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Let’s have some fun. Let’s look at Republican Senator Mel Martinez’s positions before he was elected compare them with after and then we can all sit around and wonder why we should trust any Republican who is pro-illegal immigration including the President. Here he is before the election. (Hat tip Polipundit  )

Mel Martinez for Senate  : “We are nation of immigrants. The hard work and contributions of millions of legal immigrants are an important part of our Americas history. “ 

This is pretty standard stuff, we are all immigrants etc etc, but is it exceptional? Since this is the common refrain from those who advocate nearly unlimited immigration, exactly which nations in the world were NOT a products of immigration? None. All nations are nations of immigrants. Some nations because of unfettered immigration manage to change into something the original inhabitants would never have dreamed of agreeing to had they the chance to choose.

Several examples spring to mind, one that might be dear to liberals, the American Indian. Wonder about the Indians who broke bread with us on Thanksgiving day, would they be so welcoming if they could have seen the future? What about the Britons, did they think that the immigration of the Romans was a good thing? Or later, perhaps the Britons agreed with the changes the Normans brought to the Island. Maybe they did want to wait 300 years before the Royal Court Proceedings were again conducted in English. Unfettered immigration doesn’t look so peachy now and illegal immigration is exactly that unfettered. For an unvarnished take down of those who make that pious claim that we are a nation of immigrants please take a look at this article Time to Rethink Immigration? by Peter Brimelowfrom National Review, June 22, 1992 reprinted at VDARE.

So lets look a bit deeper into Candidate Martinez’s heart to see what he was promising in regards to illegals. From the same statement on his page prior to the election.

Our immigration policy, however, must first and foremost ensure the security of our great nation and its citizens. Especially during these treacherous times, our focus must be on preventing those who would harm us from entering our country and in providing the resources our border agents need in order to accomplish this. I oppose amnesty for illegal aliens. I support a plan that matches workers with needy employers without providing a path to citizenship. Immigration to this country must always be done through legal means. 

Wow…sounds serious eh? Alright of course a guest worker program is not a very good idea but other than that he is making the right sounds eh?

Here is the bill this Senator sponsored once he was elected. Promises forgotten?

S. 2611 effectively would divide the unauthorized alien population (estimated at
12 mil.) into 3 groups:
• “Group 1:” Aliens who resided in the United States for at least 5 years prior to April 5, 2006, were unauthorized on that date, and have worked for 3 of those 5 years.

• This group would receive Permanent Residency (i.e., “green cards”) after 6 more
years of work. (Note: all green card holders can apply for citizenship in 5 years, or in 3 years, if married to an American citizen).

• “Group 2:” Unauthorized aliens who resided here for 2 to 5 years (since January 7,
2004).

• To become legal, these individuals must register and essentially “touch home base” (leave the U.S., most likely for a border town U.S. consulate); and then they
would either (a) receive an almost-guaranteed temporary “H-2C” work visa (and
apply for a green card once back in the U.S.), or (b) apply for a green card from

Oops where did we go wrong? Did Senator Martinez promise one thing and deliver another?

Ok so what else is new politicians always promise stuff they have no intention of delivering or honoring. But aren’t these the same gentlemen who are promising to enforce our new laws against illegal immigrants as long as we allow them to pass a law prior to enforcing the old law which states that those who broke the old law won’t get…wait hold up I have to duct tape my goddamn head to keep it from exploding…prosecuted for breaking the old law. But all the guys that come after we make the law promising to enforce the old law but before we awww…screw it. We are supposed to take these louts on their honor?

Not amused with the Republicans. Not amused with those partisan hacks on the right who constantly berate me for calling the Republican party on its contradictions regarding illegal immigrants. Democrats are supposed to be irrational…Republicans are supposed to be the adults that fix the mess. Just about now I would say that the Republicans are on track for making a bigger mess. Far more illegals have come across the border since President Bush came to office.

President Bush’s casual remarks about amnesty at the very beginning of his administration caused millions to rush our border. Obviously if the person in charge of enforcing the laws starts talking about pardoning those who are breaking the law everyone and their family is going to break it. In this report from the Los Angeles Times  verified here  we can take a somewhat spooky look at the President’s amnesty plans  prior to 9/11.

