It’s time to add Boulder, Colorado to the list of city governments that would rather ignore the law than enforce it. Boulder joins San Francisco in banning all city-sponsored travel to the state of Arizona. I can’t remember another issue where the Left has been so woefully ignorant. The Arizona law reinforces a law that Franklin D. Roosevelt passed while he was president. Every time I read “controversial Arizona immigration” law I want to scream. It’s only controversial because, to put it frankly, people are stupid. The city leaders in Boulder are stupid.
“The city is taking this action to demonstrate our opposition to Arizona’s new public policy, signed into law April 23, to require documentation for all persons who may be suspected of being in that state without official status or approval,” Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam said. “Such a policy is contrary to Boulder’s commitment to diversity and is a violation of our community’s core values.”
Citizens of the City of Boulder be aware that a commitment to law enforcement isn’t a core value for your city leaders. When did “illegal immigration” become synonymous with diversity? Would liberals be prepared to enforce the law if white people (or I should say European descendants not from Latin America) were illegally immigrating to the nation?
Give Me Amnesty or Give Me Your Tax Dollars
I’m all in favor of legal immigration and there are millions of people around the world on lists waiting to come here legally. Why should people who are coming here illegally get to jump in line? This whole debate has almost become pointless because so many “progressives” refuse to read the “controversial bill” or look at immigration logically. It’s just easier to be ignorant and draw fake comparisons to Nazi Germany.
There isn’t a lot of common sense when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration. The two major camps on the issue fall into an isolationist policy vs. an amnesty policy. Neither one of those choices is intelligent. The Democratic party views illegal immigrants as a potential new voting bloc, though I’m not so sure that’s really the case in the long run. Senator Harry Ried of Nevada is still beating the “immigration reform” drum despite the fact it’s killing his reelection chances.
“We are going to pass comprehensive immigration reform,” Reid told the crowd. “We need to do this this year. We can’t let excuses like a Supreme Court nomination get in the way.”
Reid promised the legislation would include provisions to secure both the north and south borders, revisions to a guest worker program, and provisions to deal with illegal immigrants already in the country.
“There are no excuses. This is something America needs,” Reid said. “We’re going to do immigration reform just like we did health care reform.”
Yikes, just like health care reform? Is that a threat or a promise. I don’t even think the Democrats are crazy enough to push amnesty through Congress. I don’t understand why we can just crack down on illegal immigration and create a lawful way for Mexicans to become citizens. However, I don’t understand the isolationist position either.
The isolationist portion of the GOP don’t want anyone to move here. These people don’t understand free trade or basic economics. This is the more populist position at the current time, but it’s not one that should be encouraged. With the Democrats in power this is the best chance for immigration reform, but no one on the left is talking about creating a legal path to citizenship without amnesty.
If Harry Ried and company decide to push this over the summer the elections in November could be a bloodbath. I’m talking a Republican super majority. The Democrats decided to lose the majority by passing ObamaCare, but I don’t think that amnesty is worth the political fallout.
In honor of illegal immigration day I thought I would post an update on the whereabouts of Speedy Gonzalez. He’s been missing from TV for quite some time. I don’t think he’s dead; he probably just watched an American Tail and ran into the United States.
How difficult could it be for a mouse that fast to cross the border? Once the illegal immigrants receive amnesty, Speedy will be back on the airwaves. Until then here is a classic Speedy Gonzalez short.
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