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Originally Posted by pjohns
You make a very valid point: Far too many of my fellow Republicans are so supportive of business interests that they are inclined to look the other way when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration. (Others--and I include both George W. Bush and John McCain among these--seem chiefly interested in competing for the large, and ever-growing, Hispanic vote. But this is hardly a principled--or inspiring--position, either.)
As you have noted, tough employer sanctions, such as Arizona and Oklahoma have enacted, will get the attention of those whose businesses serve as a very large magnet for illegals. Anything less than that is an indication that our elected representatives are not really serious about our addressing the problem, and enforcing our national sovereignty--without which, it becomes impossible to assert our status as a serious nation-state.
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It's obvious that the fed gov is dysfunctional, bought off and run by and for special interest groups. The states are less dysfuncional than the fed gov, probably because their legislatures are more accessable and accountable to the public. If enough states pass tough on illegals/tough on the employers of illegals law, the fed gov will have to finally pass something like the SAVE Act.