Congress Abdicating Responsibility
When the so called "Immigration Bill" died on the Senate floor last week, as it should have according to polls, Congress threw up their hands and literally abdicated responsibility for fixing the problem. It is as if Congress is saying to the American public, "OK, you didn't like what we tried to shove your way, now live with nothing being done about border security or illegal immigration. We will show you." This is not acceptable.
In a Politico article, entitled Immigration Bill loses, falls on the Floor, the following text appears:
Those who worked on the comprehensive measure were pessimistic about the chances of resurrecting it, saying a busy legislative calendar and election-year politics would likely push the issue to the next administration and Congress.This is simply not acceptable. The American people should not be told by this Congress that they must accept illegal immigration and the absence of border security to continue for another year and a half because they would not accept the amnesty proposal built by the wealthy special interests pulling Congress person's strings.
This message Congress is sending the people has the ring of a President Bush refrain: 'My way or the highway". It is not acceptable. Our congress persons were elected to represent US, the people, and for intents and purposes, our Congress persons are saying if you don't like the legislation that favors our wealthy special interests, see how you like no legislation at all? The American
people by a vast majority demand that our borders be secured against both our enemies and illegal immigrants. But, if the Congress is to take notice of voters' intolerance, voters will have to slap in them in the face in November 2008 with a vote for a challenger, effectively voting out these incumbents who are now slapping the people in the face.
Sen. Ben Nelson (D), who opposed the 'Amnesty Bill', has accurately depicted why public pressure on defeating the bill was so overwhelming when he said: ""They got the premise backwards." They started with amnesty, as opposed to border security, first. It's a two-step process, you got to get the border secured, you got to get border enforcement in place, got to solve the problem of illegal immigration before you solve the problem of legal immigration."
Those who so fervently opposed the amnesty bill, now have before them the task of lobbying their Congress persons for an immediate new bill to secure our borders. If voters now rest on the laurels of defeating the amnesty bill, they will have to also accept no action whatsoever to solve the problems associated with the absence of border security. And those problems are many and growing all across this country. Act now, call your representatives and demand a new bill to secure our borders and insist the bill be a one issue, one topic bill, border security or voting for the incumbent will not be an option.
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