Yea I know he was against amnesty even back then. Of course do you know that instead of amnesty they called it regularlize…we were going to regularize the estimated 3 to 4 million illegals.   Just a friendly reminder at this point in time estimates place the illegals around 11 million, though some have estimated upwards of 20 million, thanks perhaps in large part to President Bush’s casual remarks. For some fun take a read of Ari Fleischer trying to explain  what regularize means.

In hindsight its worth remembering what President Bush at the time was saying in response to a question: Q. Mr. President, on the immigration proposal that you’re weighing, sir, is there some reason that only Mexican workers should be considered? What about those from other countries?THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’ll consider all folks here. Let me make this very clear to people, that there was — a word was creeping in the vernacular about this issue, called amnesty. I oppose blanket amnesty. Yes we know Mr. President you oppose amnesty, wink wink, nudge nudge….oops there goes another 2 million of those people who do the Jobs Americans Won’t.

Yes we know Mr. President you oppose amnesty, wink wink, nudge nudge….oops there goes another 2 million of those people who do the Jobs Americans Won’t.At that moment in time 19 illegals were making plans to commit the most terrible terrorist attack in history. I wonder if Atta knew he could have gotten amnesty if he had waited a bit longer. Compassionate Conservatism in action?

President Bush’s supporters parade around crowing about the 6 million people his INS/DHS/ICE (whatever the hell its now called…a turd is a turd) have deported. Not mentioning or probably not even knowing that President Clinton  managed to deport 7 million in a 5 year period. Not only that but a President, who is absolutely vilified by Republicans as a liar, managed to do it when there wasn’t a rush to the border. Even a Democratic President, who by the way was also pro illegal, understood that if you hinted at amnesty millions would rush across the border. President Bush on the other hand feigns ignorance and throws his hands up wondering where all these new illegals came from…well gee I wonder. And we are supposed to consider this man more honest than President Clinton?

We must keep the attack up on the President’s plans. Not a single word out of those who advocate this amnesty/regularization/normalization should be believed. The damage that this fight does to the war on terror is incalculable since all those people we have to trust to fight this war have violated that trust by telling some whoppers on a subject they approach with a near religious intensity. It is difficult if not impossible to regain trust once its been lost.

To those who argue that I should support the Republicans  , I ask why aren’t the Republicans working harder for my vote. Why am I seeing things like the contradictions in Senator Martinez’s positions and why is President Bush inviting 5 or 6 million people in our country illegally with his offhand remarks? Why are the Republicans engaging in newspeak 1 on immigration? Why are both the current President and the Republican Frontrunner trying to lie about the amnesty they are proposing?

Amnesty/Regularization/Normalization amounts to….card please, people who broke the law being forgiven and gaining the benefits that drove them to break the law in the first place. Those who say that by demanding fines and constructing other minor hoops, illegals are paying their debt for breaking the law, need to explain a couple of things for me. For example if we were to fine someone who robbed a bank it is beyond doubt that they would not be able to pay the fine with the funds they stole. Indeed any rational person would have expected the robbers to return the funds prior to being allowed to pay a mere fine to escape jail time. And yet these illegals get to keep that which they stole a spot in the greatest country in the world…hmmm. Sounds like amnesty to me, but hey maybe if the Republicans lie a bit more I will believe them. Nah.

UPDATE #1: The Captain asks  Republicans to consider what will happen if we withdraw our support. I ask why aren’t the Republican Senators considering what happens if they drive us away from the party with their headlong rush into idiocy on a wide range of issues, not the least of them being Immigration.

UPDATE #2: Right Wing Nuthouse   thinks that calling people like me names will win the argument. Perhaps it is indeed better for them to stay away from discussing the issues. To call the illegal immigration of upwards of 8 million people in the years of the Bush administration, petty is remarkable.

The Anchoress is writing a paen 0to the President.

Other posts on immigration
Mickey Kaus makes some good points on immigration but…  
The Reason Amnesty won’t work even if President Bush hoodwinks us into passing the “comprehensive bill”  
Call your senators, ask them why they are condemning the Republican party to minority status!  
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