When does it end?

In case you haven't read it, I would highly recommend everyone who may stumble upon this blog to read Newt's newsletter for this week. It's heading is "Enough is Enough: While Washington Vacations, a War Rages Here at Home." Sure, I maybe be a little biased towards Newt because I'm a member of DraftNewt.org, but I believe he's hit the bull's eye.

The fight over Immigration has been going on for years now, with the most recent battle fought not too long ago with the "Comprehensive Immigration Bill." The bill had some pros, but many cons to it. But it looks like the defeat of this bill hasn't stopped the ferocity of the battle. Some steps are being made, but a recent shooting of 4 students in New Jersey shows the urgency of which the system must be fixed.

As you may or may not have heard, the criminal identified is an Illegal Aliens. In his newsletter, Speaker Gingrich has called for the President to call a special session of Congress, in which a fix to this problem is solved. Newt proposes that Congress passes a law that requires a real-time identification system by 2008 to identify who is legal and who is not. Part 2 of the bill would require a citizenship test on any who are charged with a felony. If any political division decides not to comply, whether it be state, county, or city, they lose all federal aid. The 4th part would prohibit releasing an illegal alien criminal into the American public. And finally, all who are currently in prison are screened for citizenship status.

The way I look at this, this should be a no-brainer, and could present major problems with anyone who might possibly oppose such legislation. This does not solve illegal immigration, but this is necessary legislation to start us on the right pass. President Bush is already starting on another front, with businesses and penalties for those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. You hear people on the left complain that there are illegals here that do good. But the kind like these, and many other examples (i.e. New Jersey Bomb Plot), are not those. It's one thing to be breaking the law by being here. But to have the nerve to come in here illegally and kill our own people?

Enough is enough. Support Newt's proposal, and help take these criminals off the street and out of our country. Immigration was part of President Bush's campaign platform. This would be a great way to get on it.