $$ home. Make it illegal to electronically transfer money to South/Central America- That stops $2 Billion a year leaving the country.<BR/><BR/>Second, make it illegal for the banks to electronically transfer money to South/Central American banks for check payment. <BR/><BR/>Third, make it illegal to provide credit/loans without PROOF of American citizenship and a green card that is not made on a copy machine. <BR/><BR/>When the impetus is gone, so will the illegal aliens... Just my .02 worthOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-32099537450648511832007-06-30T18:07:00.000-05:002007-06-30T18:07:00.000-05:00Vigilance \Vig"i*lance\, n. [L. vigilantia: cf. F....Vigilance \Vig"i*lance\, n. [L. vigilantia: cf. F. vigilance.]<BR/> 1. The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of<BR/> sleep; wakefulness.<BR/><BR/> 2. Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution;<BR/> circumspection. --Cowper.<BR/><BR/> And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their<BR/> earthly charge; of these the vigilance I dread.<BR/> --Milton.<BR/><BR/> 3. Guard; watch. [Obs.] ``In at this gate none pass the<BR/> vigilance here placed.'' --Milton.<BR/><BR/> Vigilance committee, a volunteer committee of citizens for<BR/> the oversight and protection of any interest, esp. one<BR/> organized for the summary suppression and punishment of<BR/> crime, as when the processes of law appear inadequate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-86406909903821746602007-06-30T13:59:00.000-05:002007-06-30T13:59:00.000-05:00Here's the text of the act LawDog mentioned:http:/...Here's the text of the act LawDog mentioned:<BR/><BR/>http://www.oig.lsc.gov/legis/irca86.htm<BR/><BR/>NMM1AFanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-59433085653311412262007-06-30T11:40:00.000-05:002007-06-30T11:40:00.000-05:00Congress should stop lying? Heck, they wouldn't h...Congress should stop lying? Heck, they wouldn't have anything to say if they didn't lie. They don't know how to tell the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-83516933687923163142007-06-30T10:49:00.000-05:002007-06-30T10:49:00.000-05:00Ok, so what about our American Indians? They live...Ok, so what about our American Indians? They live in utter squalor on the reservations, without heat, without water, and without hope. Why can't we try and fix them? <BR/>Because they're 'the defeated enemy?' <BR/>Because they're an 'alien' culture inside our borders? And the Mexicans, Viets, and assorted others aren't?<BR/>How hypocritical can we be?<BR/>What if we just leave off the ancestral enmities and the ancestral guilt and help out our own original people?<BR/>Deepsix the bleeding hearts and close the borders.<BR/>LawMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-44757650128727958292007-06-30T10:42:00.000-05:002007-06-30T10:42:00.000-05:00I agree with you no more laws are needed, curious ...<I>I agree with you no more laws are needed, curious how congress enforces laws though, isnt that really where the problem is? </I><BR/><BR/>Congress must approvce the budget for all Federal Agencies.<BR/><BR/>If you have a Federal Agency whose duty is, for example, guarding the border -- and Congress gives this agency a yearly budget of, for example, one dollar ... then enforcment is -- shall we say -- problematical.LawDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-28639491252529152252007-06-30T10:09:00.000-05:002007-06-30T10:09:00.000-05:00Beautifully stated, LawDog. As for the Congresscr...Beautifully stated, LawDog. As for the Congresscritters - damn their eyes.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-89041186647036103002007-06-30T09:29:00.000-05:002007-06-30T09:29:00.000-05:00Money sent home to the families of countries of or...Money sent home to the families of countries of origin of illegals makes up a signigicant portion of the annual income of those countries, as much as a fourth. Considering that these illegals earn less than minimum wage and less than union wages, their sacrifice for their families indicates their desperation and love for their mothers, fathers, wives and children. A local pastor here in Oregon says that the Hispanic congregation of the small Methodist church he attends sees individuals seized and deported and then returned (after paying hugely for help of immigrant smugglers) within a few weeks. It's time we stopped persecuting the little guys and follow the money. Go after big employers like DelMonte, recently raided here in Portland, and not the line workers. Remove the impetus of income for these folks and they will have to stay home and develop their own economies instead of depopulating whole towns as they flee north. Oh, DelMonte was not prosecuted. Their lobbyists are pleased, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>Quaker Mole<BR/>Portland, OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-38614780488278868052007-06-30T08:34:00.000-05:002007-06-30T08:34:00.000-05:00Why doesn't Washington get it? Americans are sick...Why doesn't Washington get it? Americans are sick of a bunch of whiny people who ARE BREAKING THE LAW--complaining about their rights.