Our great legislature is again grandstanding instead of taking care of business. They have sent a bill on illegal immigration to the Governor which will be a great vehicle for bankrupting the state as well as creating general havoc.
The bill requires all illegal immigrants who have been arrested under the many new Oklahoma immigration laws to be held in jail until the Feds pick them up. Oklahoma already has overflowing prisons and jails. Additional prisoners will mean lots more prisoners in an already crippled system. If this bill passes and is enforced, our prisons will soon be under federal oversight again for overcrowding and a large portion of my taxes will be going to fix the problem created by a bunch of yahoos who only want to grandstand instead of work on the problems for which they have real responsibility.
Illegal immigration is a federal problem. There are lots of federal problems that need fixing, but most of us are smart enough to know they are out of our realm of possibility or responsibility. Oklahoma could try to solve the problem of not enough troops to send to Iraq by initiating a state wide draft. Obviously that would be illegal (as this new immigration bill may well be), costly, and basically ineffective because of the vast numbers needed versus what the state could contribute.
If our legislators are too dumb to realize the repercussions of their latest effort, we are in a world of hurt. If they are too cynical and self serving to care, we're not much better off.
The bill requires all illegal immigrants who have been arrested under the many new Oklahoma immigration laws to be held in jail until the Feds pick them up. Oklahoma already has overflowing prisons and jails. Additional prisoners will mean lots more prisoners in an already crippled system. If this bill passes and is enforced, our prisons will soon be under federal oversight again for overcrowding and a large portion of my taxes will be going to fix the problem created by a bunch of yahoos who only want to grandstand instead of work on the problems for which they have real responsibility.
Illegal immigration is a federal problem. There are lots of federal problems that need fixing, but most of us are smart enough to know they are out of our realm of possibility or responsibility. Oklahoma could try to solve the problem of not enough troops to send to Iraq by initiating a state wide draft. Obviously that would be illegal (as this new immigration bill may well be), costly, and basically ineffective because of the vast numbers needed versus what the state could contribute.
If our legislators are too dumb to realize the repercussions of their latest effort, we are in a world of hurt. If they are too cynical and self serving to care, we're not much better off.
Why doesn't the state of okla. seceed from the Federal gov. if they continue to support lawlessness and a severe disregard for the American people? After all, if they are ignoring and balatantly breaking the laws and constitution, seems we have no need for a large part of it, the white house in particular. If they are not for us, they are against us...isn't that what Bush said? We should have taken him seriously...he was talking about himself and his cohorts.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I meant 'Secede'.
ReplyDeleteIllegal immigrants are similar in nature to uninvited guests to a party. They should be taken into custody and deported by the Federal or State Government.
ReplyDeleteThe Bush administration has taken little or no action on keeping the illegal immigrants out of the US.
The Bush administration wants the illegal immigrants to help force the Union of Mexico, US and Canada
which will be done by treaty and not a popular vote.
The illegal immigration legislation is driving both legal and illegal immigrants from the state despite the fact that there has hardly been any enforcement.
ReplyDeleteEventually the lack of enforcement will be such common knowledge that the effect will be zero so I agree that the law was just a grandstanding effort.