GOP needs to go "nucular" on Obama amnesty

Republicans absolutely need to come out STRONGLY against Obama’s amnesty bill. Not just strongly, WITH MAXIMUM EFFORT!!! The wishy-washy approach of McCain and Bush is completely unacceptable.

I know why the GOP is doing it: they fear Hispanic backlash, backlash against the GOP for being “racist”, and backlash from business owners that want cheap labor. This is pandering and not leading.

It should not be very difficult to be against amnesty for illegal immigrants and not be racist: in fact most people fall into this group.

The way it should be handled for Republicans is:
1 Acknowledge we are a nation of immigrants
2 Acknowledge immigrants, and especially Hispanics’ contribution to society
3 Say we ALREADY HAVE a legal immigration process with Mexico and other Latin American countries. For Mexico alone we let in over 110,000 people LEGALLY to this country (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2008.pdf).
4 It’s not FAIR to Hispanics living in Mexico to wait LONGER because illegal immigrants CUT IN LINE; those that CUT IN LINE should not get rewarded. Those 110,000 had to wait, why can’t these people here illegally?
5 Need to be tough on EMPLOYERS that hire illegals
6 We already TRIED Amnesty in 1986 and it didn’t solve immigration. Why? The day after amnesty was signed NEW illegal immigrants crossed the border. Until we seal the border and/or Latin America becomes as wealthy as America, Amnesty will only “solve” illegal immigration for a few minutes/hours until the next illegal immigrant crosses the border.
7 Illegals lower wages and take jobs from Americans. This has been proved in numerous studies.
8 Illegals also cost much more in taxes than they produce.
9 If an illegal immigrant has a child that is an American citizen, no one wants to split up the family. The mother and father should be proper parents and raise their child in their home country. When the child is older they can make the decision where they want to live. GOP should ask a rhetorical question: if you had to move to a poorer state, would you leave your child behind or raise them with love wherever you were?
10 Applies to illegal immigrants from EVERYEHERE, not just Latin America. Europe, Canada, Africa, Asia.


I’m not in marketing, but the “message” that should be repeated over and over, using key words like “CUT IN LINE”, “RESPECT”, “FAIRNESS”, “AMERICAN JOBS”, “FOREIGNERS”, “WAGES”, and “EUROPEANS” :
1 FARINESS. Fairness to American workers and fairness to Hispanics living in Latin America who do the right thing and don’t CUT IN LINE and immigrate legally. Who likes people that CUT IN LINE?
2 AMERICAN JOBS. Let’s raise wages and give jobs to Americans, not citizens of FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Hey, actually raise an issue working people care about.
3 TRIED AMNESTY AND IT DIDN’T WORK.
4 RESPECT for Hispanics and LEGAL immigrants
5 Applies to ALL illegal immigrants, including EUROPEANS and Asians. Mention European countries BY NAME and not just focus on Mexico.