Michael Bloomberg, national suicide, and illegal aliens

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t like the immigration law passed by Arizona. Here are some of his comments on the law:

“This is not good for the country. I don’t agree with it,” he said. “We love immigrants here.”

“We have to get real about the 12 million undocumented here,” the mayor said. “We’re not going to deport them. Give them permanent status. Don’t make them citizens unless they can qualify, but give them permanent status and let’s get on with this.”

Here’s my favorite Bloomberg quote…

“This country is committing national suicide.”

Could someone please tell Michael Bloomberg that Arizona’s law isn’t meant to drive out immigrants, it’s meant to make life diffficult for illegal immigrants. You know, the immigrants who come here illegally by breaking laws and demonstrating a blatant disrespect for the United States? By the way, isn’t it funny how liberals always seem to drop the work illegal? I think it’s because they know their arguments are on weak footing, so they need to twist the truth to try and distract people from their faulty reasoning.

As for Bloomberg’s remark about the United States committing national suicide, I agree with the wording but not it’s application in this situation. Deporting illegal aliens is not national suicide. In fact, I would argue that the exact opposite is true. Doing nothing will lead to a steady decline in everything that makes America great.

If you don’t think this is true, think about how unfettered illegal immigration will lead to balkanization of the United States along ethnic and linguistic lines. Think about how illegal aliens are driving down wages and taking jobs from Americans. If millions of illegal aliens were deported, millions of jobs would immediately open up at reasonable wages. This is the truth, and to use Michael Bloomberg’s words, ignoring the truth is to commit national suicide.