{"id":18,"date":"2005-10-08T23:41:35","date_gmt":"2005-10-09T03:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2005-10-13T21:58:10","modified_gmt":"2005-10-14T01:58:10","slug":"18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/08\/18\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP &#8220;revolt&#8221; on illegal immigration&#8230;is Governor Perdue next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s news from San Antonio Texas gives an interesting view of the changing national skew on amnesty for illegal aliens\u2026and criminal employers. <\/p>\n<p>It seems that the president of the United States is facing what an increasing number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opinionjournal.com\/columnists\/pnoonan\/?id=110006302\">MSM<\/a> reporters are labeling a GOP &#8220;revolt&#8221;&#8230;code for &#8220;they must soon run for re-election&#8221; &#8230;and Bush cannot.<\/p>\n<p>The cry of &#8220;nation over political party&#8221; [ at least &#8220;re-election over political party&#8221;] is spreading like&#8230; well,  like illegal &#8220;migration&#8221; from Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>It is turning up all over the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Having gotten the message from angry constituents in their districts,  no longer are the soon to be [officially] campaigning politicians willing to spout the party line that the future of America depends on our continued abandonment of the rule of law,  several million needy illegal aliens a year walking into our nation &#8211; and turning a blind eye to the illegal employment of the unemployed from the south.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/metro\/stories\/MYSA100805.06A.Immigration.2274d075.html \">&#8220;GOP reps want a hold put on guest worker plan&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Express News\/KENS 5, San Antonio:<\/p>\n<p>Gary Martin<br \/>\nExpress-News Washington Bureau<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Republican lawmakers urged President Bush on Friday to abandon his push for a guest-worker program until the strict enforcement of immigration laws is achieved along the U.S.-Mexico border.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What a concept&#8230;<em>si<\/em> ?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said increased enforcement of immigration laws at the border is essential before Congress considers a guest-worker program.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;We have lost control of our borders and endangered the lives of Americans by not enforcing immigration laws,&#8221; he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Smith penned a letter to the White House signed by 82 Republican members of the House of Representatives who urged Bush to back off on his guest-worker proposal and concentrate on border enforcement.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good, but let\u2019s be clear here. <\/p>\n<p>American lives are not only &#8220;endangered&#8221;, <em>they are being lost<\/em> as a direct result of the President&#8217;s refusal to honor his oath of office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/cherokee\/1204\/02inman.html\">Ask Kathy and Billy Inman<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Ask the  family of Lisa Ann<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/articles\/dak_mdj\/art_dak_mdj_2005jan28.html\">Bourqaudez <\/a> in Cobb County Georgia \u2026ask <em>any<\/em> of the families of the lost on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/no_more_deaths\/no_more_deaths.html\">far too long list <\/a>of dead Americans. <\/p>\n<p>It is tragedy enough that we watch as our children\u2019s nation is changed into a lawless, low wage, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinobeat.net\/HVC\/Opinion\/NEWS\/092805Nnews.htm\">bilingual <\/a> image of the Third World, but the fact that the illegals are allowed to continue to &#8220;look for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertypost.org\/cgi-bin\/readart.cgi?ArtNum=111276\">a better life<\/a>&#8221; at the cost of American lives must not go un-noticed \u2026or forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Even some<em> Democrat <\/em>politicians from the states hit the hardest by the mass influx of illegal aliens understand that the political winds are blowing at category three speeds and cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>More from Texas:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, filed a bill Friday that would increase fines on businesses for hiring undocumented workers.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Gonzalez accused Congress of demagoguery in the debate over illegal immigration, while failing to penalize and prosecute employers and businesses that knowingly hire undocumented workers.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I am disturbed by the fact that many people appear to be more interested in gaining political advantage than doing anything to stem the flow of illegal immigration,&#8221; Gonzalez said.&#8221;  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From here in Marietta, it is interesting to listen to the silence from Governor Sonny Perdue\u2019s office on the growing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/metro\/content\/metro\/0905\/14legimmigrant.html\">discontent<\/a> here in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>We look for Governor Perdue [ someone who <em>is<\/em> running for re-election] to re-think his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zamarripa.com\/news_item.jsp?catid=14&#038;contid=38 \">public support<\/a> of the President\u2019s amnesty proposal  &#8211; and to recognize that he must stop ignoring the power he has to make Georgia less attractive to illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Watch. <\/p>\n<p>But while you watch, call the Governor\u2019s [ 404 656 1776] office and encourage him to re-check the winds.<\/p>\n<p>Many Georgians who are registered to vote already are.<\/p>\n<p>Category five by November?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s news from San Antonio Texas gives an interesting view of the changing national skew on amnesty for illegal aliens\u2026and criminal employers. 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