<BR/><BR/>Hey I am not allowed to break the law, why are they?<BR/>ADIOS--and OBRIGATO--go home and complain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-55753357484176832572007-06-30T08:09:00.000-05:002007-06-30T08:09:00.000-05:00Dawg,Would you mind if I copy this and forward it ...Dawg,<BR/>Would you mind if I copy this and forward it to the drones we've sent to Washington?<BR/>Than you,<BR/>BobZdogk9https://www.blogger.com/profile/10377048350840426630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-11557523932915630172007-06-30T07:39:00.000-05:002007-06-30T07:39:00.000-05:00There's another piece of legislation from the late...There's another piece of legislation from the late 90s that was also supposed to beef up the borders (I tried a quick google search but I'm not clear on the year. Maybe you can find it.<BR/><BR/>I just can't believe that they're gonna try to ram this crap down our throats again as if it hasn't been done before.<BR/><BR/>What a waste of time and energy. Oh, and did you read that article about the Laotian family who came to this country LEGALLY (years ago) but are having status issues (the gov't took TEN years to look over their refugee/amnesty application) and will be deported and the Senator that's supposed to be helping them can't follow up because he's so busy with the Immigration legislation?!? Ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-20085564235168306112007-06-30T06:42:00.000-05:002007-06-30T06:42:00.000-05:00Even though our borders are still unprotected, the...Even though our borders are still unprotected, there is a bigger problem that Dawg is talking about. The lying by congress to the American people! Are we children that need to be lied to, to protect us from the real world? I don't think so.<BR/>We need to address the individuals that do the lying.<BR/>Let hold them accountable for the words that fall out of their mouths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-18734672251014290882007-06-30T06:37:00.000-05:002007-06-30T06:37:00.000-05:00Thank you for doing the research. I do my best to...Thank you for doing the research. I do my best to "stay in touch" with my congress critter and state rats.<BR/><BR/>Occasionally it does them good to be shown that such laws are there and they need to do their jobs, not pass new papers for ignoring.<BR/><BR/>May I use your verbage in my communications with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-85580396085687533992007-06-30T01:48:00.000-05:002007-06-30T01:48:00.000-05:00There's a fairly simple solution to dealing with i...There's a fairly simple solution to dealing with illegal immigrants: bounty hunting. Set a price of X number per illegal found or reported, allow bounty hunters currently licensed to nab illegals just as they do bail-jumpers, and let private enterprise deal with the problem.<BR/><BR/> Law enforcement agencies can be hamstrung by politicians who are "persuaded" by business interests. Private parties who stand to make a lot of money off of rounding up illegals are tougher to persuade. Even if you offer them a bribe, the can just do their job anyway to collect at both ends...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-4980346570330021712007-06-30T00:30:00.000-05:002007-06-30T00:30:00.000-05:00I agree with you no more laws are needed, curious...I agree with you no more laws are needed, curious how congress enforces laws though, isnt that really where the problem is? No matter who has been the president those charged with border protection have only been given lip service as to support, and little to no action has been taken against employers who profit from illegial immigrants. It has by all accounts I have read been much worse under this president. This was the presidents plan also Dog, not just congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-75462380021929704392007-06-29T22:43:00.000-05:002007-06-29T22:43:00.000-05:00Dawg: you are so right. However, one of the bigges...Dawg: you are so right. However, one of the biggest lies (either from your congress or media) was that the 9-11 people were let in by Canada. We don't control your borders as you know. The U>S> Customs doesalphonsedamoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493874009603730619noreply@blogger.com