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The end of Ted Kennedy’s dream of a third-world America

The Texas state legislature joined Arizona’s war on illegal immigration in a characteristically big way last Monday. State Rep. Debbie Riddle actually camped out before the chief clerk’s office to get low docket numbers for her illegal immigration bills. One would criminalize trespassing in Texas by illegal aliens, and a second would require state-issued voter IDs. Almost simultaneously, state Sen. Dan Patrick also offered two bills, one outlawing sanctuary cities and a second empowering law enforcement to question suspects’ immigration status.

All told, nine bills attacking problems caused by illegals were offered, including imprisoning unlicensed drivers who cause serious accidents, requiring schools to report illegal students and making burglary of a motor vehicle a felony. Since the new legislature is strongly conservative, chances are good for passage of all nine.

Of course, the usual suspects vow to fight for illegal immigration forever. Democrat state Rep. Mike Villarreal argued that every study has shown that stopping illegal immigration would “strangle the state’s economy.” However, a recent report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform puts the total annual price tag for handling Mexico’s overflow population at $113 billion, of which the states pay three-fourths unaided, or $84 billion. Texas’ share is nearly $9 billion, a tidy sum that, freed up, could spark considerable investment and employment, or even zero-out the state’s total deficit. Far from strangling it, the end of Ted Kennedy’s dream of a third-world America would strengthen the state’s economy.

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4 Responses to “The end of Ted Kennedy’s dream of a third-world America”

  1. Chuck Says:
    November 12, 2010 at 12:36

    Patrick,

    One of the things that I find very interesting about the illegal immigrant debate that our country is having right now, is that it is very similar to the slavery debate we had prior to Lincoln’s election and the Civil War.

    Both arguments revolved around the exploitation of human beings for cheap labor, and both focused the argument on state and federal rights to regulate that exploitation. In this case, liberals and open border supporters are playing the role of the plantation owners.

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  2. Chuck Says:
    November 12, 2010 at 12:37

    I think I left this comment on the wrong post. I will repost correctly…

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  3. Patrick Sperry Says:
    November 13, 2010 at 16:57

    Not a problem Chuck.

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    November 16, 2010 at 13:22

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