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Up against the wall, or just a dam?
(Continued from "First things first" and the sooner the better)
Dafydd and I still aren't seeing completely eye to eye on the immigration issue, but I've had to admit he has some good points in some areas. Don't miss Two Walls That Pass In the Night, and as always on Dafydd's site, don't leave till you've read the comments.
Interested in more information about those poor hard-working immigrants that just want to assimilate as quickly as possible and join us around the campfire for a hearty round of Kumbaya? Learn all about them here.
The Protests -- Whose Backlash?
Victor Davis Hanson
Hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens, along with Mexican-Americans and Hispanics in general, hit the streets throughout the United States this past week in one of the largest displays of public outrage since the Vietnam-War era.
The conventional wisdom was that the supposedly spontaneous outbursts of immigrant pride and anger took lawmakers by surprise. In response, politicians may backtrack on some of the tougher proposals concerning border enforcement, from constructing a wall to deportations. The media tended to emphasize the heartfelt anguish of the demonstrators, who often on selected televised clips carried American flags and were shown reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
But here in Central California that is not the public face of the demonstrations that we saw--which were mostly angry and, in the case of truant high-school students, so often unfortunately characterized by Mexican chauvinism, if not overt racism of the La Raza ("the race") type. And while these public outbursts were for the present just noisy, the private counter-reactions to them, I fear, are going to grow larger and angrier still.
If many thousands of illegal aliens marched in their zeal, many more millions of Americans of all different races and backgrounds watched--and seethed. ...
[Read on here.]
Thank you Papa Ray for making sure I didn't miss this:
Illegal Aliens Have 'Chutzpah'
Allan Wall
They've been marching in the streets of our cities clamoring for "justice."
Throughout the land, they march - Denver, Sacramento, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Phoenix and so on.
Their cause - fighting for the "rights" of illegal aliens and keeping our borders open.
The biggest march of all was March 25th in Los Angeles, Calif., where police estimated the multitude's numbers at 500,000: Half a million people.
That's impressive. Should we therefore give these people everything they want? Many of our politicians seem to think so.
The U.S. Constitution, however, doesn't include street protest as a form of legislation. In fact, the men who drafted our constitution were not fond of what they called "mobocracy." As James Madison put it in Federalist Paper #55, "Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob."
[Read on here.]
See also: Immigration Round-Up: Hubris Edition.
Out, Fox
Mark Levin
Something astounding just happened in Cancun, Mexico. Citing a "freedom-of-movement clause" in the Mexican constitution, Vicente Fox announced that "We can't infringe upon the right of people to move freely within our territory." In other words, as a matter of law, Fox asserted that he cannot and will not stop his citizens from coming to the United States, including those coming here illegally.
More here.
Of course, this is nonsense. It’s one thing for the people of Mexico to move freely within their own territory. It’s quite another when they are moving into another country, like the United States. Every nation has an inherit right to control its borders. This is a fundamental aspect of sovereignty. In fact, Mexico has stricter immigration laws than the U.S. They have a police force as well as their military patrolling their southern border. Immigrants who cross-over to Mexico illegally aren’t guest-workers or undocumented workers. Under Mexican law, they’re felons.
[Read on here.]
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Bush banks on guest-worker bill
Stephen Dinan
CANCUN, Mexico -- President Bush yesterday did not rule out vetoing a border security bill if it does not include a guest-worker program, but said he's convinced Congress will send him a bill that includes such a provision.
His stance puts him on a collision course with the House, which passed such an immigration enforcement-only bill in December, and particularly with many House Republicans who insist immigration enforcement must come before a foreign-worker program.
[Read on here.]
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Flopping Aces: The Mexican Flag
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