We Must Stop Amnesty! But, is anybody even asking for it?

Words Without MeaningThe battle cry goes far and wide... No Amnesty, No Way, No How! Great! I am with you 1000%. Absolutely no amnesty. But wait, no one is asking for amnesty. So why is it that you hear someone parroting this mantra of "No Amnesty, No Amnesty" every time you turn on talk radio or go to a meeting where anything even remotely connected (or sometimes not even connected at all) to immigration is being discussed? It is the new word for "Shut the hell up!"

You see, the left has been doing this for years. Disagree with something they want and they scream "RACIST!" at the top of their lungs to the offending conservative knowing that because no one wants to be called a racist, you will simply shut up. Well, we all know that quit working a long time ago, but you still hear it from the left. 

Now a small group from the loud extreme right has adopted this tactic using the word "Amnesty!" They know that no elected official, or any conservative political candidate wants to, in any way, be associated with the word amnesty so they shout it loudly and often in an attempt to halt any discussion of anything that resembles meaningful reform of our broken system of immigration and border security. What they have accomplished during this time is they have stopped anything from happening that would either secure our borders or do anything about the millions of undocumented people living within our borders. They have left our borders wide open and delivered a virtual amnesty that the causes the continuation of lawless behavior.

Case in point is the Gang of 8 bill from the U.S. Senate. While no where near perfect, it is certainly a good starting point for discussion when the House comes back into session next month. And, it is certainly not amnesty.

Let's take a look at this video from the Cato Institute which lays out all the steps, background checks, fines, fees and taxes that must be paid by an illegal immigrant before they can even apply for a green card after ten years. I don't know about you, but if I had to do all of this for a traffic ticket, or any other kind of offense, I don't think I would feel like I got amnesty...

Like the word racist, let's save the word amnesty for a case where it truly applies. Let's give the word back some meaning and power. For those on the extreme right who want to continue screaming "AMNESTY" at every conceivable moment, I would suggest you take a look at MSNBC when they are screaming "RACIST" at every person who dares to criticize Obama's economic policies. That will give you a real image of just how foolish you sound and how meaningless your argument has become.

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