Viewpoints
RE: New Guest Worker Program
No Substitute For Cracking Down
By David Levin
May 20 2006
Saturday
Mike Harpold, in his piece in Viewpoints entitled "New Guest
Worker Program No Substitute For Cracking Down" is right
on the mark except in one important point. He states that today's
"invasion" by illegal aliens is so immense, that it
"it is not likely that anything like the Bracero program
could be duplicated today." This is patently untrue. A true
"Guest Worker" plan COULD be devised embracing the
Bracero Program and could apply ANYWHERE in our society--in the
fields where farmworkers toil, in restaurants, hotels, nursing
homes and the thousands of other areas of the society that illegals
are ensconsed. The only thing lacking is THE WILL TO DO IT, AND
ENFORCE IT! Naturally, Special Order 40, 41 and every other "sanctuary
policy" developed by cities across America would have to
be done away with. As Mr. Harpold states, current Federal laws
against businesses hiring illegal aliens will have to be emforced.
And, along with all of this, INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT--not the piddly
"enforcement" now being enacted and ballyhooed by ICE/DHS--is
THE critical component for the millions who will not under any
circumstances voluntarily self-deport.
The U.S. Senate is operating under the illusion that giving amnesty
to 23-plus million illegal aliens (see Daneen
G. Peterson's piece) is good for the country and is what
the People want. They couldn't be more wrong! There will be no
"immigration legislation" this year, because the House
of Representatives (which is closer to the People than either
the Senate or the President) won't allow it to get through their
deliberative body. The next, crucial step is for the People of
America to throw out of office all pro-amnesty Congressman, Senators,
state legislators, governors and local officials who are up for
re-election in November. Keeping the House of Representatives
decidedly anti-amnesty is key to keeping amnesty for millions
of illegals from ever becoming law. We can worry about 2008 later.
Right now, supporting the House in its HR4437 Bill and the defeat
of the current Senate Amnesty Bill being debated are key.
David Levin
Menlo Park, CA - USA
About: David Levin writes he is a "long-time anti-illegal
immigration proponent, David Levin has studied this issue using
common sense and with first-hand experience, having worked alongside
many illegal aliens (principally from Mexico) in many restaurants,
hotels and country clubs in Southern and Northern California
since 1973."
Related Viewpoint:
 New
guest worker program no substitute for cracking down By Mike
Harpold - Ketchikan, AK - USA
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