On the issue of the bill pending in Congress, The Oregonian's division of pulling pulling "facts" out of their heinies reports that two-thirds of Americans favor establishment of a guest-worker program. Only one little problem, there: the USA already has a guest-worker program. So we probably don't need to "establish" one, now do we?
Three-fifths of Americans think that illegal aliens who've lived in the United States for more than two years should be given a chance to gain legal status instead of being deported. Um...they sort of had their chance to gain legal status. They blew it off. How likely is that to change?
Americans agree with Republican senators about how immigration applications should be prioritized. Skills and education should outweigh family ties on the list of reasons to approve applicants. And current law already addresses that. The problem, here, is that our laws have never been enforced. Most of the illegal aliens flooding across the southern border are unskilled, and undereducated. Moreover, this is a huge national security issue because unlike their legal counterparts, the illegals have obviously never been screened for health issues.
Think back to all of the concerns published in the media regarding the potential for a pandemic killer flu outbreak, or the "Super Tuberculosis" strains cropping up, and then ask yourself if your federal folks, from the President on down, are living up to their Oath of Office, which among other things requires them to safeguard Americans from threats.
Are they doing their job?
