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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Coming to America

by Lee

Bush is about to propose a program to deal with the millions of illegal immigrants (i.e. Mexicans) in this country.

Under his plan, illegal immigrants in the United States would be able to gain legal status for an initial three-year period if they can prove they have jobs, senior Bush administration officials said. Estimates on the number of illegals range from 8 million up to 14 million.

They would have permission to leave the country and come back as needed, and would be able to renew their three-year visas for a number of times to be negotiated with Congress, the officials said. ...

In addition, those outside the country wanting to work in the United States would be able to sign up for jobs if they exist. Employers would first have to show the jobs cannot be filled by Americans, who increasingly shun the types of menial labor jobs that immigrants take.

I’m not necessarily against a program like this, but this is only addressing half the problem.  If we’re going to create a program to give some kind of legal status to illegals, the flip side of that program should be an increased effort to seal the border.  Without preventing new illegals from coming into the country we’re just creating a huge spiral of illegal immigration and amnesty programs.

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