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| Illegal Immigration |
| Amnesty |
 I will fight to curtail illegal immigration and strengthen
our border security. I will not allow amnesty to become a bargaining
chip. Even the talk of amnesty encourages a whole new wave of
illegal immigrants.
America has one of the most generous immigration policies
in the world. It is unacceptable that we allow millions of
people to sneak in the back door of our country when the front
door is available. We have tried amnesty and it does not work.
We must enforce and, as necessary, tighten our immigration
laws and secure our border–it is a matter of national
security.
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| Border Fence |
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I will enforce the legislation that has authorized and funded a
border fence. |
| Birth Right Citizenship
Reform |
"Amendment XIV
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside." |
 I oppose
summarily bestowing citizenship on people who have crossed our
borders illegally. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution clearly
states that to become a citizen one has to be “…subject
to the jurisdiction…” of the United States. Those who
are in our country illegally are not subject to “…the
jurisdiction thereof,…” and therefore their children
are not citizens of the United States.
If illegal aliens bring or keep minor children in the United
States when the adults are subject to deportation then these
adult illegal aliens should also be charged with child endangerment
and the children should be placed in the custody of Child Protective
Services.
I believe that we should step back to the Alien
Registration Act which was signed
into law in 1940 by Franklin D Roosevelt and destroyed by
Ted Kennedy in 1963. Under this legislation, every alien in the
United States has
to register
his or her
current
address
at
least
every
January
and within 30 days of an address change, or upon leaving the
United States. |
| Employer Verification |
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One of the strongest draws to the United States for illegal immigrants
is our economy and enticing job market. We should remove these
as incentives for illegal migrants. I will give the Department
of Homeland Security a mandate to implement a nationwide employment
verification system. Employers need to have an easy, reliable
and efficient system to verify an employee’s status and
there must be real consequences imposed on employers who willfully
break the law and employ illegal immigrants |
| Border Patrol Agents |
Border Patrol Agents Ignacio
Ramos and Jose
Compean were convicted
for what amounted to procedural violations in their attempted
apprehension of drug smuggler, Aldrete-Davila, along the Southwest
border in Texas. For reasons that remain unclear, U.S. Attorney
Johnny Sutton used his prosecutorial discretion to indict Agents
Ramos and Compean on a weapons charge that carries a 10-year
mandatory sentence. Given the evidence and circumstances of the
case, this indictment against these Border Patrol Agents was
completely unjustified.
 In addition, information has come forward since the agents’ convictions
that the drug smuggler, who was granted immunity, received free
medical care and a humanitarian visa for his testimony against
the agents, was involved in several other drug smuggling incidents.
Understanding the miscarriage of justice that has been perpetuated against these
agents, I will support and/or introduce legislation granting a congressional
pardon to Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. While this has
never been tried before and some argue that it is unconstitutional, legal advisors
have stipulated that it has never been adjudicated and that there are some indications
that such an action would be valid. If nothing else, our efforts may force the
President to grant them a Presidential Pardon. 103 members of the 110th Congress
have agreed to this effort and have cosponsored appropriate legislation.
After elected I will work with Representative
Ted Poe to push
legislation similar to his amendment to the Commerce Justice
and Science Appropriations Act, which while funding the Federal
Bureau of Prisons, disallows any funding included in the bill to be used
for the incarceration of the two agents. The amendment passed
by voice vote.
President Clinton granted multiple presidential pardons on his way
out of office. Many of these pardons were more nefarious than pardoning
Compean and Ramos. President Bush should allow these two border agents
to return to their families, children and freedom immediately.
Make sure and read CNN's
Lou Dobbs Commentary; "Time to free Ramos and Compean". |
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