Bush Backs Off Fingerprinting Mexicans

My Way news via Drudgereport.com ^ | 3-7-04 | Jennifer Loven

[nonliberal]

I am shocked-SHOCKED!!-that Bush capitulated on this.

[azhenfud]

We'd best face it now. We have no immigration control with Mexico and have not one politician with the testicular fortitude to just say no and who'll enforce our present policy. Our borders are a joke and the TSA is The Sham of America.

[Tacis]

From tomorrow on, every illegal invading Mexican criminal alien arrested for any crime anywhere in America, will in his best Johnny-the-Dunce, No-Spica-De-Ingles English will point out to the arresting officer that Presidente Fox said no gringo finger prints. He won't know that hauling dope, guns, large quantities of cash, other illegal criminals or having 15 different sets of ID was not OK in gringo-land but he will know that Fox said "No prints."

Fox must have something really big on W. Nothing else explains such criminal stupidity.

[Dr. Marten]

Shocked? C'mon, you had to see it coming from a mile away.

[hedgetrimmer]

Same for the northern border.


Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. President George W. Bush

Martin was able to emerge from his first meeting with Bush in January with what diplomats called two "deliverables." The U.S. president reversed himself and allowed Canada to bid on Iraqi reconstruction contracts, and he promised not to deport Canadians to third countries without prior consultation with Ottawa.

Those were concessions Bush made in Mexico, during a side meeting arranged at the Summit of the Americas, to a new prime minister who has made Canada-U.S. relations a priority.

[CWOJackson]

LOL!

This again.

Hey folks, despite what the headline says it's a little misleading. The only thing the President has done is waive the requirement to fingerprint and photograph a Mexican who arrives in the U.S. with the new business VISA...which requires them to have already been fingerprinted, photographed and have a background screening.

This eliminates not only the redundancy, making the process more efficient, but allows us to divert otherwise wasted time and money back toward the illegal problem. All this is is common sense and efficiency.

[nopardons]

Yeah,but the unappeaseables want the president to personally round up the illegals and shoot them or ship them all off to Siberia.

[CWOJackson]

Hey, how about coal mines on the Yukon River? We could start our own gulags AND help the energy situation.

[Righty1]

He is hispandering yet again. The problem is that these people would much rather vote for Juan and Evita i.e. JFingK and hitlery. Fox is such a total stupid smuck that i can't believe that GW just doesn't unload on the limp wristed greasy jerk.

[Digger]

Ah the "Two-Party Cartel". This president truly is a puppet to the corps & kerry to the commies. And all of us here at FR argue between these two factions that do not have our intersts at heart. Let's get real here. We can do better than having either of these two running the country. Probably 80% plus are against this. Truly I wished I had never heard the term, compassionate conservative. The commies got a 11 Billion extra for the NEA, prevented conservative judges in high levels, a 580 Billion prescription rip-off. The conservatives got a 300 tax cut open borders & some hollow words. Makes ya want to jump up on election day & throw your ballot in the trash.

[kellynla]

http://michnews.com/artman/publish/printer_1879.shtml

[Tamzee]

All this is is common sense and efficiency.

Yep... but why let FACTS get in the way of a good rant?

[CWOJackson]

LOL! Exactly.

Damn President Bush for making the system more efficient and putting our resources to their best use!

[Pa' fuera]

Hey folks, despite what the headline says it's a little misleading. The only thing the President has done is waive the requirement to fingerprint and photograph a Mexican who arrives in the U.S. with the new business VISA...which requires them to have already been fingerprinted, photographed and have a background screening.

You're misleading with this statement. This is for Border Crossing Cards, not for business visas. Border Crossing Cards are not new, and there are 10 million of them out there. Also, the background screening you speak of is of little worth, since the state department has no good way of checking mexican criminal history.

[dougherty]

I am shocked-SHOCKED!!-that Bush capitulated on this.

How true. Bush has been such a staunch defender of the borders, this is truly unbelievable.

Not! Jorge Bush may as well be Fox's vice president as he loves following orders from the man.

[CWOJackson]

Sorry dude, but this is all about the new laser imprinted short stay Visa. I know, that just doesn't fit in with your desire to make this somehoe look like some hugh cop out by the President...disappointing isn't it.

[Missouri]

Ping.

[Pa' fuera]

That's what a border crossing card is - a short stay visa within a limited area of the United States. It is one of the most effective ways for Mexicans to enter the US legally and become illegal overstayers - and the Bush administration knows this but won't do anything about it.

[CWOJackson]

LOL! Keep on trying there sparky. Unfortunately the facts have been widely reported and linked so many times on these threads that it's starting to get hilarious.

But hey, don't allow minor things like facts to distract you from your Jorge Bush ranting.

[Pa' fuera]

Unfortunately the facts have been widely reported and linked so many times on these threads that it's starting to get hilarious.

so what are you saying, that this waiver doesn't apply to Border Crossing Cards? If that's what you're saying, I'm dying for you to show me where it was reported because that would be fantastic news.