Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department aims without exception to expel all those who enter the United States illegally.America is a nation of immigrants, and better for it--but that doesn't mean open borders. The late Sonny Bono was asked about his position on illegal immigration. He paused, then replied: "What's to talk about? It's illegal."
"Our goal at DHS (Homeland Security) is to completely eliminate the 'catch and release' enforcement problem, and return every single illegal entrant, no exceptions
"It should be possible to achieve significant and measurable progress to this end in less than a year," Chertoff told a Senate hearing.
Let's hope that sort of straight-talking is permanent.
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Bernard at A Certain Slant of Light -- my source on immigration issues -- dismisses the testimony as "just more of the same."
(via The Corner)
4 comments:
The problem with any sort of amnesty or other "reward" for illegal immigrants is this very simple one:
If you reward something, you'll get more of it.
Sonny was right.
As much as I appreciate the tough talk, I'd love to see a little more walk.
The corrollary is, Tax them and you'll get less of them!
Agreed, Stan and Tommy. Dirt: I see a practical problem with that. Taxing illegal aliens is essentially equivalent to the Bush-Fox proposed guest worker program. The U.S.-Mexico wage differential is so high, and the Mexican economy so desperately in need of reform, that the supply of illegals is highly inelastic. Rather than suppress unlawful workers, taxing them -- and, thus, in some measure, legitimizing them -- is more likely to increase illegal immigration.
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