Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Senator Reid's Immigration Plan

From 1993. I'm for this! If we'd have listened to the Senator back then, we wouldn't be in this mess now:

"Our borders have overflowed with illegal immigrants placing tremendous burdens on our criminal justice system, schools and social programs," Reid said. "The Immigration and Naturalization Service needs the ability to step up enforcement."Our federal wallet is stretched to the limit by illegal aliens getting welfare, food stamps, medical care and other benefits often without paying any taxes."Safeguards like welfare and free medical care are in place to boost Americans in need of short-term assistance. These programs were not meant to entice freeloaders and scam artists from around the world. "Even worse, Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by individuals who are here illegally," Reid said.

I think Republicans should reintroduce this Bill and call it, rightly so, the Reid Immigration Reform Bill.

Update- In a related story, Powerline reveals the communist link to the recent pro-immagration protests.