Especially when they're sponsoring a law like this one.
The much ballyhooed immigration "reform" bill they're currently debating?
Yeah. According to analysts, it will allow as many as 100 MILLION new immigrants from Central and Latin America over the next 20 years, which:
'would transform the United States socially, economically and politically. Within two decades, the character of the nation would differ dramatically from what exists today.''That's sure a great idea! How about some more? Thanks to the Sun-Times doing my job for me - they evidently don't like the bill any more than I do, and I just wrote letters to both our Senators, Senator Arlen Specter and Senator Rick Santorum, telling them to vote against it - I don't even have to provide the sarcasm. Of course, just because I don't HAVE TO...
*The bill supposedly would protect American workers by ensuring that new immigrants would not take away jobs. However, the bill's definition of ''United States worker'' includes temporary foreign guest workers, so the protection is meaningless.Do I really need to spell out why this is a terrible idea?
*It extends the Davis-Bacon Act's requirement for the payment of ''prevailing wage'' to all temporary guest workers. That puts them ahead of Americans, who have this protection only on federal job sites.
*Foreign guest farm workers, admitted under the bill, cannot be ''terminated from employment by any employer ... except for just cause.'' In contrast, American ag workers can be fired for any reason.
Well, what the hell, I will anyway.
If you make this country a haven for workers from foreign countries who do not have to assimilate into our culture, you will rapidly no longer have a culture. Historically, immigrants from every population in the world except two have assimilated fully and completely into our culture, learning the language, learning and obeying the law, and becoming, for all intents and purposes, Americans.
Those two exceptions are Asians and Hispanics.
Asians for the most part seem to manage the trick of assimilation, at least to the point where they can speak English, within four generations of moving into the United States - pitiful, but if you get there, you get there.
Hispanics, however, don't bother. Texas, in particular, is inundated by people who are third-generation citizens and still require bilingual education. This is totally unacceptable.
The really cool thing about this is that all of those people can VOTE. And do. Against any measure to control immigration.
This is what's called a cultural invasion. Mexico is terrible, so they want to come here; but instead of coming here to be like us, they want to come here and make us like Mexico, which will inevitably result in our economy collapsing as well.
In addition to this, giving immigrant workers preferential treatment over American citizens will inevitably result in Americans leaving our country to naturalize in other nations, where they can get treated fairly.
My wife and I are starting to think more and more seriously about Australia.
In the meantime, attempt to stem the tide; join me, and many others, in writing to your Congressmen and pestering the hell out of them not to vote for this bill, as it will be horrifically damaging to our country.
Contact information for your Senators is here; your Representatives can be found here. I urge you to use the opportunity to defend your nation against all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC.
