"Secure the border"

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Chuck Schumer: don't make border security a "barrier" to giving citizenship to illegal aliens (2013 amnesty) - 01/31/13

Speaking earlier today, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) said this about the plans for comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty [1]: "We want the border to be secure. It's more secure than it was several years ago, but it has a ways to go. And different sectors need different types of security. It's a lot different having security in the Tucson sector than off the stretch in Texas, which is...

Paul Ryan supports Marco Rubio's immigration amnesty - 01/14/13

... broken canard and implies the secure the border talking point; see both links for more. Ryan can't use the legally correct term "illegal alien"; he can't even use "illegal immigrant". Instead, he uses the term favored by the far-left: "undocumented". Even the New York Times uses "illegal immigrant", but Ryan can't rise to their level. See immigration terminology for more on the topic. For more,...

Sen. Rand Paul now supports immigration amnesty (Kentucky, illegal aliens) - 11/13/12

... the rest of us. See the note on secure the border: Paul is using it in the "first secure the border, then amnesty" sense. He also wasn't asked and didn't reveal what he'd do about those who've been here less than 10 years: would he put them on a bus and ship them home? If so, wouldn't he undercut his own Hispandering? Those would be good questions to ask him, mostly because he would look bad...

Mitt Romney wimps out on immigration, again (Univision, "our system isn't to deport people") - 09/20/12

... used the system is broken and secure the border canards. * At the end, he seems to be implying that one component of reducing illegal immigration is to increase legal immigration, an idea that's delusional. Search for "five billion" in the post about Paul Ryan on immigration. From the point of view of most non-elite Americans, the only bright spots were Romney's use of the term "illegal aliens...

Elizabeth Emken on immigration: weak, GOP boilerplate (amnesty, California, Feinstein) - 09/10/12

... specifics. 3. Emken appears to support secure the border in the "secure the border first then amnesty" sense discussed at that link. What she means by "comprehensive solution" is some form of comprehensive immigration reform, which is what most people mean when they use the word amnesty. 4. But (you say) she's "not in favor of amnesty". That's because she's playing word games, see reform not...

Democratic Party 2012 platform on immigration: why it's wrong - 09/04/12

The section about immigration in the Democratic Party 2012 platform is below. It only has broad outlines and countless Democratic leaders have repeated these same things many times before. They were wrong then, and the platform is wrong now (see each link for the details): The first thing to note is that the platform includes a quote from an illegal alien praising Obama's actions on immigration....

GOP 2012 Platform on immigration - 08/29/12

The following are all of the excerpts in the GOP 2012 platform that mention immigration. The entire text is available here: scribd.com/doc/104097929/Final-Language-GOP-Platform-2012 See GOP platform supports Arizona-style laws, but includes guest worker program for preliminary comments made before the full text was available. Those comments still apply, but more may be added later. While not...

Paul Ryan is bad on immigration, find out how much (Mitt Romney VP pick) - 08/11/12

... broken, nation of immigrants, and secure the border talking points; see the links. * Ryan says "[t]here are deeply held views on all sides of this issue, and rightly so." The immigration views of Gil Cedillo, Antonio Villaraigosa, American Civil Liberties Union, MALDEF, and so on aren't completely wrong; for instance, they and I might agree that we shouldn't install an electrified moat filled...

Ted Cruz keeps saying the same things on immigration (attrition, amnesty) - 07/27/12

... He fierily describes how he'll secure the border and do other good things, but he never mentions the 20 ton elephants in the room: legalization and guest workers programs. Assuredly, some of the things he says are good: on the first video below he says he would "ban sanctuary cities" and "eliminate benefits for illegal aliens like in-state tuition". On the second video, he discusses OTMs , and...

Mitt Romney NALEO speech: ever weaker on immigration (chain green cards, comprehensive reform, guest workers) - 06/21/12

... that we redouble our efforts to secure the borders. That means both preventing illegal border crossings and making it harder to illegally overstay a visa. We should field enough border patrol agents, complete a high-tech fence, and implement an improved exit verification system." Ah, the good ol' secure the border line, with Romney meaning it in the "secure the border first" sense discussed at...

