Celebrate the signing of border fence bill?

October 26, 2006 in 2006 Elections, Border Security, Congress, Democrats & The Left, Global War On Terror, Hizbullah, Homeland Security, House of Representatives, Illegal Immigration, News, Republicans & The Right, Senate

From the Houston Chronicle

“Unfortunately the United States has not been in complete control of its borders for decades and therefore illegal immigration has been on the rise,” Bush said at a signing ceremony.

“We have a responsibility to enforce our laws,” he said. “We have a responsibility to secure our borders. We take this responsibility serious.”

He called the fence bill “an important step in our nation’s efforts to secure our borders.”

Many conservatives will be celebrating this as a victory in the ongoing illegal immigration dispute. In reality the only thing we can celebrate here is the the bill signed by the President did notinclude Shamnesty provisions for the millions of illegal immigrants already here.

I like what Lou Dobbs wrote in his weekly column

I’ve said from the beginning that we can’t reform immigration laws until we control immigration, and we can’t control immigration unless we control our borders and our ports. Constructing the border fence certainly is a good beginning to our efforts to control our borders, but let’s be honest about the legislation: It isn’t nearly enough, and far more must be done. A congressional victory lap isn’t in order for funding only half of a 700-mile fence along a nearly 2,000-mile border.

At the end of the day a border fence is a good first step, but we are a long way from the finish line, and it is far too early to start popping the corks on champagne bottles .

Others Blogging:

Assorted Babble With President signs Secure Fence Act of 2006

Hang Right Politics has two posts on the subject. The first: President Bush To Sign Border Fence Bill Today The second: Border Fence Bill Opponents shows who voted against the bill…

Other CAII Posts:

Uncooperative Blogger with President Bush Signs Fence Bill 

Free Constitution has Anti-PC Leadership

Take Back Georgia with an Illegal Immigration Mega Post… If you read nothing else Read this… Especially the portion that shows a Mexico-Hizbollah connection

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