IN 1986, Ted Kennedy stated:

“This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1-1.3 million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again bring forward another amnesty bill like this.”

Today, Ted “Likes-’Em-Wet” Kennedy is saying the same thing. And, sadly, so is el Presidente Jorge Bush.

Wiseman once said*: Those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. It appears our renegade leaders in Washington have learned nothing.

AP reports: “The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants.

President Bush said the bill offered a “historic opportunity for Congress to act,” and appeared optimistic about its passage by week’s end.

The great President Ronald Reagan said the same thing in 1986. But under the circumstances, no way he’d do so again.

Sorry, George. We’ve been there, done that — now, our country must seriously deal with stopping the flood of illegal aliens, millions more than 20 years ago. And rewarding them with citizenship is certainly not the way.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., an architect of the bill, said he was proud of the vote, calling it “a major step forward for our national security, for our economy, and for our humanity.”

“We did the right thing today because we know the American people sent us here to act on our most urgent problems. We know they will not stand for small political factions getting in the way,” Kennedy said in a statement following the vote.

The “American people sent us here to act”, indeed. But Washington isn’t listening, and they haven’t for years.

“Small political factions”, says Kennedy to disregard and intentionally mislead. The fact is: The majority of Americans want to see a stop in illegal immigration and enforcement of the laws for U.S. citizenship. By giving it away to law breakers, our “leaders” are making it meaningless.

NewsMax reports:

“The Senate voted 64-35 to resume debate on the bill, which ties tough border security and workplace enforcement measures to a plan to legalize an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants and a create temporary worker program sought by business groups.”

Tough border security. Workplace enforcement measures. Both great steps. Both necessary. We support them. But why include amnesty? We did that before and it didn’t work. There’s no reason to believe it’ll be different today.

If Washington were really concerned about doing what’s right for this country, they would put enforcement first, amnesty later. No strings attached. Why tie the two together? (Special interests, perhaps?)

Let’s see how 10 years of crackdown can work. Securing the border and enforcing employment laws. After that, something tells us we won’t still be talking about 12 millions illegals “hiding in the shadows.” Call it a hunch. Call it predictable.

If we don’t, if Washington passes another amnesty bill, history will indeed repeat itself — and next time the numbers will be far worse and the problem beyond our control.

Please call your elected officials and let them know. Our national sovereignty and security is at stake.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has been keeping vigilant watch…
“Shamnesty on the Senate floor” (6/27)
“The Clay Pigeon” amendment

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(Including Hispanic Americans)

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Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
VDARE.com
We Need A Fence

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1. How many would Jesus deport?

   Comment by Rocky — June 26, 2007 @ 4:46 pm

2. Before or after they nailed him to the cross?

   Get a clue, Rocky. If that’s all you’ve got, you better pray for guidance.

   Comment by Paul — June 26, 2007 @ 5:03 pm

3. Forgetting history is one thing. Listening to Kennedy is what Mary Jo Kopechne did.

   Comment by Layer Seven — June 26, 2007 @ 8:28 pm

4. How many would Jesus deport?

   Cute. Doesn’t matter.

   This is Ceasars world, not Christ’s, the world of rule of law.

   Truth be told, Rome’s problem was the same as ours they tried to be globalists everything to everybody, and it led to a population so “diverse” (liberal buzzword) they lost control of it. Marcus Aurelius had to keep 25 legions in Dalmatia just to keep the peace. Today we know Dalmatia as the Bulcans. Kind of like California.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — June 26, 2007 @ 8:58 pm

5. Well said.

   Comment by California Conservative — June 26, 2007 @ 9:04 pm

6. OK! I have had it!…long time Republican… gave lotsa $. Now I want to know how to HURT every Republidummy senator and congressthing who is for Bush’s immigration scam.

   I am ready for a revolution. I am looking for a leader who has the gutts and brains to take on the fight being waged in our country - not just overseas. Enough!

   Comment by Bruce — June 27, 2007 @ 10:05 am

7. Funny how conservatives dismiss Jesus when it suits them. Gee, why does this sound so familiar?

   Comment by Rocky — June 27, 2007 @ 7:21 pm

8. Funny how faithless liberals invoke Jesus only when it suits them.

   Focus on your fight to tear down the Ten Commandments from the courthouse walls, Rocky. We’ll work on guarding the borders - or send the illegals to your house.

   Comment by Jimmy — June 27, 2007 @ 8:44 pm