of the platform, with the exceptions of the immigration and abortion planks.
For life and liberty,
David Macko
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:15 PM
Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Badnarik on Immigration
I would never support you or anyone else who wants to change the party
platform or to eliminate our pledge.
Libertarians support unlimited immigration from any nation on earth.
The U.S. government is given no authority over immigration by the
Constitution.
--- In [email protected], "David Macko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I plan to attend the National Convention in Portland, Oregon.
> Does anyone wish to support me in trying to change our National
> Platform so that it conforms to the sensible policies which are
> stated below?
>
> For life and liberty,
> David Macko
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Golden Triangle Libertarians"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Libertarian
Enterprise Main"
> <[email protected]>; "Libertarian Yahoo Group"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:15 PM
> Subject: [Libertarian] Badnarik on Immigration
>
>
> > Immigration is among the most contentious issues facing America
today, and
> > the specters of terrorism and war have only added fuel to an
already fiery
> > debate. Let's take an objective look at immigration, borders and
> > legitimate national security concerns.
> >
> > Coupled with reasonable immigration for the peaceful, we must
maintain a
> > vigorous national defense against our enemies.
> >
> > Terrorists and criminals who attempt to enter the US via a Customs
and
> > Immigration station should be denied entry and, where applicable,
arrested
> > and detained or extradited.
> >
> > Terrorists and criminals who attempt to enter the US via other points
> > along its 95,000 miles of border and coastline should be treated
as what
> > they are: invaders against whom we must respond. As long as our
defense
> > forces restrain themselves to reasonable rules of engagement,
doing this
> > will much better guarantee our security with little risk of dire
> > consequences to the occasional innocent refugees.
> >
> > We must reject the foreign-adventurist concept of national defense
that
> > keeps American troops overseas covering for nationalist and corporate
> > meddling in the affairs of other nations. A better national
defense policy
> > would be one which, lacking any real attack which might require
> > retaliation elsewhere, focuses on the logical area: the nation's
borders.
> >
> > We must work to either replace or reclassify the Border Patrol and
treat
> > border issues as what they are: national defense issues coming
under the
> > mission and scope of our defense forces. In an age where the
equivalent of
> > a large invasion force can be packed into a suitcase-sized box
containing
> > nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, no lesser response will do.
> >
> > Immigration and border security are two separate issues.
> >
> > When immigration and border security are jumbled together, the
result is
> > both deadly to peaceful immigrants and subversive of the security
of the
> > United States.
> >
> > By any reasonable measure, properly-regulated immigration is not just
> > beneficial to the American economy but indispensable to the goal of a
> > nation of freedom and opportunity. This nation was built on
immigration.
> > Allowing peaceful people to enter our country appropriately is not
just an
> > option. It's a benchmark by which we measure whether or not we're
living
> > up to the American ideal. Coupled with a benign foreign policy, it
is what
> > makes America the beacon of Liberty in what was once and would be
again an
> > otherwise dark world for most people.
> >
> > This does not mean, however, that the national defense must be
sacrificed
> > to some naive conception of "open borders."
> >
> > The privilege of entering the United States is not the right to
invade the
> > United States in contest with its legitimate interest in securing
itself
> > against those who would do it harm.
> >
> > Peaceful immigrants should be allowed to enter the US at conveniently
> > located Customs and Immigration stations, subject only to brief
vetting to
> > ensure that they are not terrorists or criminals, and reasonable
> > consideration of the nation's ability to assimilate them.
Unreasonable
> > restrictions and quotas should not leave potential productive
citizens
> > with no options other than to remain destitute elsewhere or to
place their
> > lives at risk by attempting to cross the border at remote and
dangerous
> > locations; this, often under the guidance of ruthless "coyotes"
who are as
> > likely to leave them to die as to get them safely across, and then
only to
> > lead embarrassingly criminal lives of fear of detection, detention
and
> > deportation.
> >
> > Not only is the current border policy not working, it is making
national
> > defense a more difficult task. Foreign nationals crossing into the US
> > illegally, because they were denied legal entry without good reason,
> > provide cover, by their sheer numbers, for terrorists and
criminals. The
> > black market in smuggling people constitutes a vector for also
bringing
> > the nation's enemies into our homeland.
> >
> > The welfare state needs to be eliminated whether immigration is an
issue
> > or not.
> >
> > We should not have to worry about foreigners invading us just so
they can
> > eat out our substance on the dole. The possibility of "safety net"
abuse
> > is not a good excuse for excluding immigrants. The so-called
safety net is
> > not a solution for the plight of poor immigrants, it is one of the
worst
> > enticements to illegal trespass by foreign nationals.
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