Illegal Workers: One Very Complex Issue...

Keep all illegal wokers out? Let them all in? Although many Americans have been taking a firm stance to one of those positions, this issue is just not that simple. Law enforcement, taxes, equality, economics, cheap labor, and the like work together to compound the issue of 'solving' America's illegal immigrant problem(s). Many people in my area of TX have voiced ignorant, ultra-conservative remarks, but so far, here is the most ridiculous statements I have read/heard on this issue. I pulled this from an MSNBC.com article:

[Tom] Tancredo [R-CO] may not be a household name yet, but he's doing everything he can to change that. As the House and Senate debate the nation's immigration and border-security laws, the four-term Coloradan has positioned himself as the loudest, angriest voice against the estimated 11 million illegal aliens now living in the United States. They are "a scourge that threatens the very future of our nation," he says. He laments "the cult of multiculturalism," and worries about America's becoming a "Tower of Babel."

Tancredo is claiming (more like threatening if you ask me) that if the Republican Presidential candidates of 2008 fail to make immigration a platform issue, he will make himself a presidential candiate. He doesn't think he'd win in '08 though; he declares himself "too fat, too short and too bald" to be president. This is the kind of extreme right politician the press is looking to quote, and behalf of all journalists: Thanks for your ridiculous comments, Mr. Tancredo. Your ignorance reads beautifully in print and sounds just dumb enough to make TV interesting.

I'm not claiming to be educated enough on this issue to fully expound, so I am digressing my opinions here. All I know is that this is not a simple issue for America to work through, and I am pleased with G'Dub's stance thus far. It's his second term, so he can make other Republicans a little feisty.

Immigration , border , MEXICO , Tancredo