June 03, 2007

John McCain: no amnesty for illegal aliens could lead to France-style riots

Senator John McCain snowed them in Le Mars, Iowa on Saturday:

...The man wasn't satisfied with McCain's answer. He asked McCain why the U.S. couldn't execute large-scale deportations, as he had heard they did in France and other countries.

The question seemed to pique McCain.

"In case you hadn't noticed, the thousands of people who have been relegated to ghettos have risen up and burned cars in France," McCain said. "They've got huge problems in France. They have tremendous problems. The police can't even go into certain areas in the suburbs of Paris. I don't want that in the suburbs of America."

On the one hand, one might think he's saying that mass deportations would lead to mass rioting. Then again, he's refering to being "relegated to ghettos", which is similar to the talking point of "illegal aliens in the shadows". So, I don't think he's saying we'd only have rioting if we tried mass deportations, but that we could have that if we have large numbers of people living in "ghettos" of some kind.

Obviously, when you have to make such calculations as McCain is, you're admitting that your country has been invaded and settled. It's good to see McCain come right out and admit that, but it'd be even better if we started to hold those who are responsible for the current situation, including McCain. And, it's imperative that we avoid making the situation even worse, which the Bush/Kennedy/McCain bill would do.

Posted to Immigration2007a at June 3, 2007 09:55 PM

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