Fortunately Father's Day is an American Holiday not observed in other countries.

I don't remember NYT pitying American Fathers who went to work on Cinco de Mayo. We didn't call in sick so we could get drunk celebrating the one victory Mexico won in a war they lost to the FRENCH!

Yeah, how DARE the INS go around, poking their noses into people's lives, harassing them just because they are breaking the law!! These are liberals' favorite people....those to whom terrible things "happen." Never caused by their own actions.

I know this sounds cruel, but the first guy and last guys described should have just asked that their wives and kids be deported with them. Then their families wouldn't be split up. But deporting a whole family just doesn't convey the same pathos as a "the INS breaks up families" tale, does it?

You want fathers day go read this post and let it tell you about a fathers love.

http://www.blackfive...

The vid at the bottom of the post doesn't work, but here is a working link to it.

http://www.youtube.c...

I can only stand in awe of the love between this man and his son, but I can understand since I am the father and a widower who has a son with cerebal palsey and that kid is my best buds.

Seriously go read the post and then look at the video link.

You will never be the same again.

"Paco the illegal alien woke up at 2pm and drove to the bar. He drank until his welfare check ran out at 1 in the morning. He staggered to his car and headed home.

He crossed the highway divider and wiped out a father and his two sons.

Paco survived, but walks with a limp. His hospital bill was paid for by the taxpayers.

He now gets a disability check on top of his welfare check."

Happy fathers day.

Well Boo-Hoo! I am such an evil American for expecting my government to do its job and enforce its laws that preserve its sovereignty and proof of my evil has appeared on Father's Day! Maybe the editorial staff should tune into the Discovery Times Channel and watch the documentary Chasing El Norte where it exhibits the "humane treatment" of these poor little urchins at the hands of Mexican Federal Police as they attempt to cross the Mexican Border.

Of all these sob stories, my favorite would have to be the asylum seeker being deported without notification? I think it is suspect and if you all would indulge me more along the lines of this pop quiz question:

What really happened with this asylum seeker?

(A) The applicant did not have a valid claim, and knew that he did not.
(B) Having this knowledge aforementioned applicant failed to appear for his hearing.
(C) After being notified several times, to appear in Immigration court he was ratted out by someone he crossed.
(D) All of the Above.

With all of the yelling and screaming of racism, xenophobia and whatever else by Geraldo, NY Times and the likes at US citizens, myself included, who want to their nations' laws enforced, this whole position goes against these Americans' sense of fairness. No one is better than anyone else in America, at least theoretically if you exclude the left in this country form this theory, and there is nothing more irritating to Americans, than someone who cuts ahead in line. Whether it is waiting for a burger at a restaurant, for tickets for a hot concert, to waiting in line for a legal visa it just irks us as a nation. Just look at the recent Rasmussen poll regarding illegal immigration:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/poll_voters_want_smaller_steps_to_immigration_reform_with_focus_on_enforcement

What this poll says is that the people want enforcement, and they want to know who is in their country at any given time.

With a secured border, the country can go about sorting out who needs to be here, and deserves to be here.

There is going to have to be give and take in all of this as much as I hate to admit it and some are eventually going to have to be given residency. So here is my response to John McCain's condescending "What's Your Plan?..." response to the New Hampshire voters. Not a smooth move when you are running for President of the people one exhibits such open disdain for, but hey, he is a "maverick".

Here is my plan for resolving the immigration issue since he has taken the approach that he and his esteemed colleagues will legislate to the American people what is good for them.

1. Enforcement first sealing both of the borders. Militarize it, there is a General in charge of the North American command to guard the homeland it can be done and it should be done. Those who claim that it would hinder commerce are ignorant of the fact that if one engages in legal commerce across the US borders then their goods have to go through border checkpoints and have valid bills of lading. The only commerce a secure border hurts is illegal commerce, i.e. drug trafficking, human smuggling, etc. Secure the borders first along with increasing enforcement within the borders. Finish the fence in between already well-established border crossing points. If the Militarization option is not palatable then establish a draft for the benefit of the Border Patrol. Personnel would sign up through Selective Service, and would only be used within the US. There are enough seasoned Border Patrol agents that would keep younger charges in line and keep them on the right path and have them doing the tough job. It is proved day in and out in the Armed Forces everyday that armed youngsters exhibit extemporary behavior on a daily basis. Offer a starting pay scale based on the military's and for those Border Agents already in uniform increased compensation. In addition, offer the participants a sort of GI Bill of benefits and I am sure that they would be inundated with applicants for the defense of the Homeland. Stop "sanctuary cities" from not allowing their law enforcement agencies from checking people's immigration status, and tie federal funding to compliance, get the law enforcement databases talking together. Get that Napster kid Shawn Fanning on this; we all have heard how well his music sharing software worked ;)! Those who argue fences will not work should look at what happened when Congressman Duncan Hunter funded fencing and how illegal activity dropped. Do not just fund the security proposals on paper implement the security proposals.

