Immigration Reform: Sarko's Solution

Well, how about that? HazZzMat finally has something nice to say about the French, who, apparently completely fed up with Jacques Chirac's kleptomaniac presidency and sneering, anti-US ways, rejected a socialist as well, electing right-leaning Nicolas Sarkozy as their new president. Taken in context with Germany's still-recent election of Angela Merkel as its new head of state, once again after throwing out the anti-US crowd, perhaps we are beginning to see a change in Europe's attitude toward the Islamofascists in their midst. And perhaps it won't be long before America's virulently anti-Bush hard left, which pays ritual obeisance to socialist intellectual elitists in Europe, finds that the new crop of Euro elitists has begun to out-Bush Bush himself.

Take immigration, illegal and otherwise, which Bush himself seems oddly cavalier about.

Sarko's crowd has a different approach, one sure to find favor with Americans who have no problem with immigration just as long as it respects our laws and customs. France's illegals, of course, come largely from its former colonial empire in North Africa. Which unfortunately means that this huge body of legal and illegal foreign nationals is increasingly of the Islamofascist persuasion and is given to trashing and burning cars when pissed while threatening non-scarved Frenchwomen with rape if they don't suit up in full body armor.

Sarko's new admin has just the answer to these arrogant bastards:

France is home to over 5 million immigrants -- and the new conservative-led government doesn't plan on making things any more comfortable for them. While the new regime in Paris is determined to curb illegal immigration, it is also looking to encourage legal migrants to reconsider their decision to stay in France -- by paying them to go back home.

New immigration minister, Brice Hortefeux, confirmed on Wednesday that the government is planning to offer incentives to more immigrants to return home voluntarily. "We must increase this measure to help voluntary return. I am very clearly committed to doing that," Hortefeux said in an interview with RFI radio.

What a concept. Now riddle me this: which courageous American legislator will be the first to counterpropose legislation like this instead of the fiscally and legally ruinous amnesty package currently being pushed toward a willing but out-of-touch White House? (Hint on the correct answer: Beats me.)