Enter the US Legally or not at all...

[phoenix-starr.livejournal.com]

Color me exhausted... I'm going to bed. Got to bloody well work tomorrow...

Oh! News flash Bill O'Reilly has started a petition to send to all of congress and the president to close our boarders to illegal immigration. It got 90,000 signatures with a few minute spot on his radio program. Today he talked about it on TV. He plans to present it and demand a response from the lot of them in DC. Go sign the thing. Perhaps with sheer numbers we can beat some sense into the idiots up there... Please feel free to cross post this. See a transcript of the segment below. Also, this is a true best attempt at non-partisanship. If you think people should only be allowed to enter the country legally then please sign and pass this on regardless of who started it. Both Dems and Reps are ignoring this issue like an ostrich with its head in the sand.

Talking Points Memo & Top Story
The border & the American people
Guests: Sen. Tom Coburn & Rep. Tom Tancredo

"The most frequent question people ask me is what can everyday Americans do to force the government to secure the border. I've given this a lot of thought and mentioned on the Radio Factor that I had composed a letter to President Bush about the border chaos. That letter is still posted on BillOReilly.com and more than 90,000 of you have signed it. However, one letter is not going to move the feds. Right now there are approximately 11 million illegal aliens unaccounted for in the USA. Each month at least 100,000 more enter the country, most through the Mexican border. Thousands of Middle Eastern people have gotten into the USA via the southern border. It doesn't take a genius to ascertain the danger, not to mention the billions of dollars illegal aliens are costing the American taxpayer. Talking Points believes immigrants do help the USA, but they must respect the legal process. For decades politicians from both parties have refused to stop the madness. The only way the borders will become secure is if the American people demand it. Thus, there is a petition you can sign that will be sent to every member of Congress, as well as to the President and the head of Homeland Security. We will then ask those people to respond to the petition, and will report back to you over the next few months. The 'Secure Our Borders' petition is available at www.reformus.org or you can go to BillOReilly.com where there is a link. This is a non-partisan people's movement, which is the best we can do."

The Factor was joined by two politicians who are staunch advocates of border reform. Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo said his colleagues fear the issue for two reasons. "This country has become hooked on cheap labor. A lot of pressure is put on individual congress people to not do anything about the borders for fear of impeding the flow of cheap labor. The other thing is the fear about the political backlash that would come from minority groups. Those two things have trumped national security." Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn added that many politicians are simply out of touch with their constituents. "A lot of people in Washington don't understand the feeling in the country, that people want the border closed. They want it closed for national security reasons but also for economic reasons. Their schools and hospitals are being overrun and we can't handle the flow of illegal immigrants." Representative Tancredo said the "Secure Our Borders" petition could play a major role in turning the tide. "The way things change in Washington is when people get upset and demand change."

Link: Bill's letter to President Bush
Link: www.reformus.org
Above segment transcript posted at The O'Reilly Factor Flash
x-posted to anti_lefty & phoenix_starr

Comments

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

It was up to around 445,900 when I signed. Not a bad showing at all.

[zyllah.livejournal.com]

Love your icon.

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[maidenjedi]

TOM TANCREDO FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!

Fantastic....thank you for sharing.

[zyllah.livejournal.com]

Although I share the sentiment there is one reason why both sides are leaving this alone that I can see. They don't want to piss off the Mexican vote.