By Gina Miller
Audio version: Tea Party Leader Aboard Amnesty Train 5-19-14
Last week, Sal Russo, a co-founder of the Tea Party Express, declared his support for amnesty for illegal aliens in the United States. Naturally, he doesn’t call it amnesty in his column posted on Wednesday at Roll Call, but instead uses RINO-speak to say the same thing. Reading his article, you might think it was written by a Democrat, if you didn’t know any better. He opens his column, “Conservatives Need to Fix the Broken U.S. Immigration System,” with this:
The U.S. immigration system is flawed and broken. Conservatives should be at the forefront of reform so the law reflects the just interests of the United States, not misty-eyed ideals of some of the liberal do-gooder reformers. What is good for America should be the sole criteria for immigration reform.
Our laws today are unenforced and citizens and companies who play by the rules are undermined by bad actors who do not. This undermines our rule of law and slows our economic growth. In today’s global economy, we cannot afford the status quo.
Congress must pass legislation that will fix our broken system.
How sick are we of hearing that our immigration system is “broken”? It’s not broken! Our immigration laws are not being enforced by Washington!