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Heritage
Network
Beware
of Happy Talk on Immigration
Ken
McIntyre
December
2, 2013
Is
immigration reform coming back from the dead?
Over
Thanksgiving, both President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner
(R-OH) have indicated that the issue —which has meant amnesty, by
any other name—is alive on Capitol Hill.
Obama
said last week that proponents of amnesty should be “thankful”
for Boehner’s stated support for immigration reform and prompted
laughter by comparing the complicated issue to a turkey that could be
sliced up.
“It’s
Thanksgiving. We can carve this bird into multiple pieces,” Obama
quipped.
But
the metaphor doesn’t really work.
It
must have been the spirit of the season that prompted Boehner to
praise Obama earlier in November for his sudden willingness—amid
the wreckage of another “comprehensive” solution, Obamacare—to
entertain a “piece-by-piece” process for immigration reform.
“The
American people are skeptical of big, comprehensive bills, and
frankly, they should be,” Boehner told reporters. “The only way
to make sure immigration reform works this time is to address the
complicated issues one step at a time.”
While
all this talk sounds nice, the bird really wouldn’t be carved in
the end. The House and Senate eventually would have to come together,
and that’s where liberals are likely to reassemble the pieces,
throw in some more, and try to stuff the whole monstrous
turkey—including amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants—down
Americans’ throats...
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