Texas 2012 GOP platform goes "liberal" on immigration (IRCOT, Koch) - 06/09/12

... comprehensive immigration reform. 9. See Secure the Border. They might actually mean it, but the part at that link about "secure the border first" seems to fully apply in this case. 10. Their guest worker program would be open to current illegal aliens: "Applicants with prior immigration violations would only qualify for the program if they paid the appropriate fines". Not only that, but the...

Susana Martinez is bad on immigration, supports amnesty and a DREAM Act plan (Mitt Romney, New Mexico) - 05/15/12

... issue. Martinez also wants to secure the border (in the "first" sense as discussed at the link). She wants to deport criminals, without explaining how she would deport hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens and without explaining why it is that she could deport them but not deport non-criminal illegal aliens. She wants a guest worker program; see the link. Her "guests" going "freely back and...

Mitt Romney now pandering on immigration reform - 04/03/12

... immigration laws step by step, secure the border, improve our legal immigration system, so we can keep people here and welcome people here who will make America a stronger nation," he said. The GOP front runner's comments came at a town hall meeting at the Moore Oil Company after an audience member, noting that his girlfriend would have to return to Spain soon when her visa runs out, asked about...

10 things Obama's "Blueprint for an America Built to Last" doesn't tell you (immigration) - 02/01/12

... partially the issue discussed on the secure the border page. 10. And, finally, Obama uses the system is broken canard; see the link. See Obama immigration for many of the other ways Obama has attempted to mislead you about this issue. ---------------------- [1] whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ blueprint_for_an_america_built_to_last.pdf

Rick Perry's unworkable immigration idea: work visas for illegal aliens (John King, CNN, secure the border) - 11/04/11

... both interviews he promised to secure the border within a year. Video of the Hannity appearance is at peekURL.com/vLPBrP2 and the transcript of the relevant parts of CNN interview is at [1]. Notes: 1. Perry said: ...you have to identify [all the illegal aliens in the U.S.], you have to be able to give them some type of identification. Here's how they pay their taxes and they become a...

2006: Gil Cedillo supports illegal immigration boycott, shills for cheap labor employers - 09/18/11

... respects border security" (see secure the border). Please send him your thoughts: @gilcedillo. He's not that active on Twitter, so send this link and the link to Gil Cedillo to his supporters, others involved in California politics, and reporters who discuss his bills.

CNN Teaparty GOP debate: September 12, 2011 (Rick Perry, Romney, Bachmann, Ron Paul) - 09/12/11

... for Rick to say that you can't secure the border I think is pretty much a treasonous comment. MALE: I didn't hear that. HUNTSMAN: Rick, we can secure the border. We can secure the border through means of fences, through technology, through the deployment of our National Guard troops, we can get it done. In fact, when the elected president of the United States, I would work with you and the other...

Public Religion Research Institute's misleading poll (immigration, DREAM Act, Brookings Institution) - 09/06/11

... result. And, of course, they're using secure the border and they aren't revealing the many downsides of comprehensive immigration reform. As with the DREAM Act, the mainstream media has avoided discussing those many downsides, and PRRI is piggybacking on that disinformation campaign.

George Will, Michelle Rhee, Mel Martinez, Jose Vargas all hype anti-American DREAM Act and mass immigration (Christiane Amanpour) - 07/03/11

... Both Will and Martinez supported secure the border as a sales tactic to sell Americans on amnesty. Will brought up his "line of buses bumper to bumper" article and continues to mislead with deportations false choice. 3. Will (as at the penultimate link) continues to fail to acknowledge his opponents' arguments: "If we are going to import, as we are doing, a portion of Mexico's poverty, and if we...

Newt Gingrich offers false choice, supports incremental amnesty, doesn't challenge CNN for misleading on immigration (GOP 6/13/11 debate) - 06/13/11

... into a "boob bait for Bubba" secure the border plan to send half the Department of Homeland Security to the Southwest U.S. and to presumably use large numbers of National Guard troops on the border. The first is a childish waste of time, the second would make sense just not to the degree that Gingrich presents. And, that's especially the case since the great majority of the problems at the...

