{"id":4647,"date":"2015-01-21T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2015-01-21T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T00:02:03","slug":"we-the-bubbas%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%9cempty-green-suit%e2%80%9d-border-bill-in-the-us-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/21\/we-the-bubbas%e2%80%99-and-the-%e2%80%9cempty-green-suit%e2%80%9d-border-bill-in-the-us-house\/","title":{"rendered":"We The Bubbas\u2019 and the \u201cEmpty Green Suit\u201d border bill in the U.S. House"},"content":{"rendered":"

We The Bubbas\u2019 and the \u201cEmpty Green Suit\u201d border bill in the U.S. House <\/strong><\/p>\n

D.A. King<\/p>\n

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mike McCaul (R) of Texas has introduced a border-security bill (HR 399)\u2026\u201d <\/a>Remember that, because it will be a big deal in \u201cthe news\u201d soon. Experts agree – the McCaul bill is \u201can empty green suit.\u201d<\/a>Which reminded me: Just after the election in November, I remember grimacing while listening to a radio interview with newly elected Georgia Congressman Rick Allen (R) who said in an answer to a question on immigration that \u201cwe should not do anything on immigration until we agree<\/em> to secure the border.\u201d (the italics are mine)<\/p>\n

Note for the \u201cI still can\u2019t tell when I am being treated like a dumb Bubba<\/a>\u201d voter. Rick Allen didn\u2019t say we shouldn\u2019t do anything about immigration until we secure the border. But kudos to Rep. Rick Allen for being such a quick study in the deceit of immigration politics.<\/p>\n

How to make it look like we all \u201cagree?\u201d Pass a bill with the words \u201cborder security\u201d in its title and tell people \u201cIt is the toughest border security bill ever before Congress, with real penalties for the administration for not doing their job,\u201d as McCaul said Friday in a statement announcing his new trick\u2026I mean legislation. <\/p>\n

So, for the GOP-bots who still trust the politicians we have sent to Washington from Georgia on the immigration issue: \u201cAgreeing\u201d to secure the border is not securing the border. It isn\u2019t most things that need to be done to secure America. <\/p>\n

From a past MDJ column, a partial list of \u201cagreements\u201d that the politicians in Washington have passed as a way to placate \u201cWe The Bubbas\u201d<\/p>\n

1986 \u2014 Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act amnesty, with the estimate that it would affect an estimated one million illegal aliens. While promising an end to illegal immigration, the law prohibited the employment of future illegal aliens. The enforcement never really happened. The number of illegals who were legalized was closer to three million. In 2004, only three employers in the entire nation were fined for hiring illegal aliens. The (very) low estimate is that 7 million to 8 million illegal aliens continue to hold American jobs.<\/p>\n

1996 \u2014 In the wake of the first World Trade Center bombing, Congress passed another wide-ranging enforcement law, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Among its provisions was a requirement to develop an automated check-in\/check-out visa system for foreign visitors, by which the feds could at least identify those who refused to leave as promised. Congress has mandated such a system five more times for all ports of entry\/exit. No such system exists.<\/p>\n

2001 \u2014 In line with the 9\/11 commission recommendations, the USA Patriot Act expanded the mandated visa departure system requirements to include biometrics. No such system exists.
\nThe recently passed Senate amnesty bill actually dismantles the never-enforced visa monitoring laws. Reasoning? \u201cToo costly.\u201d<\/p>\n

2005 \u2014 The REAL ID Act required that state driver\u2019s licenses meet certain minimum standards to be acceptable for federal purposes, such as boarding airplanes. The standards included requiring proof of legal presence in the United States before issuing a license. The driver\u2019s license is essential to illegal aliens seeking to embed themselves in American society. The original deadline for state compliance was adjusted to 2008, later postponed to 2011, then 2013, and now 2017. It seems likely the deadline will be extended yet again, permitting more states to continue issuing licenses to illegal aliens. Terrorists notice and take advantage of these dangerous broken promises.<\/p>\n

2006 \u2014 The Secure Fence Act of 2006 required \u201cat least 2 layers of reinforced fencing\u201d along roughly 650 miles of specifically designated stretches of the Mexican border. Less than 40 miles of such double-layered fencing have been built. The remainder is a mix of easily defeated single-layer \u201cpedestrian\u201d fencing and vehicle barriers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is my advice to listen to Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions on immigration. Here<\/a> is what he says about the McCaul bill.<\/p>\n

We The Bubbas should agree to not agree with any Georgia congressman who comes home peddling this \u201cagreement\u201d as an excuse for another amnesty and expanding legal immigration.<\/p>\n

Agreed?<\/p>\n

D.A. King is a nationally recognized authority on immigration and president of the Dustin Inman Society. Twitter: @DAKDIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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