On August 6th Arlen Spector publishes an Op-Ed in the Washington Post titled: " A Less Ambitious Approach to Immigration"
The Houston Chronicle published the essay with the title to "Try immigration reform again: Green cards for all"
The Miami Herald changes it further to: "Why Not Issue 12 Million Green Cards?"
There is a great distance between the original title and the one highlighting the issuance of 12 million green cards.... there is lots of provocation too. Are the Chronicle and Herald pandering to the anti-immigration crowd? Its clear that these papers are placing their own opinions onto Specter's title. They are making it sound like the 12 million green cards are a big giveaway...with little consequence and few expectations of immigrants.
The truth is, although Specter should be commended for even trying to address such an explosive subject, a permanent guest worker program without hope of citizenship is bad news for the U.S. (just check out the Turkish immigrant problem in Germany). Specter mentions "attacks" regarding the creation of a group of underclass immigrants, and he is certainly right. This will happen if such a bill becomes law.
I have confidence however in the extreme right and our cooperative media -- the 12 million green cards are enough to get every Minute Man in the country riled up....
Seems like the U.S. won't be happy until undocumented people are placed under indentured servitude. What a shame and embarrassment for a country that is supposed to be a democracy.
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Check out Senator Arlen Spector's "A Less Ambitious Approach to Immigration"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501058.html
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