Immigration Reform
CNN’s Lou Dobbs debated immigration reform with New Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson, on the Larry King Show. Surprisingly, they ended up agreeing on nearly every issue.
Prior to the midterm election, Congress funded $1.2 billion for 320 miles of a border fence. According to Lou Dobbs: “that fence doesn't get completed as it's presently laid out and legislated. That's a sham. This government continues to play games with the American people. We're more than five years after September 11th and we're sitting here talking about whether or not we need to secure our borders and our ports. This is hypocrisy and a sham and we've got to deal honestly with it.” Governor Richardson of New Mexico agreed: “Lou, you're right. It's a sham. It was a political vote so that Republicans could go home and say, we did something about border enforcement.”
Governor Richardson insisted that we must enforce the law, which says that those who knowingly hire illegal worker will be punished. Dobbs added: “one of the most important deterrents is to shut down employers of illegal aliens. Because of what they're doing to this economy, they've created a trillion dollar underground economy in this nation. I think that we need to come down with heavy, heavy fines, $50,000 to $100,000 with the first time it occurs. The second time it happens, we should be talking about executives going to jail.
Prior to the midterm election, Congress funded $1.2 billion for 320 miles of a border fence. According to Lou Dobbs: “that fence doesn't get completed as it's presently laid out and legislated. That's a sham. This government continues to play games with the American people. We're more than five years after September 11th and we're sitting here talking about whether or not we need to secure our borders and our ports. This is hypocrisy and a sham and we've got to deal honestly with it.” Governor Richardson of New Mexico agreed: “Lou, you're right. It's a sham. It was a political vote so that Republicans could go home and say, we did something about border enforcement.”
Governor Richardson insisted that we must enforce the law, which says that those who knowingly hire illegal worker will be punished. Dobbs added: “one of the most important deterrents is to shut down employers of illegal aliens. Because of what they're doing to this economy, they've created a trillion dollar underground economy in this nation. I think that we need to come down with heavy, heavy fines, $50,000 to $100,000 with the first time it occurs. The second time it happens, we should be talking about executives going to jail.
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