2. Deport all criminal aliens in custody. Certain exceptions to this would have to be those who have committed severe crimes i.e. murder, rape, child molestation, & drug kingpins. If their home countries will not accept them then as a "trigger", the US Govt. would withhold foreign aid; their attitudes will change in an instant. Money Talks. We would have to keep this riff-raff because there would be too many pro-bono bottom feeders of the Bar tripping over themselves trying to prevent a death row inmate from being deported because "they have rights". Those in the system, on probation or parole or time served, would also have to be reviewed for deportation based on the severity of their crimes. If the Senate legislation as it was written before it was stalled were to pass, gang members from gangs like MS-13 who are illegal immigrants will be allowed to apply for visas if they were here before January 1st, 2007 and "promise" to sign a paper saying they will not be in a gang anymore, scout's honor I suppose. Here is the rub; in order to become a citizen and have legal residence if you break the law while in your first five years before you are eligible for citizenship you are subject to rejection of your citizenship application and deportation and that is for legal immigrants. So why should not those who are already here illegally be subject to the same laws? We do not deserve the world's detritus.

3. Stop rounding up those here illegally on job sites, make the employers do the perp walk. One it is easier to find owners of companies, and the HR directors, and when a large number are doing time, again enforcing laws on the books, the jobs for those here illegally will begin to dry up, and they will not come in droves. Market forces will dictate that in order for employers to compete they will have to pay a prevailing wage in order to attract American workers. Those who are able-bodied can go to their local unemployment office and get leads on these jobs, go to work and in turn give the employer a tax incentive for hiring them. This could also decrease further dependences on government assistance and get many Americans in depressed areas that have been affected by illegal immigration back to work. Hell, I walked behind a tractor spot praying weeds in grass fields for my first job out of high school; thank god, I joined the service.

4. Implement a national ID system. The one thing we learned pre 9/11 is that government agencies were not allowed to share information. All information would coincide with a National Database such as one the national criminal databases are based on would enable the companies hiring to verify the legal status. This would greatly curb the false ID rackets, based on identity theft, all the while pricing the average Juan or Xuan out of the market, again discouraging them from coming, no job if you have no ID. These people are not the master criminals with deep pockets that Hollywood loves to write screenplays about.

5. Amend the constitution to clarify who is entitled to be classified a Natural Born citizen. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution gave citizenship to newly freed slaves. Although at the time it was done not as a noble act by Lincoln, it was give the finger to the South stripping them of slaves as property. However, today it could be interpreted that since we brought the slaves over here, it was our responsibility to recognize and absorb them into the country. This brings us to today. Anyone who gets here illegally or otherwise can have a child in our borders and then voila they are a citizen. I am not against children of non-citizen immigrants being born here being given citizenship, however, in order for this to be granted the parents must be in a legal visa status i.e. permanent residency or extended work visa, not a tourist visa, or seasonal worker visa.

This is where there will in my mind have to be some give and take in resolving the issue. Here are a couple of preliminary proposals regarding this matter.

-(A).Without penalizing the children, on a case-by-case basis, if the parents have broken the laws while here then they are still subject to deportation. Their children if not able to reside with immediate family in the United States would accompany their parents to their country of origin. However, there would be calls that the US government grant these families a monthly stipend in order to sustain these US citizens abroad until the age of consent at which time they could return. In most countries, the US dollar will afford them to live well and not in abject poverty. If it can be proven that the child's life would be in jeopardy then it would be a decision that the government must make again on a case-by-case basis.

-(B). This next proposal is a voluntary program not subject to review and non-negotiable. If the parents other than being here illegally have been otherwise law-abiding they should be allowed to stay in the country with their children on the conditions that they will never be granted citizenship themselves, not be allowed to vote, own a firearm and enjoyed the other privileges of being a citizen. They will still be granted due process and protection under the law. Their Social Security numbers will forever identify them as those who have been given amnesty for the sake of their children. They will not be allowed any tax deductions pertaining to dependents once their last child on record at time of their petition for amnesty was granted reaches the age of 18, or 22 if their income is taken into account of the US Citizen offspring's financial aid while going to college. A large number are "working poor", but once they are relieved of this financial obligation then such things as mortgage interest, earned income credits, etc will not apply. They should be then taxed at a percentage of 30% with no refund as a fine payment for breaking the laws. This goes for every adult that came here illegally whether they ethnicities are Irish, Mexican, Nigerian, Chinese, Indian, or anything else. They broke the laws as adults and their children should benefit from full participation while they should not.

