New Bill just introduced: Endgame for "sanctuary cities" and "anchor babies" - Opinions?

[nicolas]

"Rep. Burton reintroduces legislation to crack down on illegal immigration"

http://www.kokomoperspective.com/news/article_354bdb1a-4833-11df-91b4-001cc4c002e0.html

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN-05) issued the following statement after introducing the "No Sanctuary for Illegals Act" (H.R. 5002) which is a consolidated and update of two bills he introduced during the110th Congress - the "No Sanctuary for Illegals Act" (H.R. 3549) and the "Border Security and Elimination of Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens Act of 2007" (H.R. 3638)

* Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) increase incentives to recruit Border Patrol agents through repayment of higher education loans; (2) establish a retention program; and (3) make construction of border fencing a priority;

* Authorizes the Secretary to deploy newly-developed technology along the land and maritime borders;

* Requires that a state or local law enforcement agency that arrests an alien that is illegally in the United States shall notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement respecting the arrest and provide the identity of the arrested person. In addition, it provides for: (1) the arrested person's expedited removal from the United States, and (2) criminal penalties and expedited removal if that same person is discovered to be unlawfully present in the United States a second time;

* Makes inadmissible to the United States an alien who has been unlawfully present in the United States and who attempts to illegally enter or reenter the United States. (Under current law, such person must be unlawfully in the United States for an aggregate period exceeding one year.);

* End of practice of anchor babies - children born in the United States to illegal alien mothers, who use the children's American citizenship to remain in the country; and

* End the policy of Sanctuary Cities - Cities that offer assistance and protection to illegal aliens

"Amnesty policies only reward people for breaking our laws and encourage others to do the same. We tried amnesty during the 1980s when we passed the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 when we only had an estimated 3 million illegal aliens in this country. Today we have an estimated 12 to 18 million illegal aliens living in America; proving that amnesty as a cure for illegal immigration is a complete failure. Amnesty does not work; and so long as I am privileged to represent Hoosiers in the United States House of Representatives I will oppose amnesty."

[fenwick]

I am all for it. There are two problems:

1. It will not happen.

2. It would take a constitutional amendment to eliminate the "anchor baby" aspect of the bill. Under our constitution any person that is born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen of the U.S.. I would favor such an amendment that would disallow citizenship to anyone born here when the mother is here illegally, but it ain't a gonna happen. The Dems will not do it and the Repubs only gave it talking points and NO action was taken. Bush wanted to give illegals amnesty and his Repub congress would only prevent that but would not actually address the problem of illegal aliens.

I favor immigration. I oppose ILLEGAL immigration. Any of us would be deported or imprisoned if we tried to enter another country illegally, including Mexico.

[mads]

YOu are correct it would just take a reinterpretation of the citizenship clause. but that would be up to the courts. the rest of it would be up to the dem congress.
So as much as this would be a good idea, it wont pass .

[jung-hwa75]

I hope it passes before the illegals bring us into a 1930's full on depression.

[honi]

Dan sounds good, and just when we Americans were about to lose all hope in politicians-he makes us proud...Hope the bill passes...

[dureau]

Is about time, hope it passes.

[werner72]

Wow, hope it passes. I think that would make Americans walk around with a brand new sense of national pride. It would raise the self esteem of all the racially disenfranchised native born citizens. I'm sorry, but it's becoming a desperate world and we do not need the criminal element and the overburdened social services.