As we all know, more than half of the farm folk Dodge hagiographized with Paul Harvey's voice during the Super Bowl are illegal immigrants.
Now, because rural flight leaves Big Dairy without enough workers to get us our yogurt (no, really, the NYT article says all that), the Senate wants to give amnesty to illegal farm workers:
Farm workers in the country illegally who agree to work in agriculture for an additional five to seven years would become eligible for a "green card" allowing permanent U.S. residence, according to two officials. The workers hold legal status, dubbed a "blue card" by negotiators, during the interim [Charles Abbott, "Pact Is Reached for Immigration Reform on Farm Labor," Reuters, 2013.04.12].
What Senators are foisting this crony-corporate breach of the rule of law upon us? California Democrat Dianne Feinstein (boo, liberal!), Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet (boo, liberal... kinda!), Florida Republican Marco Rubio (boo! li—wait a minute...), and Utah Republican Orrin Hatch (uh oh).
We have Senators from across the spectrum supporting this prioritization of economic needs over strict immigration law. So we're all o.k. with this plan, right? Senator Thune, Senator Johnson, Congresswoman Noem, you're all o.k. with giving lawbreaking workers and employers a free pass to keep that milk flowing, right?
Cory, Are you okay?
It would appear you are going almost conservative on us here.
Amnesty sounds like a great idea on the surface but it does bring with it all sorts of fun issues: what about the people who have been patiently waiting for years for a green card or the chance to immigrate legally and then there is the real possibility that talk of amnesty will create a flood of more people crossing the border in the next few months...
I'm fine, MC. I'm just asking where conservatives stand on law, order, and immigration. In particular, Republicans should be asking John Thune, Kristi Noem, and Mike Rounds what's more important: the desires of business for cheap labor or the rule of law?
yeah, I see where you are going with this, Cory. Kind of puts these three into a bit of a pickle as to what side they come down on.....
Love it!
Mmmm, pickles. The pickle industry also depends on cheap immigrant labor. Crunch, crunch, crunch.
The moment they become legal they will cease being underpaid farm workers.....
Mr. Clanton is right. Pickles are great and so are chips, but if you are here illegally then you will be growing pickles and chips. Nobody but the whiniest will whine about the plight of the illegals. The illegals chose illegality. And just because Mr. H. makes up a statistic that 53% of all South Dakota farmers are illegals doesn't mean he can use it as a fact in a different blog. That's why his debate teams got mopped up and down the debate court.
Made-up statistic my foot. Follow the link.
Grudz obviously never had to send his students in to debate Cory's debate teams. My kids never had an easy win against them
The US does not need more ignorant, superstitious backward rapidly reproducing problems dumped onto local school and social services with a huge unfunded federal mandate. Where are the conservatives who whine about the evil federal government unfunded mandates to require seat belts, clean up corporate spills, etc. etc on this huge unfunded mandate.
Republicans want cheap labor and further destruction of US labor organizations and protection. Democrats want cheap votes even if those voters can't speak or read English.
We don't need "immigration reform", we need deportation teeth.
Had to read that a couple of times, Doug: so, you want to deport more clergy, right?
Well Larry, that idea might run afoul of some other constitutional issues, but it may be time that religion be considered for new immigrants. Do we really need more religionists committed to state and church being enmeshed and religious wars against all infidels who don't believe in their version of superstition, mythology, and irrelevancy.
We need to vote on Statehood for the tribes and Mexico.
The "illegal" refrain sounds like a lot of "tea-rany" to me.