6. The language of the United States government and of the country should be officially made English. This increases assimilation; there is too much accommodation all under the banners of multiculturalism. All immigrant populations that have come over the years have learned the language to the best of their abilities, and made sure that their children did as well. This is also a requirement for US citizenship along with the knowledge of US history that if you were awake in your class in grade school and high school you should know, but hell most Americans don't. In addition, English as a Second Language, ESL, in school should be scrubbed, total immersion is the best way to learn in addition to having an extra tutoring or whatever is needed so that they may learn with additional tutoring as an "after school" program. People would say that method is not workable and not encourage the immigrant to learn English; however the example I always give is that although there have been protests of immigrants in France in recent months, when you see the press coverage their signs and chants are in French! Instead, what we get is immigrants protesting in anything but the prevalent language of our nation, proving what many Americans regard, as they do not want a part of us as a nation, and people. This is not bigotry or xenophobic to ask of those that come to your country to learn the language, and to integrate oneself into the country.

The recurring theme with all of these examples is that they are in the shadows and in fear and it is the fault of the American people. Well guess what the onus lies on their shoulders they knew what they were doing when they came here they broke the law and again they brought this pox on their children. The response to that question can only be explained as the silence is deafening. Other than those with hollow arguments to match their heads that scream racism, because they know they have no leg with which to stand on this debate. Myself and those like me who just want the laws to be applied fairly.

Right now I am watching Fox News Sunday. The panel is talking about the new go round in the Senate, and Juan Williams, a usually thoughtful lefty (by the way his book, Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It, is really well written and insightful), is crying about how punitive the fines are, and how terrible it is for the those here illegally having to touch back. It will be back on tonight 6pm EST for those of you who missed it. Charles Krauthammer is on the panel and he is close to where I am with the issue of Illegal immigrants, although I do not agree 100% with him on all points. He wrote a good op-ed this Friday.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/we_agree_on_border_security_do.html

Well folks, I am sure that there are some that would dismiss my plan outline as simplistic and not realistic, however at least I have though about it and not just laid down and let a detrimental piece of legislation get passed. To the elitists I may be dismissed as a simpleton, to them I say you may try to dismiss me out of hand, but I am an American, and I am a registered and active voter.

 A side note we've gotten though these comments without a Tumbler rant, in the words of Joe Walsh  - - - -"Ah that's a so nice" 

In regards to Illegal Immigration of criminals, and the 'comprehensive immigration reform bill', I think we need to talk to our local plumbers about 'comprehensive basement leak/flooding'. I think anyone of them would tell you it's useless to mop and pump out the basement while the watermain is still pumping out 4-10 gallons per minute.

We need to stop pretending to come up with a comprehensive bill, and start with the obvious. Seal the leak. Remove 3/4 of all US Border Patrol agents from the border. Replace them with 3 times the number of US military troops to stem the influx. Then, while the US Army (hey, the National Guard has two weeks training every summer, how about that training take place on the US Border, and instead of summer, rotate them throughout the year?... but I regress...) While the US Army is sealing the border, the US Border Patrol is able to stake out raids throughout the country.

Many say that 'deporting 12 million people is', chose your definition... impossible, impractical, goofy, silly.... I think we won't have to deport but a couple hundred thousand of them if we do this correctly. Multiple high-profile raids on large US employers will put the fear of deportation in many times the numbers that actually get arrested/detained. Then, inform the employers that anyone in Human Resources/Personnel that had any hand in the hiring of the Criminal Aliens will face felony charges and a great deal of Criminal Aliens will voluntarily deport themselves.

I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007

Tom Tancredo finally got an amendment to a Homeland Secuirty bill which will cut off federal funds to sanctuary cities.

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Reason for deportation: they were ILLEGAL in the first place!

NYT look the word up, it might give you a clue.

It's been said before, and I'll say it again: Why not deport the entire family?

Sorry Geraldo, try selling that garbage somewhere else.

"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."

-- Fred Thompson as Admiral Josh Painter (The Hunt for Red October)