With millions unemployed, Ag Secy Tom Vilsack demeans American workers, promotes amnesty, opposes enforcement, uses bogus talking points, opposes eVerify - 05/27/11

... also: * Continue efforts "to secure the borders." * Hold accountable "businesses that break the law by undermining American workers and exploiting undocumented workers." The first is secure the border. The second is what boils down to the immigration wage floor. See both links. Vilsack also used the deportations false choice, saying "The reality is, if you tried to deport all 12 million it would...

Obama misleads about immigration yet again (May 10, 2011 El Paso version) - 05/10/11

... immigration tradition fallacy, and secure the border. How many more can you spot? A (360kb) screengrab of my Twitter feed where I pointed out in real time additional ways he was misleading or promoting bad policies is here. If anyone believed anything Obama said in his speech, leave a comment on this post and I'll try to change your mind. ADDED: Another bogus talking point Obama used is living...

Richard Marosi of LAT pretends: Obama has secured the border so much, Border Patrol agents are falling asleep - 05/02/11

Richard Marosi of the Los Angeles Times offers the sleepy "Plunge in border crossings leaves agents fighting boredom/ Arrests of illegal crossers along the Southwest border dropped more than two-thirds from 2000 to 2010, from 1.6 million to 448,000" (link). The correct title of the false impression the LAT is trying to give would be something like: "Obama has secured the border so much, agents...

Obama misleads on immigration at Facebook; Zuckerberg and incompetent/corrupt GOP, Teaparty leaders help - 04/21/11

... desert to get here (NOTE: see secure the border). Let’s make the legal immigration system more efficient and more effective so there aren’t huge backlogs. This is all part of what we call comprehensive immigration reform (NOTE: See that link for the huge downsides). And there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to achieve a system that is fair, is equitable, is an economic engine for America...

Haley Barbour lobbied for Mexican government, now misleads about amnesty - 02/15/11

... amnesty." 1. As it says on the secure the border page, when someone harps on securing the border *first*, you have to ask them what comes next. Thankfully, in his case he's making it clear: some form of legalization program. See #4. 2. He's using the reform not amnesty canard. His "reform" would be perceived by millions of potential illegal aliens as amnesty, no matter what he wants to call it....

Newt Gingrich supports some parts of DREAM Act; supports guest workers; uses false choice; sounds like Hoffenblum - 12/06/10

... other hack, Gingrich supports secure the border: Gingrich said he is in favor of deporting illegals who are gang members or arrested for a felony, and is “committed 100-percent” to enforcement of the US border, noting his past accomplishment as Speaker when he helped enforce the first control of the San Diego border. He also said he committed to having English as the official language of...

Utah Compact would encourage illegal immigration (Mark Shurtleff, Chamber, Sutherland, Catholic Church) - 11/11/10

... "protect our national borders", see secure the border. Their second point: We respect the rule of law and support law enforcement’s professional judgment and discretion. Local law enforcement resources should focus on criminal activities, not civil violations of federal code. In other words, they're against the 287g program. Considering that the Department of Homeland Security does relatively...

Rupert Murdoch testifies for amnesty, massive immigration (using two CAP studies) - 09/30/10

... of amnesty, he throws out the secure the border bone. "While supporting complete and proper closure of all our borders to future illegal immigrants, our partnership (the Partnership for a New American Economy) advocates reform that gives a path to citizenship for responsible, law-abiding immigrants who are in the U.S. today without proper authority..." It is nonsense to talk of expelling 12...

Obama thinks illegal aliens are Americans; forgets about massive unemployment; promotes massive immigration - 09/29/10

... let's secure our borders"; see secure the border. Making a false claim about policy, he thinks if we made legal immigration easier we'd reduce illegal immigration. He ignores the fact that there are about 6.5 billion people outside the U.S. (and about 5 billion of them are poorer than Mexicans). And, a large percentage of those people would come here if they could. So many would want to come...

Sharron Angle is weak on amnesty: won't come out strong against anti-American DREAM Act - 09/18/10

... She appears to now be taking a "secure the border first" posture which begs the question of what exactly she'd support after the borders are secured. If she won't oppose a smaller anti-American amnesty now, exactly what would she support if she makes it into the Senate? Angle was interviewed about various topics yesterday by Bret Baier; a video is at peekURL.com/vxhfdig Comments after the...

