Sen. Robert Hurt on WCHV - The Census and Illegal Immigration - 03/26

Well I think illegal immigration is a serious problem and it's something that costs American taxpayers and American citizens a tremendous amount in resources. When you look at health care, you look at cost of education; you look at cost of law enforcement, all those things are -- represent a tremendous amount of money that gets spent. And frankly when you look at the financial situation of the federal government, money that we can't spare. It's money that we cannot spare. So, it must be addressed; the federal government has a horrible track record of dealing with it in terms of the earlier amnesty programs that have been granted and then you look at the total negligence from which it has tried to address the problems and it has not gotten done and I think it is a great cost to our people. I think the first thing we have to do and I have done this in the legislature, in the state legislature, is we have to enforce the laws that we have on the books and to the extent that the state can do state and local law enforcement can be useful in enforcing those laws, finding those people and sending them back to Mexico or wherever they come from. I think that's -- deportation is something that we have to focus on. I also think building the -- finishing the fence across the border is extremely important. I think that border security is a major issue that we have to deal with. I have not seen the proposal to try to use the court system -- try to balance out the reapportionment or ...
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Q: Why are veterans, active duty, and National Guard men and women opposed to the war in Iraq? A: Here are 10 reasons we oppose this war: The Iraq war is based on lies and deception. The Bush Administration planned for an attack against Iraq before September 11th, 2001. They used the false pretense of an imminent nuclear, chemical and biological weapons threat to deceive Congress into rationalizing this unnecessary conflict. They hide our casualties of war by banning the filming of our fallen's caskets when they arrive home, and when they refuse to allow the media into Walter Reed Hospital and other Veterans Administration facilities which are overflowing with maimed and traumatized veterans. The Iraq war violates international law. The United States assaulted and occupied Iraq without the consent of the UN Security Council. In doing so they violated the same body of laws they accused Iraq of breaching. Corporate profiteering is driving the war in Iraq. From privately contracted soldiers and linguists to no-bid reconstruction contracts and multinational oil negotiations, those who benefit the most in this conflict are those who suffer the least. The United States has chosen a path that directly contradicts President Eisenhower's farewell warning regarding the military industrial complex. As long as those in power are not held accountable, they will continue... Overwhelming civilian casualties are a daily occurrence in Iraq. Despite attempts in training and technological ...
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