...and the GOP is neurotic, schizophrenic, hypocritical, suicidal, and just plain dumb.
At least that's what I get out of Pat Buchanan's latest column; one which I agree with!
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During President Eisenhower’s first term, 60 years ago,
the United States faced an invasion across its southern border.
Illegal aliens had been coming since World War II. But,
suddenly, the number was over 1 million. Crime was rising in Texas. The
illegals were taking the jobs of U.S. farm workers.
Under Gen. Joseph May Swing, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service launched “Operation Wetback” and began rounding up and
deporting Mexican border-crossers by ship and bus. By the end of Ike’s second
term, illegal entries had fallen by 90%.
Eisenhower, who had tapped his nuclear hole card twice —
first, to force the Chinese to agree to a truce in Korea, then to halt their
shelling of the offshore islands in 1958 — was a no-nonsense president.
Measured by population and gross national product, Eisenhower’s
America was but half the size of today’s America. Yet, in the 1950s, we were in
many ways a stronger and more self-confident country.
We had universal military service, and few complained. As
for the deportation of the Mexicans, they had broken in, they did not belong
here, and they were going back. End of discussion.
Contrast the rigorous response of Ike’s America to an
invasion across our southern border to the hand-wringing moral paralysis of our
political elite in dealing with 11-12 million illegal aliens in our midst.
We are to stop using terms like illegal aliens, we are
told. For it shows "insensitivity." And "compassion" commands that we bring these
folks “out of the shadows” and “put them on a path to citizenship.”
One understands Democrats’ motives in pushing this
amnesty. Perhaps nine of 10 illegals are from Third World countries, and folks
of Asian, African and Hispanic descent voted 4-to-1 Democratic in 2012.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Democrats are writing an
immigration bill that will create millions of new citizens who will vote to
bury the Party of Ronald Reagan forever.
But why are Republicans collaborating in erecting the
scaffolding on which their party is to be hanged?
A year ago, the GOP platform declared, “We oppose amnesty
because it would have the effect of encouraging illegal immigration and would
give an unfair advantage to those who have broken our laws.”
What has changed since then?
Yet, today, with Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio
providing cover — a “very positive force,” purrs President Obama — Republicans
are about to trash their platform and vote an amnesty for 11-12 million
illegals. Why?
One reason is the fear, bordering on panic, since Mitt
Romney lost the Hispanic vote 71 to 27. Republicans attribute their unpopularity
among Latinos to their opposition to amnesty, rather than their commitment to
peel back the social programs on which minorities heavily depend.
Another force for amnesty is corporate America. Thousands
of businesses have hired illegals in violation of U.S. law. Amnesty for their
illegal workers means, de facto, amnesty for them.
Moreover, U.S. corporations and agribusiness also want
the right to import foreign workers. And under this new immigration bill, H1-B
visas for highly skilled engineers and computer programmers will double to
110,000 a year, and the cap can rise to 180,000. Visas for H-2A agricultural
workers will go to 337,000 over three years.
Silicon Valley is not interested in middle-aged Americans
who lost jobs in defense industries. They want young foreign students with
newly minted advanced degrees, who will work for less.
Thus, with 14% of our U.S. labor force — more than
21 million Americans — unemployed, working part-time but seeking full-time work
or having stopped looking, Congress is going to vote an amnesty for 12 million
illegals and bring in a million new immigrants a year — and hand them green
cards.
What happened to putting our own country and people
first?
Moreover, under the new law, unlimited visas will be
issued for spouses, children and parents of permanent residents and citizens.
With all these workers and dependents pouring in, the
downward pressure on U.S. wages, stagnant since Gerald Ford was president, will
intensify. And the steady rise in the scores of millions of beneficiaries of
social welfare programs will continue.
What do Republicans get in return for capitulating and
embracing amnesty? The Democrats solemnly promise to secure the border this
time.
In short, the administration will do its duty and protect
the states from another invasion, if the Republican Party will abandon its
principled opposition to amnesty. The Republicans will be faithless to those
who voted for them on a pledge not to support amnesty, if only Obama will
promise a good-faith effort to do his constitutional duty.
Prediction: Once word goes out that the illegals will no
longer be sent back, there will commence a new stampede to the border. And once
the new law is on the books, Democrats will move to truncate the time for the
former illegals to become U.S. citizens.
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