Could Obama declare an immigration amnesty by executive order? - 07/30/10

[See the updates too] Back in Feb. 2009 we offered Could Obama and Napolitano enact a mini-amnesty... without Congress? about a scheme cooked up by two immigration lawyers under which the president could in effect give amnesty to large numbers of illegal aliens. Now, some inside the USCIS are proposing their own workarounds and loopholes under which Barack Obama could give thousands (or more) of...

Sharron Angle goes after Reid on issues outside his control, won't press hard on immigration - 07/23/10

... law). She, of course, supports secure the border but so does everyone else. She also says our legal immigration system needs to be streamlined; finding out exactly what she would do would definitely be of interest. Of illegal aliens, she says "it's time for them to go home". Asked how she'd do that, she makes a good argument in support of attrition. She then says that her daughter-in-law is the...

Chris Christie supports immigration "reform" (aka amnesty) - 06/30/10

... him on, just starting with his secure the border and safe legal orderly rhetoric. It's too bad there were no real reporters around to walk him through what he supports. [1] politico.com/news/stories/0610/39208.html The "reporters" were Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman and, while we're informed what they and Christie had for breakfast, neither of them bothered to call Christie on the downsides of...

Partnership for a New American Economy: Murdoch, Bloomberg, CEOs, mayors, (Fox News?) to push amnesty - 06/24/10

... main immigration goals are to secure the borders, develop an easy system for employers to verify work eligibility, hold companies accountable for breaking the laws and improve the use of technology to prevent illegal immigration. The group also wants more opportunities for immigrants to join the U.S. work force and a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants. Big business joining to...

Kyl: Obama says he won't secure the border without comprehensive immigration reform (UPDATE: backtracks?) - 06/20/10

... The problem is, he said, if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform. In other words, they’re holding it hostage. They don’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with comprehensive immigration reform. There isn't much reason for Kyl not to be telling the truth, and his claim matches the actions of the Obama...

Claim: under 50,000 troops and $3 billion a year would secure the border (Rep. John Carter) - 06/19/10

... Texas offers a long article about secure the border (for real) here. Bottom line: Taking all the data into consideration, a deployment of somewhere between 25-to-50,000 troops would secure our 2,000 mile southern border immediately. Cost estimates range around $3 billion per year, a small fraction of the current $78 billion taxpayer cost of illegal immigration, even after counting tax payments...

Mickey Kaus on immigration: not as bad as most Democratic Party leaders - 06/01/10

... supporting attrition he wants to secure the border first, then pass comprehensive immigration reform: "Tell undocumented immigrants living here that they will have to wait. Amnesty isn't happening anytime soon. Get control of our borders first..." Illegal aliens (not "undocumented immigrants") have already shown an ability to wait, and if they think "reform" is coming they'll definitely wait for...

Obama wants $500 million to send National Guard to secure the border (prelude to amnesty) - 05/25/10

Barack Obama wants Congress to allocate $500 million in order to send up to 1200 National Guard troops to the border. Per an unnamed administration official (link): "[The troops will] provide intelligence; surveillance and reconnaissance support; intelligence analysis; immediate support to counternarcotics enforcement; and training capacity until Customs and Border Patrol can recruit and train...

Millions unemployed, Harry Reid wants several million new legal workers to compete against Americans (fairly) - 05/11/10

... points like system is broken, secure the border, immigration line, and the (more rare) immigration wage floor. However, American workers - especially voters in Nevada - might want to take a closer look at this paragraph: Fixing our broken immigration system is also important to strengthen America’s economy. We need to protect American workers. Workers in Nevada and across America are often...

John McCain backs (but not endorses) Arizona's tough new immigration bill (from Russell Pearce); border security plan - 04/19/10

... lesson is clear: First we have to secure the border... If you want to enact some other reforms, how can that be effective when you have a porous border? ...So we have to secure the border first." While his plan might have some merit, "secure the border" (see the link) is in many cases just a cover to get comprehensive immigration reform. UPDATE: Per this, "U.S. Sen. John McCain on Monday called...